Events

Anti-Armenian Racism

21.04.2026 -

Part of the online lecture series "Overlooked and Concealed: The Impact of the 'Grey Wolves'"

Dr. Christin Pschichholz - Nationalist Narratives and the Long Shadow of the Past: Turkey and the Genocide of the Armenian Population

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Moderator: Dr. Murat Arpacı (University of Erzincan)
Further information on lectures, registration, admission and other events in this series can be found in the program.

Antifeminism

28.04.2026 -

Part of the online lecture series "Overlooked and Concealed: The Impact of the 'Grey Wolves'"

Dr. Dastan Jasim - Antifeminism as a State Project: Women, Nation and Right-Wing Mobilisation in Turkey

Dr. Funda Hülagü Demirbilek - 'Regressive Rebels'? Men's Rights Groups and Antifeminist Meaning-Making in Turkey

Moderator: Jessica Hoyer (OTH Regensburg)
Further information on lectures, registration, admission and other events in this series can be found in the program.

Far-Right Violence

12.05.2026 -

Part of the online lecture series "Overlooked and Concealed: The Impact of the 'Grey Wolves'"

Eylem Şen - Madımak Massacre Memorial Center: Confronting a Crime Against Humanity, State Responsibility, and Collective Memory

Ceren Türkmen - After 1993: Political Violence in Sivas and Solingen. How Alevi Self-Organisation and Alliance Politics Were Shaped and Limited

Moderator: Antonia Rode (Munich University of Applied Sciences)
Further information on lectures, registration, admission and other events in this series can be found in the program.

Anti-Semitism

26.05.2026 -

Part of the online lecture series "Overlooked and Concealed: The Impact of the 'Grey Wolves'"

Dr. Elke Rajal - More than a Marginal Phenomenon: Antisemitism in Germany

Rıfat Bali - An overview of anti-Semitism in Turkey

Moderator: Rabia Kökten (OTH Regensburg)
Further information on lectures, registration, admission and other events in this series can be found in the program.

Far-Right Parties and Movements

02.06.2026 -

Part of the online lecture series "Overlooked and Concealed: The Impact of the 'Grey Wolves'"

Dr. Anna-Sophie Heinze - The AfD as a Far-Right Party - Ideology, Organisation, Influence

Dr. Begüm Uzun Taşkın - Rising “New” Nationalism Among Turkey’s Youth: At the Crossroads of Right-Wing Politics, Democracy, and Secularism

Moderator: Ivan Gyokov (OTH Regensburg)
You can find more information on lectures, registration, admission and other events in this series in the program.

The role of religion

09.06.2026 -

Part of the online lecture series "Overlooked and Concealed: The Impact of the 'Grey Wolves'"

Dr. Fikriye Yücesoy - Islamist Movements in Turkey: Discursive Transformations Before and After the Justice and Development Party (AKP)

Dr. Evrim Erşan Akkılıç - Religion, Institutions, and the Normalisation of the Far Right: The Austrian Case of Ülkücü Organisations

Moderator: Rabia Kökten (OTH Regensburg)
Further information on lectures, registration, admission and other events in this series can be found in the program.

Insights from Peace and Conflict Research

16.06.2026 -

Part of the online lecture series "Overlooked and Concealed: The Impact of the 'Grey Wolves'"

Dr. Aydın Bayad - Emergence and Aftermath of Proactive Transnational Politics in Turkey: A Case Study of Ethno-Religious Diasporic Communities

Dr. Sinem Arslan - Navigating the Peace Process in Turkey: Challenges and Opportunities from a Conflict Resolution Perspective

Moderator: Dr. Murat Arpacı (University of Erzincan)
Further information on lectures, registration, admission and other events in this series can be found in the program.

Transnational forms of right-wing extremism

30.06.2026 -

Part of the online lecture series "Overlooked and Concealed: The Impact of the 'Grey Wolves'"

Prof. Dr. Martina Ortner / Rabia Kökten - Transnational Forms of Far-Right Extremism Using the Example of the Ülkücü Movement – A Project Report

Dr. Murat Arpacı - The Old within the New Far-Right Factions in Turkey: Continuities and Ruptures

Moderator: Ivan Gyokov (OTH Regensburg)
You can find more information on lectures, registration, admission and other events in this series in the program.

Anti-Kurdish Racism

14.04.2026 -

Part of the online lecture series "Overlooked and Concealed: The Impact of the 'Grey Wolves'"

Selda Akbayır - Kurdish Identity in the Education System: Racism, Assimilation and Microaggressions

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bayram Koc - Turkish Nationalism and the Kurdish Question: From Denial to Performative Pride

Moderator: Rabia Kökten (OTH Regensburg)
Further information on lectures, registration, admission and other events in this series can be found in the program.

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