Report
In the midterm elections held on 3 November 2026, whose results became clear on 4 November, the Democratic Party won a majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Republican President Donald Trump will thus enter the last two years of his term with a Congress in which both chambers of the legislature are controlled by the opposition…
Prof. Cafer Tayyar Arı
Research
This survey was conducted in order to reveal public perceptions of hobby gardens, which have been intensely debated in Ankara in recent years, assessments of the current demolition and penalty practices, expectations of a solution and the political effects of the issue. Within the scope of the survey…
SESA Institute
Analysis
Western civilisation has positioned itself not merely as a historical experience but as the ultimate measure of humanity. It has presented its own cultural journey as a universal norm, its own history as an inevitable direction and its own crises as unavoidable stages of humanity. This presentation is not an innocent self-confidence…
Halit Çokan
Interview
The Arab lands.. Tom Barrack, US Ambassador in Ankara and Special Envoy for Syria: “There is no such thing as the Middle East; there are tribes and villages.” Yes, much as we may dislike them, these mocking words, which contain a good deal of truth, say a great deal.
Samir Altunkaynak
Analysis
The Fetullah Terrorist Organisation is not a religious or Sufi organisation in the classical and traditional sense. The Fetullah Terrorist Organisation (FETÖ) is not merely an espionage organisation or one with the appearance of a religious community; it is a cult structure shaped around a charismatic leader and based on mental submission. The leader…
Halit Çokan
Analysis
The concept of gender was first addressed in Ann Oakley’s book ‘Sex, Gender and Society’. In this context, unlike sex, which determines being female (woman) or male (man), gender refers to the femininity and masculinity produced cumulatively by socially constructed structures of thought and behaviour…
Songül Ceren Özkan
News
The SESA Institute hosted a talk entitled “Terror-Free Türkiye”, organised in cooperation with Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University as part of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) Science Café events.
News
The Kashmir Question Discussed in Istanbul under the Moderation of Prof. Veysel Ayhan As international diplomatic initiatives towards a resolution of the Kashmir question return to the agenda, a meeting held in Istanbul emphasised the importance of a negotiation process based on international guarantees for lasting peace…
News
As SESA Institute, we participated in the panel titled “Türkiye–Poland Relations: Opportunities and a Shared Future”, organized in Warsaw by the Centre for Eastern Studies (Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich – OSW), one of Poland’s leading think tanks.
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