Category: Presentations

I presented ESI’s research on recent economic and societal trends in Turkey, in particular the rapidly changing reality of Turkish women at an event jointly organised with the August Bebel Institut, the AK Frauenpolitische Bildung im Bildungswerk Berlin der Heinrich Böll Stiftung, and the Berlin Istanbul Network Kultur-Wissen-Stadt (BINKWS).

Inn this presentation, I talked on Turkey’s potential for accession to the EU, social and economic developments, the recent (legal) revolution of women’s rights, the German debate about Turkey and the role of the military. I also pointed out that these changes cannot only to be attributed to AKP’s legal reforms but are part of a wider democratisation process of Turkish society at large.

Berlin Radio Multikulti covered this event: “Has AKP’s view of women changed?” (Turkish only).

Besa Shahini and I (Kosovar Stability Initiative) discussed current and future challenges to the EU in the Western Balkans at a public presentation at the Hertie School of governance in Berlin.

As the day for the decision on Kosovo’s status nears, the question which role the EU should play in the Balkans assumes new importance. Is the EU in the absence of a credible enlargement perspective for Bosnia and Kosovo turning parts of the Balkans into a European Empire?