Imagining Turkey

UCL Institute for Global Prosperity

Imagining Turkey is a education podcast hosted by UCL Institute for Global Prosperity. It has 10 episodes, with the latest published March 2026.

Imagination, as an analytical angle, deserves our attention as a political and social force that informs and connects masses, crosses borders, and manifests new socialities. The podcast series will host influential scholars, intellectuals, and artists who study and shape the imagination of Turkey on a global scale from various critical directions. The topics in the following months will include discussions on democracy in Turkey, the politics of religious differences at the border, and the limits of ethnographic research methods. 'Imagining Turkey' is co-hosted by the project PI Dr. Sertaç Sehlikoglu (UCL), M. Zișan Köker (LUC), and Hazal Aydın (BU). This series is sponsored by the European Research Council, and hosted in collaboration with the UCL’s Institute for Global Prosperity and the Middle East Centre.

education ·en ·10 episodes

Title

Date

Duration

Imagining the End of Empire with Eugene Rogan

Mar 25, 2026

36m

Imagining Wastelands: Turkey's Waste and Recycling Policy at the Periphery with Adnan Khan

Jan 7, 2026

39m

Imagining Turkey with Gündüz Vassaf

Jun 20, 2025

35m

Imagining Turkey Through Romeyka: A conversation with Professor Ioanna Sitaridou

Jun 3, 2025

40m

Turkey at the Genetic Crossroads with Dr Elise Burton

Apr 25, 2025

35m

Imagining Turkey through cartoons: Ozge Samanci and her graphic novels

Oct 28, 2024

34m

Thinking differently about the World: Before the West with Prof. Ayse Zarakol

Jul 1, 2024

29m

Imagining Turkey from the Balkans: A Conversation with Prof Maria Todorova

Mar 18, 2024

42m

Re-imagining Turkey with Cemil Aydin and The Idea of the Muslim World

Feb 1, 2024

44m

Imagining Turkey: Introduction

Oct 25, 2023

Imagining Turkey

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