“Assoc. Prof. Efe Tokdemir, of the Department of International Relations, has been awarded the highly competitive ERC-2025 Consolidator Grant for his groundbreaking project COUNSTER. The project aims to explain why, how, and when governments target the constituents of non-state armed actors (NSAAs) and what determines the success or failure of these government-constituency relations as a…

Title: “Let’s Agree on Poland: Lessons on Polarization, Populism, and Democracy from Poland and Turkey” Date and Time:  December 16, Tuesday, 2025, 12:30-13:30 Venue: A130 Seminar Room, FEASS Speakers: Anna Wojciuk (University of Warsaw)

Title: Beyond the Deadlock: Youth Perspectives on Peace in Divided Cyprus Date and Time:  December 4, Thursday, 2025, 12:30-13:30 Venue: A130 Seminar Room, FEASS Speakers: Cihan Dizdaroğlu (Başkent University)

Title: The Rise and Relapse of European Human Rights in Turkey Date and Time:  December 10, Wednesday, 2025, 12:30-13:30 Venue: A130 Seminar Room, FEASS Speakers: Tuğba Bayar (Bilkent University)

The book “The Rise and Relapse of European Human Rights in Turkey,” written by Tuğba Bayar, was published by CEU Press.

The book “Kızıl Yıldız: Sovyetler Birliği Tarihi,” co-authored by Onur İşçi and Samuel J. Hirst, was published by Kronik Kitap.

Sam Hirst’s book “Against the Liberal Order” has won the European International History Prize (formerly the George Louis Beer Prize) from the American Historical Association (AHA).