Join us for this online panel discussion with Professor Emeritus Jenny White, Associate Professor Sebnem Gumuscu and Dr Bilge Yabanci. Guest moderated by Dr James Ryan.
12 March 2025 - 14.00 GMT
This panel discussion is the first in our new series Power, Legitimacy and Influence: the Future of Asia. The series will run over the next two years exploring six long-standing regimes in Asia that have had and continue to have a huge influence outside their own borders, shaping the region and its trajectory. It will consider their leadership, the sources of their legitimacy and their guiding doctrine in order to gain an insight into what the future of Asia might look like.
In this first event of the series we will examine the impact of Erdoğan and the Justice and Development Party on democracy in Türkiye, the role of Islamic nationalism in shaping the political system domestically, as well as the country’s foreign policy, and the tension between democracy and autocracy under Erdoğan. Türkiye is an influential player in the Middle East and Europe as well as the Turkic and Islamic worlds. President Erdoğan came to power just over two decades ago and his leadership has seen a decisive shift towards Islamic nationalism, social conservatism, democratic backsliding and an increasingly authoritarian style of government. He has survived an attempted coup and become an influential leader on the world stage but now his popularity is waning at home and the Turkish economy is in trouble. What does this mean for Türkiye and its influence on Asia?
https://rsaa.org.uk/upcoming-events/islamic-nationalism-and-the-future-of-turkish-democracy/