Policy-Making and Political Economy of Turkey in Times of Existential Crises

Turkish Political Economy and Public Policy Network (TUPEN) and Özyeğin University Department of International Relations invite you to the online workshop titled "Policy-Making and Political Economy of Turkey in Times of Existential Crises." The workshop will be held online via Zoom on November 19, 2021 in between 10am - 6pm in Istanbul time.

Please click here for the event registration form. The online Zoom link will be shared half an hour before the event with participants who filled out the registration form via the e-mail addresses they provided on the form.

Workshop Programme

POLICY-MAKING AND POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TURKEY IN TIMES OF EXISTENTIAL 

ONLINE WORKSHOP 19 NOVEMBER 2021 (10.00‐18.00 Istanbul)

Plenary session: 10.00‐10.10

10.00‐10.05 | Introductory Welcome ― Ebru ERTUGAL, Department of International Relations, Özyeğin University & TUPEN Steering Committee

10.05‐10.10 | Welcome Greetings ― Caner BAKIR, Koç University and Hoover Institution, Stanford University, TUPEN Steering Committee

Session 1: 10.10‐12.15

Chair: Ebru ERTUGAL, Özyeğin University

10.10‐10.35 | Eylül BAYRAKTAR (Yeditepe University) and Kübra ÖZTÜRK (Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University) The Change in Local Administration Policy in Turkey: An Analysis Through The Multiple Streams Model

Discussant: Caner BAKIR, Koç University

10.35-11.00 | Savaş Zafer ŞAHİN (Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University) Neo-Pragmatic Turn of the Turkish Urbanization Policy under the Influence of a Regime Change

Discussant: Sinan Tankut GÜLHAN, Gaziantep University

11.00‐11.25 | Faik GÜR (Özyeğin University), Burak GÜREL (Koç University) and Barış ALPASLAN (Ege University) Commodification and Resilience in Agriculture in Turkey: The Case of Gediz Plain

Discussant: Mina KOZLUCA, London School of Economics

11.25‐11.50 | Avni Önder HANEDAR (Sakarya University), Elmas Yaldiz HANEDAR (Sakarya University of Applied Sciences) and Mehmet Gökhan GÖKTAN (Okan University) Reactions of European Financial Markets to OPDA: Lessons for Today’s Emerging Economies with Heavy External Debt Burden

Discussant: Emrah KARAOĞUZ, Kadir Has University

11.50‐12.15 | Korsan CEVDET (HSBC) Turkey: Prospects of a Sustainable Afro-Eurasian Commercial Centre in a Post-COVID19 Era

Discussant: Kerem ÇOBAN, Kadir Has University

12.15-13.00 KEYNOTE SPEECH

Gül Berna ÖZCAN, School of Business and Management, Royal Holloway, University of London 

Politics of Resource Capture and Institutional Transitions: Studying Politically Connected Firms

Discussion

Session 2: 13.00‐15.05

Chair: Merih ANGIN, Koç University

13.00‐13.25 | Emre İŞERİ (Yaşar University) Turkey’s Energy Policy: Path Dependency of Carbon Lock-In

Discussant: Ebru ERTUGAL, Özyeğin University

13.25‐13.50 | Digdem SOYALTIN-COLELLA (Altınbaş University) When does bureaucracy function in authoritarian regimes? The Court of Auditors in Turkey

Discussant: Ezgi ARIK, Koç University

13.50‐14.15 | Mustafa KAHVECİ (İstanbul University) and Cemal SALMAN (İstanbul University) Qualification of the Mayor and the Political Budget Cycle Effect on the Financial Performance of Local Governments

Discussant: Mete YILDIZ, Hacettepe University

14.15-14.40 | Mete YILDIZ (Hacettepe University) Global Sustainability Crisis as a Wicked Problem and Behavioral Change As a Solution

Discussant: Gökhan ORHAN, Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University

14.40-15.05 | Defne GÖNENÇ (Yaşar University) and Günseli DURMAZ (Middle East Technical University) The politics of neoliberal  transformation on the periphery: a critical comparison of Greece and  Turkey

Discussant: Caner BAKIR, Koç University

Session 3: Book Panel 15.15‐18.00 (IN TURKISH)

Başkan: Alper YAĞCI, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi

15:15-15:40 | Alper YAĞCI (Boğaziçi Üniversitesi) Piyasa, Seçmen ve Lider  Arasında: AKP İktidarının Politik Ekonomik Niteliğine Dair Kavramsal Diyalog ve Çatışmalar

Tartışmacı: Merih ANGIN, Koç Üniversitesi ve Pelin KILINÇARSLAN, İstanbul Aydın Üniversitesi

15:40-16:05 | Merih ANGIN (Koç Üniversitesi) ve Pelin KILINÇARSLAN (İstanbul Aydın Üniversitesi) Özelleştirmeler ve IMF ile İlişkilerin Dönüşümü

Tartışmacı: Alper YAĞCI, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi

16:05-16:30 | Caner BAKIR (Koç Üniversitesi) ve Sinan AKGÜNAY (Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi) Başkanlık Sistemi Etkisinde Türkiye’nin Para Politikası: Merkez Bankası Politika Tasarım ve Uygulamalarındaki Değişim

Tartışmacı: Ebru ERTUGAL, Özyeğin Üniversitesi

16:30-16:55 | H. Tolga BÖLÜKBAŞI (Bilkent Üniversitesi) ve Kerem Gabriel ÖKTEM (Bielefeld Üniversitesi) Türkiye'de Sosyal Devletin Çokyüzlü Dönüşümü

Tartışmacı: Hasan TEKGÜÇ, Kadir Has Üniversitesi

16:55-17:20 | Ebru ERTUGAL (Özyeğin Üniversitesi) Neo-liberalizm ve Merkeziyetçilik kıskacında Türkiye’nin Bölgesel Kalkınma Politikası

Tartışmacı: Sinan AKGÜNAY (ODTÜ)

17:20-17:45 | Hasan TEKGÜÇ (Kadir Has Üniversitesi) ve Alper YAĞCI (Boğaziçi Üniversitesi) Türkiye’de Refah Devletinin Niteliği: Sürprizler, Paradokslar, Dersler

Tartışmacı: Kerem Gabriel ÖKTEM, Bielefeld Üniversitesi

General Discussion and Closure: 17.45‐18.00

Participation in the event is free of charge. Participants not presenting papers are very welcome but will need to register through the link below https://forms.gle/4ES3KGqFzNQEKJ9E6

For any other inquiries please contact TUPEN2021@gmail.com