May 12th: 09:00 – 9:30 Opening Speeches: Ismail Karatepe: on behalf of, ICDD, RLS-Hessen, GEW
9:30 – 12:00 - Workshop I: Debates on the Transformation of the State and Authoritarianism
Moderation: Ezgi Pinar
Speakers:
- Pinar Bedirhanoglu: State Transformation through Financialisation: Rethinking the Power of Capital in Turkey in the Neoliberal Era
- Galip Yalman: »Crises in or of Neoliberalism? The Case of Turkey under AKP Rule«
- Erol Babacan: The Nexus between Authoritarian Neo-Liberalism and Religious Paternalism
- Melehat Kutun: “The Dark Side of the Moon”?: On the Form of the Capitalist State during the AKP Years
12:00-13:00 Lunch in ICDD
13:00 – 15:30 Workshop II: The Making of Authoritarianism and Social Dynamics
Moderation: Özgür Genc
Speakers:
- Ezgi Pinar: Labour Politics in the midst of Regime Discussions
- Muzaffer Kaya: The Left and the Antiauthoritarian Struggle in Turkey
- Tolga Tören: Comprehending the 'New' Turkey within the Context of Social Opposition: Labour and Hope from June to June
- Halis Yildirim: From the Resolution Process to the War: Kurds in the Bonapartist Period
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00–18:30 Workshop III: The Making of Authoritarianism and Social Dynamics:
Moderation: Melehat Kutun
Speakers:
- Bediz Yilmaz: The Refugee Issue in Turkey: Refugee-Friendly Authoritarianism of AKP versus Xenophobic CHP
- Ceren Lord: Sectarianised Securitisation, the Turkish State and Alevi Mobilisation in the AKP Era.
- Hakan Mertcan: The Response of Alevis and Laicism against to the Rise of Political Islam
- Eylem Ç. Çig: The Populist Assault against New Social Movements and Opposition: in the Search for a National Internet in Turkey
May 13th
09:00 – 11:30 Workshop IV: International Dimension of Authoritarianism
Moderation: Zafer Yilmaz
Speakers:
- Ahmet Bekmen: Social Transformation and Regime Change: The Cases of Turkey and Thailand
- Axel Gehring: EU-Turkey Relations
- Ismail Karatepe: The State and Capital: India and Turkey from a Comparative perspective
- Aslı Odman: Precarization, Securitazion and Solidarity in Academia in Turkey
11:30-12:00 Coffee Break
12:00–14:30 Workshop V: Building Peace and Alternatives against Authoritarianism
Moderation: Pinar Tuzcu
Speakers:
- Zeynep Kivilcim: Legal Strategies against Authoritarian Rule in Turkey
- Ertug Tombus: Theologico-Political and Populism: Understanding the Justice and Development Party's Authoritarianism
- Zafer Yilmaz: Moments of Resistance and Citizenship from Gezi Uprising to 2017 Constitutional referendum in Turkey
- Meral Camci: Constructing the Language of Peace through Women's Struggles. The Case of »Women for Peace Initiative in Turkey«
14:30-15:00 Coffee Break
15:00-16:00 Evaluation of the Workshop and Further Projects: Only Speakers of the Workshop - Moderation: Erol Babacan
16:00 Closing
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