Workshop “New Perspectives on Islam in Republican Turkey: Faith, Politics, and Society” — Campus Condorcet Aubervilliers, 1er juin 2026 

İlker Aytürk (Bilkent University) and Jan-Markus Vömel (INaLCO/DÉCRIPT) organize the workshop “New Perspectives on Islam in Republican Turkey: Faith, Politics, and Society” in collaboration with the CETOBaC.

Programme

9:30 – Welcome and Opening Remarks 

9:45 – İlker Aytürk (Bilkent University): “Visiting Israel: Four Travelogues, Two Stories”

(Discussant: Emmanuel Szurek, EHESS/CETOBaC)

10:50 – Zeynep Bursa (Lyon 2 University): “The Making of Islamic Studies and Political Islam in Turkey: The Intellectual Trajectory of Salih Tuğ”

(Discussant: Jan-Markus Vömel, INaLCO/DÉCRIPT)

12:00 – Brett Wilson (Central European University): “Policing Sufism: Secret Ceremonies, Unknown Shaikhs, and Religious Freedom in the Early Turkish Republic”

(Discussant: Nathalie Clayer, CNRS & EHESS/CETOBaC)

Lunch Break

14:30 – Katerina Dalacoura (LSE Middle East Center): “Islamic International Thought in Turkey: History and Historiography”

(Discussant: Zana Çitak, Middle Eastern Technical University)

15:35 – Jan-Markus Vömel (INaLCO/DÉCRIPT): “The Lessons of Defeat: On the Trails of Kurdish Islam in Republican Turkey”

(Discussant: İlker Aytürk, Bilkent University)

16:30 – Ceren Lord (LSE Middle East Center): “Islam vs Islamism, or Islam vs Islam? The Ulema, Religious Movements, and the Struggle over Who Speaks for Islam in Turkey”

(Discussant: İlker Aytürk, Bilkent University)

17:25 – Wrap-up-discussion

Registration and contact
ayturk@bilkent.edu.tr | jan-markus.vomel@inalco.fr

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