“Religion-Society-State Relations: Secularism and Democracy” seminar was organized with the partnership of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Turkey on March 26, 2017 with the participation of representatives of various political parties and non-governmental organizations in Malatya. The seminar was organized by Barış Yıldız and Seren Selvin Korkmaz as a project of Youth Program of Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The Director of PS:EUROPE Turkey Office Seren ...

We held a meeting with Prof. Esra Gençtürk, the rector of Özyeğin University. We have introduced the institute and discussed for further cooperations. Thanks for her kind support to our initiative!

PS:EUROPE organised Academic Writing Workshop on 11 March 2017 at Kadir Has University. The event aimed to introduce efficient and organised ways of writing academic articles for people who are involved in social sciences, and it was mentored by Seren Selvin Korkmaz (Director General of Turkey), Edgar Şar and Alphan Telek (the Directors of Academic Affairs). We thank our participants ...

The first session of PS:EUROPE Tea Talks was held on February 23, 2017 with the participation of distinguished academics and young social scientists in Turkey. The members of our Advisory Council Aslı Silahdaroğlu Bekmen, Prof. Mine Eder, Assoc. Prof. Ayşen Candaş, Assoc. Prof. Zeynep Gambetti, Assist. Prof. Volkan Çıdam, as well as Prof. Fulya Atacan, Prof. Yüksel Taşkın, Prof. Gencer ...

The fifth PS:EUROPE Brown Bag Seminar entitled “Rethinking the Future of Globalization and Liberalism” was held on January 15, 2017 at Kadir Has University. The seminar began with the Seren Selvin Korkmaz’s opening speech, the director of PS:EUROPE Turkey Office. The seminar moderated by Aslı Silahdaroğlu Bekmen, PS:EUROPE Advisory Board member, took place with the participation of Assoc. Dr. Evren ...

The fourth PS:EUROPE Brown Bag Seminar entitled “Right-wing Populism in the 21st Century: The Future of Globalization and Democracy” was held on November 27 at the Kadir Has University. The speakers of the seminar were Prof. Yüksel Taşkın and Assoc. Prof. Behlül Özkan, faculty members of Marmara University. After the speeches of speakers the seminar moderated by Edgar Şar, PS:EUROPE ...

PS:EUROPE Corporate Director Ebru Fidan had a series of meetings at the Austrian Parliament. She conducted a meeting with the State Secretary of Austria Muna Duzdar and informed them about our institute. In addition to the idea exchage on our future projects, Ms. Duzdar is invited to visit our ongoing projects. And also Ebru Fidan get informations about the working ...

The panel titled “Discussing the Constitutional Democracy in Turkey” held in Zonguldak on 1 October 2016 with the keen participation of Zonguldak people. The panel organized with the cooperation of PS:EUROPE, Önce Demokrasi Platform, Social Democracy Association and Zonguldak Democracy Platform. The moderator of the panel was Ibrahim Kerem Ertem (President of Zonguldak Bar) and Assos. Prof. Erdoğan Kaymakçı (Spokesman ...

We  held a meeting with Prof. Mustafa Aydin, Rector of Kadir Has University. We have introduced PS:EUROPE and our academic studies. Thanks to Prof. Mustafa Aydın for his kind cooperation with us!

Çağdaş Arslan, the Chair of the Executive Board, and Ebru Fidan, the Member of Executive Board of PS:EUROPE participated in a meeting with Mr. Sebastian Kurz, the Foreign Minister of Austria. The institute and its activities had explained in the meeting and Minister Kurz has been invited to the “Green Power” Project which will be held on November 1-9 in ...