Transitional justice initiatives in Turkey

Thursday Apr 27, 2023, 1:00 PM → 2:00 PM Europe/London

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This event hosts three speakers to examine Turkey’s ad-hoc transitional justice initiatives in the Kurdish conflict and to discuss the prospect for TJ in light of recent political developments and the recent devastating earthquake. Ahead of the general and presidential elections in May 2023, Turkey is on the brink of change. As the AKP government intensifies its authoritarian regime, public and political discourse have focused on a pending transitional process amidst malfunctioning legal and government institutions which were proved again in the course of the earthquake and the state’s disaster response. Whether or not the upcoming elections in May 2023 will lead to a regime change, recent developments signal that it is even more important to ponder the prospect for dealing with the past in Turkey.

 

Our speakers who run the  #TJUpdatesFromTurkey newsletter at the DEMOS Research Association will share their insights and analysis that re-frame the country’s past and present from a TJ perspective.

 

Dr Nisan Alıcı, Nottingham Trent University & University of Cambridge

                        DEMOS Research Association

 

Güneş Daşlı, Jena Center for Reconciliation (JCRS)

                        DEMOS Research Association
 

Güley Bor, Lawyer & Researcher

                        DEMOS Research Association

 

The event will be chaired by Dr Bahar Baser from Durham University’s School of Government and International Affairs.