BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Join the Middle Eastern Studies Program to discuss the aftermat h of the recent presidential elections in Turkey as a part of the Moynihan Institute's Challenges to Citizenship webinar series on authoritarianism. Panelists will discuss President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's perspective on Tu rkey's relationship with the West\, specifically focusing on President Erd oğan's role in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. In addition\, they will examine the upcoming municipal elections in Turkey and dissect Erdoğ an's position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict\, seeking to unravel the ir potential impact on the complex web of international relations and dome stic politics.Panelists \;Ayça Alemdaroğlu\, Ph.D. \;Research Scho lar and Associate DirectorProgram on Turkey\, Center on Democracy Developm ent and the Rule of Law\, Stanford UniversityAlemdaroğlu is a political so ciologist who examines inequality\, ideology\, and change in Turkey and th e Middle East. Before joining Stanford\, she served as an assistant resear ch professor of sociology at Northwestern University\, where she also dire cted the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program. From 2011 to 2015\, she wa s a postdoctoral fellow in anthropology and taught as a lecturer at Stanfo rd University. She has taught courses on gender and sexuality\, urban disp arities\, and political demonstrations\, with a particular focus on Iran\, Egypt and Turkey. \;Yunus Sözen\, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Politic al ScienceLe Moyne CollegeYunus Sözen is an assistant professor of politic al science at Le Moyne College. Previously\, he was a Fung Global Fellow a t Princeton University and an assistant professor at Özyeğin University. S özen’s areas of expertise are comparative politics and democratic theory. His research focuses on the relationship between political ideas/ideologie s (particularly populism) and political regime dynamics (democracy\, autho ritarianism). Recent publications include studies on populism\, authoritar ianism and elections published in Political Studies Review\, Electoral Stu dies\, and South European Society and Politics.Moderator \;Altuğ Aslan oğlu \;Ph.D. Student\, Political ScienceSyracuse University \;Altu ğ Aslanoğlu is a political science Ph.D. student in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He studies comparative politics with a foc us on the rise of right-wing populism in rural areas in Turkey\, Brazil\, the UK and Germany. Altuğ has a B.S. from SUNY Binghamton\, an MBA from Sa banci University\, and an M.S. from Penn State in international affairs. DTEND:20231114T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T062357Z DTSTART:20231114T183000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Challenges to Citizenship | Competitive Authoritarianism in the Mid dle East: The Turkish Case UID:RFCALITEM639141494373607981 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join the Middle Eastern Studies Progra m to discuss the aftermath of the recent presidential elections in Turkey as a part of the Moynihan Institute's Challenges to Citizenship webinar se ries on authoritarianism. Panelists will discuss President Recep Tayyip Er doğan's perspective on Turkey's relationship with the West\, specifically focusing on President Erdoğan's role in the conflict between Russia and Uk raine. In addition\, they will examine the upcoming municipal elections in Turkey and dissect Erdoğan's position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict \, seeking to unravel their potential impact on the complex web of interna tional relations and domestic politics.

Panelists \;

Ayça Alemdaroğlu\, Ph. D. \;
Research Scholar and Associate Director

P rogram on Turkey\, Center on Democracy Development and the Rule of Law\, S tanford University

Alemdaroğlu is a political sociologist who examines inequalit y\, ideology\, and change in Turkey and the Middle East. Before joining St anford\, she served as an assistant research professor of sociology at Nor thwestern University\, where she also directed the Keyman Modern Turkish S tudies Program. From 2011 to 2015\, she was a postdoctoral fellow in anthr opology and taught as a lecturer at Stanford University. She has taught co urses on gender and sexuality\, urban disparities\, and political demonstr ations\, with a particular focus on Iran\, Egypt and Turkey. \;

Yunus Sözen\, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political ScienceLe Moyne College

Yunus Sözen is an assistant professor of political science at Le Moyne College. Previously\, he was a Fung Global Fellow at Princeton U niversity and an assistant professor at Özyeğin University. Sözen’s areas of expertise are comparative politics and democratic theory. His research focuses on the relationship between political ideas/ideologies (particular ly populism) and political regime dynamics (democracy\, authoritarianism). Recent publications include studies on populism\, authoritarianism and el ections published in Political Studies Review\, Electoral Studies\, and So uth European Society and Politics.

Moderator \;

Altuğ Aslanoğlu \;
Ph.D. Student\, Political Science
Syracuse University \;

Altuğ Aslanoğlu is a political science Ph.D. student in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He studies comparative politics with a focus on the rise of right-wing populism in rural areas in Turkey\, Brazil\, the UK and Germany. Altuğ has a B.S. from SUNY Binghamton\, an M BA from Sabanci University\, and an M.S. from Penn State in international affairs.

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