INVITATION ONLY: A Year After Turkey’s Failed Coup Attempt: The Implications of Turkey’s Changing Security Environment
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One year on from the failed coup attempt of 15 July, RUSI and TRT World Research Centre are hosting a joint panel event to examine Turkey’s evolving security structure.
Though the coup was thwarted at the cost of 248 dead and 2193 injured, the repercussions are felt in every quarter of Turkish political life. Meanwhile, the Syrian War poses a threat to Turkey’s border security and its regional interests. Because of the perceived increasing radicalisation in northern Syria in partiuclar, a few weeks after the coup Turkey decided to get more heavily involved in the crisis by launching the Operation Euphrates Shield.
This joint panel discussion aims to understand and grapple with Turkey’s changing security environment after last year's coup, the growing threats at home and abroad, and the possible trajectories Turkey might follow in the future.
Speaker Biographies
Professor Gülnur Aybet, Senior Advisor to President Erdogan. Previously she was professor and Head of Department of Political Science and International Relations at Bahçeşehir University. She was founding Head of Department of International Relations at Özyeğin University in 2013-14.
Dr Ziya Meral, Resident Fellow at the Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research, a new civilian and military think tank established by the British Army, and the Director of the Centre on Religion and Global Affairs, a London, Beirut and Accra based initiative to offer new policy relevant approaches on the intersection of religion with global affairs.
Resul Serda, currently Managing Editor of TRT World. He is also the TRT member of the Euronews Editorial Board. Between 2012-2015 he was the Editor of the Middle East Desk at Al Jazeera.
If you have any questions or wish to register please email jeremyw@rusi.org