Alperen Atik

Alperen Atik is a PhD candidate in the University of Flensburg. His research focuses on social movements and Turkey's Gezi protests.

Victory in the shadow of Erdogan’s authoritarianism

Turkey’s opposition wins a major victory showing that the government’s push to overturn the Istanbul mayoral elections had an inverse effect.

By Alperen Atik and Burcu Degirmen-Dysart

/ 24 Jun 2019

Victory in the shadow of Erdogan’s authoritarianism

Turkey: authoritarianism and academic ‘closure’

The regime’s growing assaults on journalists, intellectuals and academics at this particular moment seem aimed at promoting self-censorship ahead of the constitutional referendum in April.

By Alperen Atik and Burcu Degirmen

/ 14 Feb 2017