Günter Seufer, Turkey Expert

  • Ph.D. in Sociology with a grant of the German Oriental Society (DMG), social and economic change in Turkey, political reforms and political movements in Turkey, modern history of Cyprus
  • M.A. in Social Sciences and Literature, University of Bremen, German
  • Post-doctoral research at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Senior researcher at the Institute of the DMG, Istanbul
  • Native German, native command of Turkish, fluent English, basic Persian
  • Resident in Turkey since 1996
  • Post-doctoral research, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Senior researcher at the Institute of the DMG, Istanbul
  • Director of the Institute of the DMG, Istanbul branch, 1998-2001
  • Visiting Associate Professor, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, 2004-2005
  • Social and political studies for the leading German Think Tank SWP, Berlin
  • Economic studies for the Bertelsmann Foundation in cooperation with the University of Munich; for Murmann-Verlag, Hamburg, a major German publishing house on economics, and for the Wochenbericht der Bank J. Bär, Zurich (Weekly Report of J. Bär Bank)
  • Media study for Burda-International, Munich
  • Author of three books on international migration, Turkish politics and social movements: Co-editor of three books on Turkish civil society, media, and the trans-state space between Germany and Turkey
  • Author of several books on Turkey, including:
    • Die Türkei: Politik – Geschichte – Kultur, 2004 (co-author with Christopher Kubaseck
    • Café Istanbul. Alltag, Religion und Politik in der modernen Türkei
      • (Café Istanbul. Everyday Life, Religion and Politics in modern Turkey)
    • Neue pro-islamische Partein in der Türkei, 2002
      • (New pro-Islamic Parties in Turkey)
    • Poltischer Islam in der Türkei, 1997
      • (Political Islam in Turkey)
    • Türkischer Islam und Europa, 1999 (co-author with J. Waardenburg)
      • (Turkish Islam and Europe)
  • Scholarly articles in New Perspectives on Turkey (Istanbul), Südosteuropa-Mitteilungen (Munich), Edition Suhrkamp (Frankfurt), Zed-Books (London), Edition Körber (Hamburg), Entwicklung + Zusammenarbeit (Frankfurt), Les annales de l´autre islam (Paris), Der Bürger im Staat (Stuttgart), SGMOIK Bulletin (Zürich), Lit-Verlag (Münster), Nomos-Verlag (Baden-Baden), Revue Française Géopolitique (Lyon), BTS (Beirut), EuroAgenda (Berlin)
  • Freelance writer and journalist, based in Istanbul (2002-2003), including articles for leading German-language publications such as Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau, Berliner Zeitung
  • Reports for German radio stations on Turkish politics and culture
  • Managed internationally staffed institutions, coordinated international research projects, conferences and round tables, developed and implemented opinion research

Christopher Kubaseck, Turkey Expert

  • M.A. in Turkish Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
  • Resident in Turkey since 1996
  • Native German, native fluency in Turkish, fluent English, basic French, Russian and Arabic
  • Organised lobbying activities of the European Turkish Union, a confederation of over 20 Turkish associations in Germany, to promote the commencement Turkey’s accession negotiations to the EU among German politicians and publishing of a newsletter on political and economic developments in Turkey, 2004.
  • Administrative & organizational activities for an EU-financed research project on Turkish civil society, 1998-2000
  • Studies on the cultural concept of the Turkish city, city planning and political participation in Eskişehir, Turkey, 1996-1998
  • Chief Editor, Die Neue Türkei, the German Journal for Tourism in Turkey, published in Antalya, 2002-2003
  • Author of several books on Turkey, including:
    • Die Türkei: Politik – Geschichte – Kultur, 2004 (co-author with Günter Seufert)
      • (Turkey: Poltics – History – Culture)
    • Türkei (co-author with Christoph K. Neumann and Frank Tophoven)
    • Westküste Türkei (co- author with Isolde Motzer)
      • (Turkey’s West Coast)
    • Falter, Der praktische Reiseführer, Istanbul
      • (The Practical Travel Guide to Istanbul)
  • Co-editor (with Günter Seufert), Deutsche Wissenschaftler im türkischen Exil: Die Wissenschaftsmigration in die Türkei 1933-1945, 2008
  • Numerous articles on Turkey and Germany for leading German and Turkish newspapers and news magazines, including Der Spiegel and Focus
  • Numerous contributions to Internet news sites
  • Editor and producer of magazines
  • Presenter of several radio features for German public radio
  • Co-author of serials for Turkish television and of documentary films on Turkey and the Balkans