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Jean Monnet Talk Series (Ter-Matevosyan, 26.04.19)

Bilkent University Department of Political Science & Public Administration Jean Monnet Talk Series presents

“Book Talk: Turkey, Kemalism and the Soviet Union“

Dr. Vahram Ter-Matevosyan American University of Armenia

Friday 26 April 2019, 12:30-14:00 Room H-232

Biographical Note

Vahram Ter-Matevosyan specializes in Turkish domestic and foreign policy, Regional Security and Conflicts in the post-Soviet Space. He has received his Dr. Philosophy Degree from the University of Bergen (Norway), Master’s degree from Lund University (Sweden), Candidate of historical sciences degree from the Institute of Oriental Studies and Yerevan State University (Armenia). He was Visiting Professor at Duke University, NC (2016), Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, CA (2009-2010) and Visiting Doctoral Student at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2005). He authored an award-winning monograph “Islam in the Social and Political Life of Turkey, 1970-2001” in 2008 and co-authored “History of Turkish Republic” in 2014. His research articles have been published in “Nations and Nationalism”, “Europe-Asia Studies”, “Turkish Studies”, “Middle Eastern Studies”, “Insight Turkey”, “Eurasian Geography and Economics”, “Turkish Review”, “Caucasus Survey”, “Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies”, “Iran and the Caucasus”, “Diaspora Studies”, “Études Arméniennes Contemporaines”, and “Caucasus Analytical Digest”.

Interview to Kostas Raptis (17.04.19)

On 17 April 2019 Dr. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis gave an interview in Greek to Kostas Raptis from Athens municipal radio Athina 9.84 about the latest developments in US-Turkey relations and the results of the municipal elections in Istanbul. The full transcript of the interview can be accessed here:

Interview to Pericles Vassilopoulos (05.04.19)

On 5 April 2019 Dr. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis gave an interview in Greek to Pericles Vassilopoulos and Antonis Papagiannidis from the First Programme of Greek public radio about the state of US-Turkey relations and the results of the municipal elections in Turkey.

The full transcript of the interview can be accessed here:

https://youtu.be/QADYz1Lzj2s

Newspaper Article (Ta Nea, 02.04.19)

Dr. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis authored on 2 April 2019 an article on on the results of Turkey’s recent local elections, which appeared on the Greek daily “Ta Nea”. The full text is available here.

Interview to Yannis Theodosis and Froso Zagoritou (31.03.19)

On 31 March 2019 Dr. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis gave an interview to Mr. Yannis Theodosis and Ms. Froso Zagoritou from Athens municipal radio Athina 9.84 about the upcoming Turkish municipal elections. The full transcript of the interview in Greek can be accessed here:

Book Presentation Panel (Nicosia: Journalists’ Hearth, 18.03.19)

On 18 March 2019 Dr. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis participated in a panel presentation of his latest Greek-language book entitled “Sisyphus in Anatolia: 150 Articles and Photographs on Turkey”, which took place at Dimosiografiki Estia (Journalists’ Hearth), Nicosia on Monday 18 March 2019. The event was organized by the Secretariat of Intercommunal Cooperation and the Organization of Young Scientists (ONE) of the Democratic Rally (DISY) party. Speakers included Averof Neofytou, President of DISY, Harris Georgiades, Minister of Finance, Nicos Tornaritis, Parliamentary Leader of DISY, Marios Pelekanos, President of ONE and Rena Choplarou, head of the Secreteriat of Intercommunal Cooperation. A video of the event can be found at:

https://youtu.be/cuEv6YgaA0g

Newspaper Article (Ta Nea, 12.03.19)

Dr. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis authored on 12 March 2019 an article on Turkey’s upcoming municipal elections and the state of Turkish economy, which appeared on the Greek daily “Ta Nea”. The full text is available here.

Newspaper Article (Ta Nea, 25.02.19)

Dr. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis authored on 25 February 2019 an article on Greek-Turkish relations in the aftermath of Greek Prime Minister Tsipras’ visit to Turkey, which appeared on the Greek daily “Ta Nea”. The full text is available here.

Participation in FEUTURE Panel Discussion (Athens: ELIAMEP, 21.02.19)

Dr. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis participated in a panel discussion on EU-Turkey relations entitled “EU-Turkey Relations: What Policy Challenges?: Security and Energy”. The event was held on Thursday 21 February 2019 at the conference room of the Representation of the European Commission in Greece, in the framework of the project “EU-Turkey Relations: Mapping Dynamics and Future Scenarios (FEUTURE).” The project was funded by the European Commission (Horizon 2020), and the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) was one of the partners. Dr. George Markopouliotis, head of the Representation of the European Commission in Greece, Dr. Thanos Dokos, general director of ELIAMEP, Dr. Panagiota Manoli, University of the Peloponnese and Prof. Panayotis Tsakonas, University of the Aegean, were the other speakers. A video of Dr. Grigoriadis’ participation can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbtiLBqQDms&t=8s

Newspaper Article (Ta Nea, 02.02.19)

Dr. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis authored on 2 February 2019 an article on the upcoming visit of the Greek Prime Minister to Turkey, which appeared on the Greek daily “Ta Nea”. The full text is available here.