The Arab Spring: Implications for Europe
The lecture titled “Arab Spring in Perspective: Implications for Europe,” organized by the Initiative, took place at Sabancı University on March 19, 2014, with the participation of Mercator-İPM Senior Researcher Ruprecht Polenz. This lecture was organized as part of Director Fuat Keyman's course “Current Issues in Turkish Politics.”
Understanding the Arab Spring: Implications for Europe and Turkey
Istanbul Policy Center-Sabanci University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative held a meeting titled "Understanding the Arab Spring – Implications for Europe and Turkey." The event, moderated by Director Fuat Keyman, featured presentations by Ruprecht Polenz, former member of the German Parliament and Mercator-IPM Senior Researcher, and Mesut Özcan, President of the Center for Strategic Studies.
Local Elections and “Nepotism” in Turkey
The IPM held a conference titled “Local Elections and Clientelism in Turkey” on March 14, 2014, at IPM Karaköy.
Urban Citizenship in Turkey
The Istanbul Policy Center-Sabanci University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative held a meeting titled Citizenship in Turkey with Nilüfer Göle and Fuat Keyman on March 4, 2014. Ayşe Kadıoğlu moderated the meeting.In Turkey, the concept of citizenship is largely evaluated in terms of individuals' duties to the nation-state. Moreover, citizenship is mostly defined through ethnic or cultural categories. However, both the concept of equal citizenship, which began to be discussed during the new constitution efforts and the resolution process last year, and the relationship between citizens and cities, which began to be debated with the Gezi protests, have created a suitable ground for rethinking the concept of citizenship. In this context, at our meeting, we focused on the concept of “urban citizenship” and tried to find answers to the question “What kind of citizenship?”
New Trends in the Field of Muslim Studies in Western Europe: Changes and Continuities in Light of the Almanac of Muslims in Europe
The panel titled “New Trends in Muslim Studies in Western Europe: Evolutions and Continuities in the Light of the Yearbook of Muslims in Europe” The panel, titled “New Trends in Muslim Studies in Western Europe: Evolutions and Continuities in the Light of the Yearbook of Muslims in Europe,” took place on February 25, 2019, at IPM Karaköy, with the participation of Strasbourg University faculty member Sami Akgönül and moderated by Mercator-IPM researcher Kerem Öktem.
Identity and Memory in Cyprus: Shadows and Images (2010)
The Cinema-Politics Meeting titled “Identity and Memory in Cyprus: Shadows and Images (2010)” took place on January 30, 2014, at İPM Karaköy.
Istanbul's Unbalanced Time of Modernity: 10 Minutes to 11 (2009)
The Cinema-Politics Meeting titled “Istanbul's Unbalanced Time of Modernity: 10 Minutes to 11 (2009)” took place on January 27, 2014, at İPM Karaköy.
German Elections and the Future of EU-Turkey Relations
The panel titled “The German Elections and the Future of EU-Turkey Relations,” organized by the Initiative, took place on January 22, 2014, at İPM Karaköy, with Mercator-İPM Senior Researcher Ruprecht Polenz, Gerald Knaus, and Ebru Turhan participating as panelists.
Cinema-Politics Meetings- Political Violence and Trauma: Sonbahar (2008)
The fourth Cinema–Politics Meeting on “Political Violence and Trauma: Sonbahar (2008) (Siyasal Şiddet ve Travma: Sonbahar)” was held on December 26, 2013 at IPC Karakoy.
Mosques in Europe and Turkey: Faith and Aesthetics in Public Space
IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative convened a panel discussion on "Mosques in Europe and Turkey: Faith and Aesthetics in Public Space" chaired by Mercator-IPC Senior Fellow Nilüfer Göle. The event took place on December 18, 2013 and hosted the renowned architects Emre Arolat, Paul Böhm and Cihan Buğdacı as panelists.
"Global Turkey in Europe" Conference
Turkey is central for European energy interests. It is not only a significant energy consumer, but it is also at the heart of energy geopolitics, being a central transit state located at the intersection of the east-western and north-southern energy corridors in the Mediterranean and Eurasia. In light of this, IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative in cooperation with Stiftung Mercator, Istituto Affari Internazionali, and the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) convened a conference on how the EU and Turkey can enhance their cooperation in the energy sector at ECFR on December 5, 2013 in London.