Recent Studies in Turkey

Recent Studies in Turkey contain projects and researches of academics and researchers from different disciplines that they conducted collaboratively on polarization.

From 24 June To 31 March: Political Polarization in Turkey between Two Elections (available only in Turkish)

Istanbul Political Research Institute (IstanPol), Turkey Social Economic and Political Research Foundation (TÜSES), Social Democracy Foundation (SODEV)

The project, focusing on the identity polarization, investigates the relationship between polarization and Turkey’s fundamental problems, attitudes between different poles and at which points the polarization is deepened or broken.

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Movement of Common Values (available only in Turkish)

Movement of Common Values

Ortak Değerler Hareketi (Movement of Common Values) aims to discover our individual values and meet around our common aspects; thus, it is a social responsibility project trying to eliminate the segregation and polarization tendencies in society.

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Dialogue and Sustainable Conflict Resolution in the Kurdish Question and Polarization in Turkey Project

Sabancı University Istanbul Policy Center

The project aims to contribute to sustainable conflict resolution by “empowering and recognizing” participants from different circles by using the “Transformative Mediation” method.

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Social Cohesion in Turkey

INGEV Foundation, Sabancı University Istanbul Policy Center

Research on Social Cohesion in Turkey is conducted to study social cohesion in Turkey in the face of the rise of political polirization.

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Research on the Dimensions of Polarization in Turkey 2017

Istanbul Bilgi University Center for Migration Research

The research aims to understand the effects of the changes in social and political context on polarization while the political polarization and its different dimensions are handled as gradually increasing social distance between different party supporters.

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Research on the Dimensions of Polarization in Turkey 2015 (available only in Turkish)

Turkey Corporate Social Responsibility Association

The research aims to understand the effects of the changes in social and political context on polarization while the political polarization and its different dimensions are handled as gradually increasing social distance between different party supporters.

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Project on Training and Networking for the Independent Researchers and Civil Society Organizations on Cultural Plurality in Turkey (2018-2019) (available only in Turkish)

Istanbul Bilgi University Turkey Cultures Research Group

As a continuation of the “Strengthening Civil Society Actors of Cultural Diversity and Capacity Building Project in Istanbul”, the project has been carried out with in-class and in-field applied trainings, workshops, exhibitions, panels, talks, conference events and NGO collaborations.

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