Ulrike Flader23 Feb 2016
One month since the éclat about the ‘peace petition’ in Turkey, the overwhelming majority of both state and private universities have started internal inquiries against the signatories; 17 academics have been fired so far, four signatories were forced to resign, while...
Ulrike Flader8 Sep 2015
An interview with James M. Dorsey, Senior Fellow at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and co-director of the Institute of Fan Culture in Würzburg/Germany. He is also an award-winning journalist, working...
Ulrike Flader30 Sep 2014
The most recent pictures of thousands of refugees fleeing from heavy attacks of ISIS and making their way from Syria across the border to Turkey, come from the area of Kobani – one of three cantons of the self- proclaimed Autonomy Region Rojava in Northern Syria. This...
Ulrike Flader16 Apr 2014
Time: 5-7.30pm, Tuesday 6th May Place: Samuel Alexander Building, Lecture Theatre A112 All welcome. Please register via eventbrite. The so-called Arab Spring and its continuing effects have propelled the dynamics of protest, uprisings and revolution throughout the...
Ulrike Flader28 Mar 2014
Once again thousands of protesters in Turkey took to the streets in mid-March in order to commemorate the youngest and most recent victim of police violence during the Gezi Protests of last year. The 14 year-old Berkin Elvan was hit by a tear gas canister and had been...
Ulrike Flader4 Jan 2014
An Email-Conversation with Professor Mervat F. Hatem from the Department of Political Science, Howard University on the Role of Women in the Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Egypt. UF: In your most recent article in current issue of the Middle East Report 268 you...
