What President Erdoğan’s Election Victory Means for Turkey and the World
(Dr. Sinan Ciddi, June 8, 2023)
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About the speaker
Sinan Ciddi is a non-resident senior fellow at FDD and an expert on Turkish domestic politics and foreign policy.
He is also an Associate Professor of National Security Studies at Marine Corps University (MCU). Prior to joining MCU, Sinan was the Executive Director of the Institute of Turkish Studies, based at Georgetown University (2011-2020). Between 2008-2011 he established the Turkish Studies program at the University of Florida’s Center for European Studies. He continues to serve as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
Sinan was born in Turkey and educated in the United Kingdom. He was previously an instructor at Sabanci University between 2004-2008 and completed his Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the same institution between 2007-2008. Distinct from his articles and opinion editorials, his book titled Kemalism in Turkish Politics: The Republican People’s Party: Secularism and Nationalism (Routledge, January 2009) focuses on the electoral weakness of the Republican People’s Party.
He obtained his Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in 2007 in the field of Political Science. He continues to author scholarly articles, opinion pieces and book chapters on contemporary Turkish politics and foreign policy, as well as participate in media appearances.
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Introduction
Robert R. Reilly:
Hello and welcome to the Westminster Institute. I am Robert Reilly, its director. Today I am particularly pleased to welcome for the first time a guest to the Westminster Institute, Dr. Sinan Ciddi, who is a non-resident senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies here in Washington D.C. He is an expert on Turkish domestic politics and foreign policy.
He is also an Associate Professor of National Security Studies at Marine Corps University (MCU). Prior to joining that institution, Sinan was the Executive Director of The Institute of Turkish Studies based at Georgetown University (2011-2020). Between 2008 and 2011, he established the Turkish Studies program at the University of Florida’s Center for European Studies. He continues to serve as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
Sinan was born in Turkey and educated in the United Kingdom., University of London in 2007 and completed his Post-Doctoral Fellowship. He obtained his Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies University of London in 2007 in the field of political science. He was previously an instructor at sabanji University near Istanbul between 2004 and 2008 and completed his post-doctoral fellowship at the same Institution distinct from his articles and opinion editorials his book titled Kemalism in Turkish Politics: the Republican People’s Party secularism and nationalism focuses on the electoral weakness of the Republican People’s Party Dr city is joining me today to discuss: What President Erdoğan’s Election Victory Means for Turkey and the World. Sanan, thank you so much. Welcome to the Westminster Institute.