Episode 2: Yeşim Arat discusses the ongoing political and demographic transformations in Turkey and their impacts on the country's key institutions, including the judiciary, the military, and the media. Yeşim (Yale College, BA 1978, Princeton University, Department of Politics, PhD 1983) is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. She has numerous articles on questions of women’s political participation and Islam in Turkey and books entitled, "The Patriarchal Paradox: Women Politicians in Turkey" (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1989) and "Rethinking Islam and Liberal Democracy: Islamist Women in Turkish Politics" (State University of New York Press, 2005). Her research interests are: Gender Politics, Turkish Politics, Women and Politics in Turkey, Women's Movements in Turkey.
Selected Works: Arat, Y., & Pamuk, Ş. (2019). "Turkey between Democracy and Authoritarianism." Cambridge University Press.
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