KAM ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS
Critical Notes on the University, Social Sciences, and Our Intellectual World
Tanel Demirel
The Global Research Center's guest for our May 2026 Book-Article program will be Tanel Demirel, a professor of Political Science and International Relations at Çankaya University. We will be discussing his book, "University, Social Sciences, and Our World of Thought," published by Liberte Publications. The meeting will begin at 5:00 PM on Saturday, May 9, 2026, in the Şakir Kocabaş Hall.
YUVARLAK MASA SALONU
09/05/2026 05:00 م
US-China rivalry in Africa.
Kaan Devecioğlu
The Global Research Center's guest for our May 2026 Book-Article program will be Dr. Kaan Devecioğlu, Coordinator of North and East Africa Studies at ORSAM. We will be discussing the US-China rivalry in Africa with Kaan Devecioğlu. The meeting will begin at 3:00 PM on Saturday, May 9, 2026, in the Zeyrek Hall.
ZEYREK SALONU
09/05/2026 03:00 م
Turkish-British Political Relations: CENTO, Cyprus, and Axis Expansion (1964-69)
Abdussamed Geçer
The Global Research Center's guest for February's Book-Article program will be Dr. Abdussamed Geçer from the Atatürk Revolutions and History Department at Health Sciences University. We will discuss Turkish-British relations between 1964 and 1969 with Abdussamed Geçer in the context of CENTO, the Cyprus issue, and Turkey's axis expansion policy. The meeting will begin at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 14, 2026, in the Şakir Kocabaş Hall.
ŞAKİR KOCABAŞ SALONU
14/02/2026 03:00 م
'Liberating' Human Rights: The Islamic World and Human Rights?
Berdal Aral
The Global Research Center's guest for this December Book-Article program will be Prof. Dr. Berdal Aral from the Department of International Relations at Istanbul Medeniyet University. We will discuss the Islamic world and human rights issues with Berdal Aral from an interdisciplinary perspective. The meeting will begin at 4:00 PM on Saturday, December 13, 2025, in the Şakir Kocabaş Hall.
ŞAKİR KOCABAŞ SALONU
13/12/2025 04:00 م
Gazze: Land of Resistance from Past to Present
Zahide Tuba Kor
The Center for Global Studies is hosting Zahide Tuba Kor as the guest speaker for our September Book-Article series. She will discuss the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza, the Palestinian resistance, America's Middle East policies, and Israel's genocidal mindset and policies. The meeting will begin at 2:00 PM on Saturday, September 27, 2025, in the Zeyrek Hall.
ZEYREK SALONU
27/09/2025 02:00 م
Islamism in the Nation-State-Empire Pendulum
Ercan Yıldırım
Nation-State, Ottoman, Turkey, Center for Global Studies. The guest speaker for August's Book-Article program will be researcher and author Ercan Yıldırım. We will discuss his book, "Islamism from Empire to Nation-State," published by Pınar Publications. Within this framework, we will examine the circumstances surrounding the emergence of Islamism, its movements and schools, its transformations, and its fundamental issues. The meeting will begin at 2:00 PM on Saturday, August 2, 2025, in the Şakir Kocabaş Hall. Westernization
ŞAKİR KOCABAŞ SALONU
02/08/2025 02:00 م
The Secularization Process of the West: Charles Taylor and the Critique of Modernity
Çağrı Taşgetiren
The guest of the February Book-Article program of the Global Research Center will be Çağrı Taşgetiren. We will be discussing his book titled “The Secularization Process of the West: Charles Taylor and the Critique of Modernity” published by Açılım Kitap. The meeting will start on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 14:00 in the Şakir Kocabaş Hall.
ŞAKİR KOCABAŞ SALONU
08/02/2025 02:00 م
Agonistic Politics in Contemporary Political Philosophy
Murat İnce
Murat İnce will be the guest of the January Book-Article program of the Center for Global Studies. We will talk to Murat İnce about his book titled “Agonistic Politics in Contemporary Political Philosophy” published by Küre Publications. We will discuss the philosophical origins of agonistic thought, which emphasizes the political and feeds on an anti-essentialist contingencyism, its connections with the theory of democracy and its contributions to Turkish political life. The meeting will start on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 15.00 in the Red Hall.
KIRMIZI SALON
25/01/2025 03:00 م
Restless Modernity
The Global Research Center will host Hasan Aksakal, a faculty member at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, for our October Book-Article program. We will focus on European intellectual history with Aksakal and have a conversation on romantics, anti-modernists, and cultural pessimists. The meeting will begin on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 14:00 in the Research II Hall.
ARAŞTIRMA II SALONU
05/10/2024 02:00 م
Shaman and Tengri: A Critique of ‘Steppe Historiography’
Ahmet Demirhan
The Global Research Center will be guesting writer, critic, sociologist Ahmet Demirhan in our September Book-Article program. We will discuss with Ahmet Demirhan how ancient Turkish history was constructed within the literature of Turkology, and what the founding figures, motifs, and narratives of Bozkır historiography are, within the framework of his latest book published by Dergah Publications, “Şaman ve Tengri: A ‘Steppe Historiography’ Critique.” The meeting will begin on Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 14:00 in the Şakir Kocabaş Hall.
ŞAKİR KOCABAŞ SALONU
21/09/2024 02:00 م
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