Research Turkey Public Conference with Dr. Başak Alpan: “From Euro-fatigue to Euro Denialism: Turkey-EU Relations in the Context of the Gezi Event”, 2 May 2014, SOAS
We are pleased to announce Centre for Policy and Research on Turkey (Research Turkey)’s public conference entitled “From Euro-fatigue to Euro Denialism: Turkey-EU Relations in the Context of the Gezi Event” in which Dr. Başak Alpan of Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University (Ankara) will give a talk. This event will take place on Friday, 2 May 2014 between 6:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. at Main College Buildings, Room G3, SOAS, University of London, WC1H 0XG. Gamon McLellan of SOAS will kindly chair this event.McLellan is Former BBC World Service Journalist and Analyst, Former Head of the BBC Arabic Service and Senior Lecturer, SOAS, University of London.
You may find the synopsis of the talk and a short biography of Dr. Başak Alpan below.
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Synopsis of the talk
“From Euro-fatigue to Euro Denialism: Turkey- EU Relations in the Context of the Gezi ‘Event’”
The Gezi event has probably been the most significant headline of 2013 in Turkey. Millions occupied the streets and squares, annoyed by the violent reaction of the government and the police to a peaceful protest. Not surprisingly, the European Union which is still a significant anchor for Turkish politics was one of the curious observers of the process, raising eyebrows and highlighting the importance of promoting dialogue across the political spectrum and society more broadly and soothing political polarisation prevalent in the country. This paper aims to locate the Gezi event within the context of Turkey’s traumatic flirt with Europe and to reflect on the discursive and symbolic environment of the event. The concluding debate of the paper will be on the relationship between this environment and the de-Europeanisation debates in Turkish politics.
Short Biography of Başak Alpan
Başak Alpan is an Assistant Professor and a Lecturer in European Politics and Political Sociology at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Her research interests include European studies, culture and identity dimensions of European integration, discourse theory, football politics and the construction of intercultural attitudes through football. Dr. Alpan has also been working as an editor at Centre for Policy and Research on Turkey (Research Turkey) since 2012.
