Fatih Ceran

Fatih Ceran is writing his PhD on contemporary Turkish politics and currently working on democratization, civil society, security policies, Turkish modernization, Islamism and secularism at Doctoral School of Law, Political Science and History of University of Strasbourg. He has a recently published article in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies and is a regular contributor to The Conversation.

Tough season for the Turkish opposition

Ekrem Imamoglu, if he wants to be next leader of the country, has to go far beyond the local election coalition of early 2019, and look for a new kind of social contract.

By Ahmet Erdi Ozturk and Fatih Ceran

/ 9 Aug 2019

Turkish centre-right: soon over-crowded?

Throughout the early 2019 election process, İmamoğlu pushed the boundaries of the secularist main opposition CHP, marching to the centre via a reconciliatory populism.

By Ahmet Erdi Ozturk and Fatih Ceran

/ 22 Jul 2019

Turkish centre-right: soon over-crowded?

Turkey’s presidential transition, done the hard way

Erdoğan is successfully pushing the HDP further to the margins and the HDP seems to be taking the bait doubly pressed upon them by Erdoğan and the PKK.

By Ahmet Erdi Ozturk and Fatih Ceran

/ 27 Apr 2016