Turkish Lecture
The Halle Institute hosts the annual Turkish Lecture, in partnership with the American Turkish Friendship Council. The Turkish Lecture Series brings public intellectuals in the fields of Ottoman and Turkish studies, including business and trade, history, politics, and culture, to interact with Emory students and faculty and members of the Atlanta-area community.
2025 Turkish LEcture Distinguished Guest Speaker
Ali Çarkoğlu
This year’s Turkish Lecture with distinguished guest speaker is Professor Ali Çarkoğlu, Professor of International Relations at Koç University and Visiting Researcher at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University.
The lecture will focus on the evolution of electoral dynamics in Turkey from 1990 to 2023, focusing on the impact of social dividing factors and democratic backsliding on party competition and voter behavior.
The event will take place on March 4, 2025, from 12:00 - 2:00pm. RSVP required. For more information, click here.
Date Speaker Title of Talk April 15, 2024 Christine Philliou, Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley and author of Biography of an Empire: Governing Ottomans in an Age of Revolution An Old Story: Turkey's Relationship to the Ottoman Past April 12, 2023 Baki Tezcan, professor of history at the University of California, Davis, and current President of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association Halide Edib, Ottoman Armenians, and the Wilsonian Principles: The Alternative Post-World War I History that Never Happened February 4, 2020 Elif Batuman, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of two critically acclaimed books – The Possessed and The Idiot An Afternoon with Elif Batuman February 6, 2019 Kemal Kirisci, TÜSİAD senior fellow and director of the Center on the United States and Europe's Turkey Project, at the Brookings Institution Turbulent Times: Turkey's Tenuous Relationship with the West February 19, 2018 Steven A. Cook, PhD, Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Is Turkey a Democracy? December 1, 2016 Soner Çağaptay, Beyer Family Fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute Turkish Foreign Relations: the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East November 18, 2015 Sinan Ciddi, Executive Director, The Institute of Turkish Studies Georgetown University Turkey: A Reliable Ally to Combat ISIS? March 27, 2014 Bulent Aliriza, Founding Director, The Turkey Project Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Turkey's Challenges in 2014 - VIDEO September 21, 2012 M. Hakan Yavuz, Professor of Political Science, Middle East Center, University of Utah Political Islam and Secularism in Turkey November 9, 2011 Namik Tan, Ambassador of Turkey to the United States Turkey-U.S. Relations February 3, 2010 Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Global Women's Issues November 24, 2008 Nabi Sensoy, Ambassador of Turkey to the United States Turkey's Foreign Policy, Linked Between the Regional and the Global September 18, 2007 Ali Carkoglu, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Sabanci University (Istanbul, Turkey) Turkish Elections 2007: A Beginning or an End of an Electoral Process? November 9, 2006 Murat Sungar, First Deputy Secretary General, Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Former Ambassador of Turkey to the United Nations Office in Geneva Turkey and the U.S.: An Important Relationship for the Black Sea Region October 17, 2006 Soner Cagaptay, Senior Fellow and Director, Turkish Research Program Washington Institute Islam, Secularism, and Nationalism in Modern Turkey: Who Is a Turk?Past Speakers