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In 2015 election campaign promises, Justice and Development Party (AKP) publicly declared that it would continue to commit its previous social policies, such as universal healthcare, that have been supposedly reduced the poverty to a considerable degree since it first took office in 2002. As a proof of this success, it is asserted that there is no people left under ...

The Political and Social Research Institute of Europe (PS: EUROPE) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization which was founded in Vienna, Austria. PS: EUROPE focuses on policy analysis, academic research projects and social policy recommendations. The objective of the organization is to create an academic and social platform which ensures the dialogue among independent researchers and civil society organizations as ...

The third PS:EUROPE  Brown Bag Seminar entitled “Mourning and Collective Memory”  was held on May 28. The speakers of the seminar were Aylin Vartanyan, Instructor at Boğaziçi University and Derya Acuner from Karakutu which carries out projects and trainings on memory for/with young people. After the speeches of speakers the seminar moderated by Seren Selvin Korkmaz, PS:EUROPE Turkey Director and ...

PS:EUROPE Hisar School Certificate Program titled Democratization Workshop was held on April 3 and 10 in Istanbul Bilgi University. The first day of the workshop started with the speeches of PS:EUROPE Research Fellows Edgar Şar and Alphan Telek on secularism, on the second day, Didem Seyis and Seren Selvin Korkmaz gave a speech on identity. After the speeches of PS:EUROPE ...

PS:EUROPE holds its first Hisar School Certificate Program under the name of “Democratization Workshop”. The program will begin with PS:EUROPE researchers’ presentations on their research areas and proceed with brainstorming sessions. For further information in Turkish please visit http://ps-europe.org/tr/hisar-okulu-demokratiklesme-atolyesi/ http://ps-europe.org/tr/hisar-okulu-demokratiklesme-atolyesi/

Our team in İstanbul visited Austrian Cultural Forum- İstanbul and held a productive meeting with Director and Consul Ms. Romana Königsbrun, Deputy Director Ms. Petek Gökçe and Program Manager Ms. Halide Aktaş. Thanks for their kind hospitality! PS:EUROPE was represented by Seren Selvin Korkmaz (Vice-Chair), Şafak Beren Yıldırım (Treasury and Fundraising Assistant) and Sümeyra Akarçeşme (Member of the Editorial Board).

The second program of the PS:EUROPE Brown Bag Seminars  was held on February 6 and moderated by Alphan Telek; Academic Coordinator of PS:EUROPE. The keynote speaker of the seminar was Prof. Büşra Ersanlı, the Faculty member of Marmara University and member of PS:EUROPE Advisory Board. The seminar on “Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression” continued with the active participation of ...

In the context of migration, Internet means ‘death of distance’ and it transforms the traditional understanding of migrant networks and migration processes by adding a new dimension. The below analysis provides an overview on the role of social networking sites, the most popular sites on the Internet, in the context of migration discourse by focusing on; migrant integration, diaspora engagement ...

This article proposes a short overview on the benefits that body movement and sports can offer for contributing to rehabilitation of displaced children. After considering diverse aspects of traumas caused by displacement in children, I will give accounts from experiences of working on body movement with children in different cases, trying to frame general common conclusions from them. This article ...

PS:EUROPE Austria team held a productive meeting with Dr. Chiristian Helmenstein, the Chair of the Economica Institute of Economic Research, and Dr. Daniela Grozea, the member of the board of directors of Economica. We are glad to announce that both of institutes will collaborate on academic works and development of international projects in common fields. PS:EUROPE was represented by Çağdaş ...