Mustafa Demir

Mustafa Demir is a doctoral candidate at Keele University in the School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy (SPIRE).

Erdoğan’s blessings

Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has won the country’s first direct presidential election. But behind his vision of a ‘new Turkey’ lies a dangerous politics of scapegoating.

By Mustafa Demir

/ 11 Aug 2014

Securitizing the Hizmet/Gulen movement

Turkey’s most influential and widely respected civil society organisation, the Hizmet movement, is under continual attack by PM Erdoğan who accuses it of seeking to establish a “parallel state”. Such rhetoric and 'securitization' may destroy the democratic fabric of Turkish society.

By Mustafa Demir

/ 3 Feb 2014