Dr. Hakkı Taş

Recent data indicates that countries led by more populist leaders are less likely to have a military with veto power.  Hakkı Taş explores the populist centralisation of power that fosters control over the armed forces, and its impact on civilian oversight.

Using the case of Turkey’s Africa policy, this article argues for adopting a process-oriented approach to analysing the foreign policies of (autocratising) states by focusing on the foreign policy situations in which they mobilize power resources; and the extent to which they attempt to gain control over societal power resources.

Using the case of Turkey’s Africa policy under the AKP, this article challenges this reading and its underlying conceptual assumptions.

This article translates Michael Mann’s notion of infrastructural power into the foreign policy realm and develops a conceptual framework that allows for the systematic treatment of states’ strategic efforts at mobilising domestic non-state actors.

Der türkische Staatspräsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan macht keinen Hehl daraus, dass er die Serien nicht schätzt. Erdogan habe solche Produktionen sogar als Gefahr für die nationale Sicherheit bezeichnet und als islamophob kritisiert, erinnert der Politikwissenschaftler Dr. Hakki Tas.

Dr. Hakki Tas talks about the rifts inside the Ismailaga community in Germany.

Book Launch: A Companion to Modern Turkey's Centennial: Political, Sociological, Economic and Institutional Transformations since 1923, Istanbul Policy Center, Istanbul Dr. Hakkı Taş (Vortragende:r)

Within a perpetual state of newness reverberating throughout regimes dubbed ‘Enverland’, 'Kemalland', and then ‘Erdoğanland’, this talk rather focuses on the old habits that inform both the substance and the style of Turkish politics

Die Türkische Republik wird 100: Blicke auf ein Jahrhundert der Staatlichkeit, GIGA Berlin Büro, Friedrichstraße 206, 10969 Berlin, and online Organisation: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Dr. Hakkı Taş (Moderator:in)

This GIGA Talk commemorates the centennial of the Turkish Republic, providing a comprehensive examination of its political, diplomatic, and societal evolution.