How can students learn to navigate democratic crises and make difficult political decisions? Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS) is joining DemoRoles, a new Erasmus+ project that will develop a digital role-playing game to help university students explore democratic decision-making in practice.
During his time at SUITS, Princeton PhD candidate Sean Silvia will explore how archaeological practices and heritage policies transformed the use and perception of ancient ruins in Turkey, including the often-overlooked experiences of communities who inhabited and reused them.
A new article by László Szerencsés, published online in Southeastern Europe (24 August 2026), examines why Turkey's efforts to project authoritarian control over its diaspora and political opponents have met firm resistance in Kosovo.
László Szerencsés, postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Turkish Studies, publishes new article in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies on the ideational roots of Turkey-Hungary cooperation.
The 28 May defence was especially prescient as the CHP, Turkey's main opposition party, faces a leadership crisis
The article, "From Training to Influence: The Role of U.S. Military Training in Turkish Officers’ Decisions" analyses the success and repercussions of either material incentives or of more intangible network-based systems of trust and reciprocity.
“Influence without Control: Turkey and Islamic Communities in Serbia” examines the limits of Turkey’s transnational authoritarianism in Serbia, focusing on why Ankara was unable to co-opt the country’s dominant Islamic institution between 2016 and 2021 despite strong political ties with Belgrade.
In celebration of the Cambridge University Press publication of “The Rise and Fall of Turkey’s Democrat Party: The Cold War and Illiberalism, 1945–60”.
Since 2020 SUITS has been coordinating roundtable discussions in Stockholm to discuss Turkey’s foreign policy and its role in European security.
Turkey recap featured an interview with SUITS postdoctoral researcher on the implications for Hungary-Turkey relationships on 14 April 2026
SUITS Non-Resident Scholar interviewed on Turkey Recap on 6 April 2026 to discuss and give context to the constantly changing Middle East situation and growing concerns about regional rivalries.
In a recently published article in the Journal of Middle East Women’s studies, Professor emerita Jenny White discusses the advantages and drawbacks of presenting ethnographical research through fictionalized narratives.
