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 ...

The first PS:EUROPE Brown Bag Discussion Series took place at the Istanbul Bilgi University. Seren Selvin Korkmaz, Vice-Chair (Co-founder) of PS:EUROPE, was the moderator, Assoc. Prof. Emre Erdoğan (Bilgi University) and Deniz Yavuzyılmaz (candidate deputy for Nov. 1 election) were the speakers of the first PS:EUROPE Brown Bag Discussion Series. The seminar titled “Nov. 1 General Elections of Turkey: Before ...

PS:EUROPE has participated in the network of Bilgi University Social Incubation Center as one of the beneficiary NGOs! We will be appreciated to work with the Social Incubation Team. Our Turkey office will be located at Bilgi University Santral Campus, with the support of the Center.

The C20 Summit will be taking place on 15th-16th September at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. PS: EUROPE will participate in the summit as Austrian delegation. The third annual C20 Summit will bring together 400+ civil society delegates from around the world to shape civil society’s recommendations to the G20. It will combine participatory and engaging methodologies, including opportunities to interact with eminent experts and practitioners ...

17 Sustainable Development Goals which were launched by United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UNSDSN) were discussed at the meeting which was organized by Boğaziçi University and Columbia Global Centers Turkey. The discussion focused on the questions of “What are goals, why are they important, what do they mean for our community?”. Representatives of various NGOs, faculty members and students ...