The European Institute and Contemporary Turkish Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) as well as the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge are jointly organizing a workshop on the Political Economy of Türkiye.

There will be a dedicated discussant for each paper, as well as open floor discussion. One of the invited papers will receive the “Atakan Yalçın Best Paper Award” presented by the keynote speaker.

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

9 July

14:00 - 16:25 Session 1: State capacity, banks and accountability  |  chaired by Yaprak Gürsoy (LSE)

Shifting ground: The 2023 earthquake and electoral accountability in Turkey

Konstantin Bogatyrev (LSE)*

Discussant: Clement Minaudier (City St George’s) 

Political anchoring against deposit dollarization: The role of state banks

Idil Ayberk (Medipol), Murat Tinic (VU Amsterdam)* & Gunseli Tumer-Alkan (VU Amsterdam) 

Discussant: Orkun Saka (City St George’s) 

Can local governance challenge authoritarian rule? Evidence from municipal internet provision in rural Turkey

Zeynep Doga Bulamaç (CREST)* 

Discussant: Davide Luca (Cambridge) 

16:50 - 18:20 Session 2: Gender  |  chaired by Davide Luca (Cambridge)

Shielding women from violence: The effects of violence prevention and monitoring centres on intimate partner violence in Türkiye

Güneş Aşık (METU)*, Bilge Erten (Northeastern), Erdal Tekin (AU), Semih Tumen (Amazon) & Hakan Ulucan (Anadolu)

Discussant: Almudena Sevilla (LSE) 

Demand for gender equality in conservative contexts  

Ceren Baysan (Toronto), Carlos Molina (USC), Antonia Paredes-Haz & Gamze Zeki (Stockholm)*

Discussant: Karmini Sharma (Imperial) 

10 July

9:30 - 11:00 Session 3: Coercion  |  chaired by Melani Cammett (Harvard)

Trapped under the orient’s night: Blind-sourced child labour in contract tobacco farming

Umut Kuruüzüm (ITU)*

Discussant: Yaprak Gursoy (LSE) 

Capacity, lords and the limits of iron fist development   

Berfin Baydar (Duke)*, Pablo Beramendi (Duke) & Asli Cansunar (Washington)

Discussant: Arda Gitmez (Bilkent)

11:30 - 13:00 Keynote lecture by Prof. Melani Cammett (Harvard)

Identity politics and intergroup relations in post-conflict societies 

Chaired by: Yaprak Gürsoy (LSE)

| Scientific Commitee |