Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program

NEXT WEEK! Join Keyman MTS for our conference “Freedom and Unfreedom in James Baldwin’s Istanbul” on May 22-23, 2026 in Harris Hall, Room 108. View the program and register: bit.ly/3PF8yiG

ZOOM OPTION ADDED! Join KMTS for “From Entitlement to Deservingness: Queer Migration through Turkey to the EU and North America" with Mert Koçak, Keyman Postdoctoral Fellow, on Monday, June 1st at 12:30pm in Kresge Hall, Room 1515 and via Zoom. Register: bit.ly/48Yr7F4

Join KMTS for "Energy Security in Turbulent Times & Turkey’s Role in Eurasian Energy Politics" with Şuhnaz Yılmaz Özbağcı, Koç University, on Wednesday, May 13th at 12:30pm in Kresge Hall, Room 1515. More info and to register: bit.ly/4thxdsj

Join KMTS for "How to Win a Battle in the Culture War: Techno-nationalism and Hegemony in Turkey" with Yohanan Benhaïm, Keyman Visiting Scholar, on Monday, May 4 at 4pm in Harris Hall, 108. Reception to follow. More info and to register: bit.ly/3QsnzEN

Join Keyman MTS for “From 'Byzantine Intrigues’ to Civil Byzantium: The Making of Byzantium in Modern Turkey” with Koray Durak, Boğaziçi University, on Monday, April 20th at 12:30pm in Kresge Hall, Room 1515. Register: bit.ly/4aSG7Wk

Join KMTS for “From Entitlement to Deservingness: Queer Migration through Turkey to the EU and North America" with Mert Koçak, Keyman Postdoctoral Fellow, on Monday, May 4th at 4pm in Harris Hall, Room 108. More Info and to Register: bit.ly/4bzsdr5

Join Keyman MTS for “White-Collar Blues: The Making of the Transnational Turkish Middle Class" with Mustafa Yavaş @yavasmu, Johns Hopkins University, on Wednesday, April 29th at 12:30pm via Zoom. Register: bit.ly/47GG1Px

Watch the recording of "In the Shadow of War and Empire: Industrialisation, Nation-Building, and Working-Class Politics in Turkey" with @gorkem_akgoz , International Institute of Social History! youtu.be/jM3GHXRUQVU

Join KMTS for "The Religious Vocabulary of Turkic-Speaking Christians and the Problem of the Origin of the Gagauz" with Sergey Ivanov, Northwestern University, on Wednesday, April 8 at 12:30pm in Kresge Hall, Room 1515 and via Zoom. Register: bit.ly/4b6yzOF

Join KMTS for a screening of the documentaries Star on the Border and Missed Lives: the Doms followed by a discussion with directors Berivan Saruhan and Mehmet Kuyumcu on Tuesday, March 31 at 12:00pm in Kresge 1515 and via Zoom. More Info and to Register: bit.ly/4r6lbQp