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Recap radioMedia and politics in 'New Turkey' with Lisel HintzTurkey recap editor-in-chief Diego Cupolo spoke with Lisel Hintz, assistant professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University SAIS and author of the book: “Identity Politics Inside Out: National Identity Contestation and Foreign Policy in Turkey.”They discussed how narratives in pro-government media aim to create cultural and political hegemony in Turkey under Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP).Topics covered include the PKK peace process, ongoing judicial pressure on the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the AKP’s grand strategy for the so-called ‘New Turkey’.Also ref...2025-07-1445 min
The Looking GlassIstanbul's Next EarthquakeWelcome back everybody to the SAIS Review’s The Looking Glass Podcast. I am your host Davide Donald. On today’s episode we are going to be talking about disaster management in Turkey. Istanbul lies at the heart of the Eurasian and Anatolian tectonic plate fault lines. The prospect of another major earthquake hitting the city of over 16 million people is a question of when, not if. The 6.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Istanbul a few weeks ago on April 23rd–which luckily resulted in only injuries and minor building damage–was a reminder of just how imminent a major quake co...2025-05-2933 min
The Greek CurrentKeeping the pressure on Erdogan over Imamoglu's arrestSince Turkish President Erdogan arrested Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the country has been rocked by protests and political uncertainty. In the meantime, the main opposition is looking to keep up the pressure on Erdogan and translate anger over Imamoglu’s arrest into a cause that resonates broadly with voters. Dr. Lisel Hintz, Assistant Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and an expert on Turkey, joins Thanos Davelis to look at how Imamoglu’s arrest continues to impact Turkish politics, and break down why Turkey’s democratic future matters beyond its own borders.Y...2025-04-2114 min
On the Middle East with Amberin ZamanWhat do the mass protests mean for future of Turkey & Erdogan?Since last week, Turkey has been rocked by mass protests over the jailing of Istanbul's opposition mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, on thinly-evidence corruption and terrorism charges. These protests are widely seen as the most significant challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan since he came to power 22 years ago. Turkey experts Gonul Tol and Lisel Hintz weigh the risks and opportunities for the country’s beleaguered democracy.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.2025-03-2729 min
Global Dispatches -- World News That MattersTurkey's Surprising Election Results Puts Erdogan on NoticeOn March 31st, Turkey held local elections across 81 provinces. These elections took place less than a year after national elections cemented President Erdogan and his AK Party's hold on power, which he had been consolidating for nearly 20 years through democratic backsliding. But these elections were different -- very different. Erdogan's AKP suffered huge defeats across the country, perhaps none more impactful and symbolic than the AKP's crushing loss in the Istanbul Mayoral race. As my guest today, Lisel Hintz, explains, these may have been local elections, but the results show a growing nationwide opposition to Erdogan and...2024-04-0823 min
POMEPS Middle East Political Science PodcastThe Suspended Disaster & Turkey/Syria Zoom (S. 13, Ep. 3)On this week's episode of the podcast, Thomas Serres of the University of California, Santa Cruz joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new book, The Suspended Disaster. In his book, he examines the dynamics of the Algerian political system, offering new insights into the last years of Bouteflika’s rule and the factors that shaped the emergence of an unexpected social movement. He argues that the Algerian ruling coalition developed a mode of government based on the management of a seemingly never-ending crisis, (Starts at 0:49).
Lisel Hintz of Johns Hopkins SAIS also joins Marc Lynch in a conversation about the zo...2023-09-211h 05
POMEPS Middle East Political Science PodcastDemocracy or Authoritarianism & Upcoming Turkish Elections (S. 12 Ep. 26)In this week's episode, Marc Lynch speaks with Sebnem Gumuscu of Middlebury College about her book, Democracy or Authoritarianism: Islamist Governments in Turkey, Egypt, and Tunisia. The author draws upon extensive fieldwork in three countries to explain why some Islamist governments adhered to democratic principles and others took an authoritarian turn following electoral success. (Starts at 0:53).
Today's episode also includes a roundtable discussion of the upcoming Turkish elections, with Lisel Hintz of Johns Hopkins University, Şebnem Yardımcı Geyikçi of University of Bonn, and Harun Ercan of Binghamton University. (Starts at 31:22).2023-05-051h 10
ParadigmaEveryday Politics of Neo-Conservatism: Cooking Shows, Islamic Fashion, and Consumption in TurkeyIn this episode, we take on the "Everyday Politics of Neo-Conservatism: Cooking Shows, Islamic Fashion, and Consumption in Turkey" with Dr. Lisel Hintz, Assistant Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and Dr. Feyda Sayan Cengiz, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Manisa Celal Bayar University.2023-05-0251 minGlobal Dispatches -- World News That MattersThe Foreign Policy Implications of Turkey's National ElectionsTurkey holds elections on May 14th. For the first time in twenty years, President Erdogan is facing a serious challenge at the ballot box. The opposition has unified behind candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, a 74 year old career politician whose low-key demeanor is a stark contrast to President Erdogan's bombastic charisma. As my guest today Dr. Lisel Hintz explains, Turkey's struggling economy and the fallout from the earthquakes earlier this year are re-shaping the political landscape. Dr. Lisel Hintz is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. We kick off d...2023-05-0133 min
POMEPS Middle East Political Science PodcastMedia of the Masses and Turkey/Syria Earthquake Relief (S. 12 Ep. 18)Andrew Simon joins Marc Lynch on this week's podcast to discuss his new book, Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt. The book investigates the social life of an everyday technology—the cassette tape—to offer a multisensory history of modern Egypt. Enabling an unprecedented number of people to participate in the creation of culture and circulation of content, cassette players and tapes soon informed broader cultural, political, and economic developments and defined "modern" Egyptian households.
Also on this week's podcast are Hasret Dikici Bilgin of Istanbul Bilgi University, Lisel Hintz of Johns Hopkins University, Rana Khoury of the...2023-02-231h 11Global Dispatches -- World News That MattersWhy is Turkey About to Invade Syria?On November 13, six people were killed in a bombing in Istanbul, which the government of Turkey blamed on a Kurdish militant group based in Northern Syria. Shortly thereafter, Turkey began targeting Kurdish positions in Syria and Iraq, with President Erdogan threatening an imminent ground invasion of Northern Syria. In this episode, we speak with Lisel Hintz, assistant professor of international relations a the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, to discuss this bombing and this escalating conflict, which comes amid a profound shift in Turkey's relationships with other countries in the region. We begin b...2022-12-0133 min
POMEPS Middle East Political Science PodcastThe Political Science of the Middle East, Identity & Sectarianism, Public Opinion (S. 12, Ep. 1)On the first episode of Season 12 of the POMEPS Middle East Political Science Podcast, Marc Lynch speaks with Jillian Schwedler of City University of New York, and Sean Yom of Temple University about their co-edited volume, The Political Science of the Middle East: Theory and Research Since the Arab Uprisings. The volume is a definitive overview of what political scientists are working on within the Middle East and North Africa. Its dozen chapters cover an exhaustive array of topics, including authoritarianism and democracy, contentious politics, regional security, military institutions, conflict and violence, the political economy of development, Islamist movements, identity...2022-09-151h 05
LSE Middle East Centre PodcastsTurkey’s Domestic and International Politics Over the Past Two Decades (Webinar)This panel explored the interconnectedness of Turkey’s domestic and foreign politics over the past two decades. How do geopolitical histories and imaginaries affect Turkey’s foreign policy? What are the links between everyday culture and Turkey’s foreign policy? To what extent have global and regional developments impacted on and informed domestic politics? In what ways has foreign policy been used as a technique of governance?
Evren Balta is Professor of International Relations and chair of the International Relations Department at Özyeğin University. She is the author of 'The American Passport in Turkey: National Citizenship in the Age of Trans...2022-06-201h 37
Duckcalls: Duck of Minerva podcastStop the party:Turkey as an obstacle to Finnish and Swedish accession to NATOJarrod talks with Lisel Hintz of Johns Hopkins University and Sibel Oktay of the University of Illinois Springfield and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs about the complex history of Turkey in NATO as well as the domestic and intralliance sources of Turkey's current resistance to Finnish and Swedish accession to NATO.
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Deep Dive Politics PodcastsA Very Turkish CrisisWorld Unfiltered Guest: Lisel Hintz and Nicholas DanforthPresenter: Prof. Scott LucasLisel Hintz, the writer of “Identity Politics Inside Out: National Identity Contestation and Foreign Policy in Turkey”Nicholas Danforth, the writer of “The Remaking of Republican Turkey: Memory and Modernity Since the Fall of the Ottoman Empire”2022-01-0851 min
ParadigmaPopular Culture in TurkeyIn the twenty-second episode of Paradigma, Erman Ermihan and Senem Görür are joined by Assistant Professor Lisel Hintz from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Our topic is Popular Culture in Turkey.2021-03-2928 min
POMEPS Middle East Political Science PodcastDecolonizing Palestine, Empire's Opposition, & Beginnings, Continuities, Revivals (S. 10, Ep. 12)Somdeep Sen of Roskilde University talks about his latest book, Decolonizing Palestine: Hamas between the Anticolonial and the Postcolonial, with Marc Lynch on this week's podcast. The book considers the case of the Palestinian struggle for liberation from its settler colonial condition as a complex psychological and empirical mix of the colonial and the postcolonial. (Starts at 27:13). Lisel Hintz of Johns Hopkins University discusses her new article, "The empire’s opposition strikes back: popular culture as creative resistance tool under Turkey’s AKP," published in the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. (Starts at 0:54). Also, Michaelle Browers joins the podcast to di...2021-03-2557 min
Richardson InstituteSEPADPod With Lisel HintzOn this episode of SEPADPod Simon speaks with Lisel Hintz Assistant Professor of International Relations and European Studies in Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.
Lisel is the author of Identity Politics Inside Out National Identity Contestation and Foreign Policy in Turkey (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2018) a wonderfully titled new book: Fight Scenes (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming) and a range of articles on Turkey. On this episode, Simon and Lisel talk about studying Turkey, pastry chefs, travelling to Istanbul, studying Turkish, and popular culture as a means of interrogating relations between rulers and ruled in contemporary...2020-10-0536 min
Özgürlük AraştırmalarıKarantina | Lisel Hintz | Salgında Amerikan SiyasetiKARANTİNA’da bu hafta Johns Hopkins Üniversitesi’nden Asst. Prof. Lisel Hintz ile Amerikan siyasetindeki gelişmeleri konuşuyoruz!2020-07-0842 min
Talking TurkeyMakes sense to draw Turkey-US parallels today - Lisel HintzJohns Hopkins University assistant professor Lisel Hintz explained to Ahval editor David Lepeska the considerable echoes of President Erdogan’s response to the mid-2013 Gezi protests in President Trump’s response to the current wave of U.S. protests, in particular how both used similar tools to vilify and discredit the protesters.2020-06-0233 min
The CableTurkey's political landscapeAs Turkey steps up air strikes and a ground offensive launched this week against Kurdish-held areas of northern Syria, we take a look at the context of Turkish domestic politics. Greg talks to Jonathan Katz about the military campaign, then Jonathan speaks to Turkey experts Lisel Hintz and Ozgur Unluhisarcikli about what’s driving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.2019-10-1030 minTalking TurkeyThe mobilising power of rage and grief - Lisel HintzTwo Turkish rap videos released early this month have drawn more than 30 million videos on YouTube. But will they have any lasting impact?AhvalPod welcomes Johns Hopkins University professor Lisel Hintz, who spoke to Ahval English editor David Lepeska about Ezhel’s “Olay” and Şanışer’s “Susamam,” the space for dissent in Turkey and the fears of the ruling party.2019-09-1827 min
POMEPS Middle East Political Science PodcastNational Identity Contestation & Foreign Policy in Turkey: Lisel Hintz (S. 7, Ep. 2)On this week’s POMEPS Podcast, Marc Lynch speaks with Lisel Hintz about her new book: Identity Politics Inside Out: National Identity Contestation and Foreign Policy in Turkey.
In this book, Hintz writes about the complex link between identity politics and foreign policy using an in-depth study of Turkey. Rather than treating national identity as cause or consequence of a state's foreign policy, she repositions foreign policy as an arena in which contestation among competing proposals for national identity takes place.
Hintz is an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.
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POMEPS Middle East Political Science PodcastTurkey’s Constitutional Referendum: A Conversation with Lisel Hintz (S. 5, Ep. 33)Lisel Hintz speaks about what lead to and the significance of this weekend's constitutional referendum in Turkey.
"The question: is how long will [Erdogan] stay in power? Right now, this could leave him in power up until 2029— possibly even longer, depending on some certain circumstances. We suspect that he's probably grooming you know his son-in-law, who's currently a minister, to to take his place. Will he be willing to give up those reins? We've seen successive purges of his own party from those who don't agree with him. It is important to go back and understand the AKP's trajectory, which wa...2017-04-1920 min