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This two-day conference offered an interdisciplinary and nuanced exploration of Turkey's transformative years between the 1920s and 1940s.

Speakers provided valuable insights into urban resilience in the face of climate change and seismic threats.

Columbia students and faculty embarked on a 2,000-kilometer odyssey through the ancient wonders of Western Turkey.

The fourth and last story from the panel on "Rising from the Rubble" series.

The third story from the panel on "Rising from the Rubble Vol I: Documenting Earthquake's Impact and Emphasizing Collaborative Reconstruction Efforts."

Açelya Uçan from Mor Çatı Women's Shelter shared the challenges for women in the earthquake zone and their long-term support plans.

Murat Germen, an artist, academic and archivist, shared his personal experiences and expertise on the impact of earthquakes.

The book is compiled from activities and events held over the past five years at Studio-X Istanbul.

Muhiddin's contributions serve as an inspiration for the work being done by Columbia and its partners to advance gender equality.

The book details stories of police brutality and corruption sure to echo in the hearts and minds of people in communities around the world.

The Istanbul Center hosted the fall term's second session of Voices of Emerging Scholars webinar series on Dec. 7, 2022.

The "Youth-led Advocacy Initiative for Global Citizenship, Responsibility, and Cooperation" project kicked off with two events in Istanbul.

Brooke Coskuner is a second-year graduate student, pursuing a Master of Public Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.

On August 12, this year’s Building Blocks Social Entrepreneurship Workshop for high school students ended with student presentations where they pitched their projects.

Columbia University’s Global Center in Istanbul will continue the Voices of Emerging Scholars Program in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023.

The Center hosted a hybrid event on forced migration and possible innovative solutions in social inclusion on July 7 with Professor E. Nezih Orhon.

The purpose of the workshop was twofold: to increase the capacity of young researchers on migration and health research and to establish a communication network between academicians, doctoral students, residency assistants and young experts working on migrant health.

Prof. Richard Peña gave lectures on three women directors who were hidden from history despite their impressive filmmaking.

A symposium and memory walk to explore the cultural life of the refugees who fled from the former Russian Empire during the Civil War and emigrated to Istanbul between 1919 and 1923

A Film Series Organized by Zeynep Çelik, Richard Peña, and A. Tunç Şen.

This series, with Undergraduate Global Education, addressed several of issues facing Afghanistan.

Refugees Act and Communicate Health (REach) Project is designed to aid refugees and local youth living in urban settings via digital technologies.

How the politics of gender has come to occupy a place in debates over citizenship, national belonging, and the future of democratic governance.

Emeritus professor Deniz Kandiyoti has been researching and teaching gender and development studies for over 50 years, as well as working with the UN system. In advance of her Kapuscinski Development Lecture on “How did gender move to the center of democratic struggles?”, she spoke on the intersections of gender and politics and the changes she’s seen. 

The webinar addresses the translation and publication process that occurred prior to Professor Zeynep Çelik’s book, Europe Knows Nothing about the Orient, being released

Voices of Emerging Scholars series is developed to provide visibility to young historians and presents new research in Ottoman-Turkish studies to a wide network of scholars.

This project aimed to to improve access for young refugees to health information and services in Turkey.

The seminar was designed to discuss the formation of the Ottoman-Turkish historiography in the late Ottoman and Early Republican Turkey.

Our annual social entrepreneurship workshop organized in collaboration with Columbia University’s Building Blocks was held between August 17 and 21, 2020.  

The Tunis and Istanbul centers co-hosted a live talk on "Rethinking Past Plagues in the Time of Coronavirus: The Ottoman Experience" with Nükhet Varlık.

Assoc. Prof. Özge Karadağ-Çaman has noted that the ones who have set a certain goal for themselves and work to reach that goal can get over Covid-19 quarantine more easily. “There is no room for hopelessness,” she has warned.

On July 10, 2019, Columbia Global Centers | Istanbul hosted renowned artist Elif Uras, JD '97, MFA '03, as part of its Distinguished Leaders Speaker Series.

Jeff Schlegelmilch is deputy director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Earth Institute.

Dimitris Antoniou is a lecturer in Modern Greek History and Culture in the Department of Classics at Columbia University.

Columbia Global Centers | Istanbul had the rare and unique opportunity to host Rita Charon, MD; Ph.D.; Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics, Professor of Medicine, and Executive Director of Narrative Medicine, at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Columbia Global Centers Istanbul, İsveç Konsolosluğu ve DEPO işbirliğiyle sanatta sansür konusunu ulus ötesi perspektifte tartışmak amacıyla önceki akşam ‘Tartışmalı Alanlarda Sanatsal İfade’ isimli bir panel düzenledi.

Columbia Global Centers | Istanbul and the Consulate General of Sweden, in collaboration with DEPO is organizing a panel with international experts to discuss current obstacles to artistic freedom of expression, different modalities of censorship, and existing and possible forms of struggles against rights violations in a comparative perspective.

Columbia Global Centers | Istanbul ve İsveç Konsolosluğu’nun DEPO’yla işbirliği içinde düzenlediği Çatışmalı Alanlarda Sanatsal İfade başlıklı panel, ifade özgürlüğü ihlalleri konusunda çalışan üç uluslararası ismi Studio X’te bir araya getirdi.

UN Women and Oxfam brought together 60 representatives from some of the most active CSOs in MENA and Europe to discuss their experiences working with refugees to provide a platform for CSO networking on May 16-18, 2016 in Istanbul.

Sabancı School of Management entered a partnership with the Executive Education program at Columbia Business School, one of the leading business schools of the world with a century of experience.The partnership will enable Sabancı University Executive MBA students to attend a two-week Executive Education leadership program at Columbia Business School in New York.

Last semester, Jeffrey Sachs’s online educational course, ‘The Age of Sustainable Development,’ was roadtested by students at Boğaziçi University.

On the evening of June 4, 2015 in Paris, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) launched a new initiative, SDSN Youth (SDSN-Y). 

The Blue Voyagers exhibit opened with a splash April 15 in Istanbul—following a month-long run in Paris at Columbia Global Centers | Europe—and featured a reception, panel discussion and extensive coverage in the Turkish press. The exhibition will include a concert with Standard à la Turc on May 13 at Sismanoglio Megaro at 8 p.m.

Columbia Global Centers | Turkey, in collaboration with Professor Edhem Eldem of Bogaziçi University, organizes a workshop and panel on "Time and Trauma", featuring Professors Carol Gluck and Rashid Khalidi of Columbia University.

Columbia University’s Committee on Global Thought is going on the road again this month, taking its Global Think-Ins to Istanbul and Amman to extend the conversation about the national and international political tensions in public memory.

Q and A with Professor Carol Gluck

Historian Carol Gluck is the George Sansom Professor of History and Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures.

The Regional Network for Historical Dialogue and Dealing with the Past is now accepting applications through April 13 to its seven-day training program in Istanbul.

Columbia Global Centers | Turkey and Studio-X Istanbul hosted special panel discussion, the first of a series of public events designed to elaborate on the issues and themes of  "The Good Cause: Architectures of Peace" and the "Vocabulary of Hospitality" exhibition.

Aromar Revi, the Director of Indian Institute for Human Settlements – India’s first prospective National University for Research and Innovation to address challenges of urbanization through an integrated program of education, research, consulting and advisory services.  

Columbia Global Centers | Turkey is delighted to welcome four Columbia College students and Professors Martha Howell and Karen Van Dyck to Istanbul for a new semester-long course now being taught at Boğaziçi University. The program opened with an orientation given by Columbia Global Centers | Turkey, introducing students to the history of the city through two unique tours and a lecture about getting used to life in Istanbul.

We commemorate Talat Sait Halman, a graduate of Columbia University and the first Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey. 

“Coming to Terms” with Gendered Memories of Genocide, War, and Political Repression
Soykırım, Savaş ve Siyasi Baskıların Cinsiyetlendirilmiş Anılarıyla “Yüzleşmek” Public Roundtables

Columbia Global Centers | Turkey will be welcoming 25 aspiring journalists from universities in the US, Turkey, Austria, the Balkans, Belgium, Czech Republic, Morocco, Slovakia, Tunisia and Ukraine to Istanbul.

Columbia Global Centers | Turkey, Professor Katharina Pistor’s Center on Global Legal Transformation at Columbia University and Professor Fikret Adaman of Boğaziçi University will be joined by distinguished scholars from Turkey in a roundtable discussion that will look at the dynamics of ensuring access to essential resources.

Columbia Global Centers | Turkey has rolled up its sleeves to start planning for an exciting series of events in September with scholars of the Center for the Study of Social Difference, Professor Marianne Hirsch and Professor Jean Howard, and our Istanbul partners, Professor Ayşe Gül Altınay of Sabancı University and Asena Günal, Director of the DEPO Art Center and Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability 2014 fellow at Columbia Institute for the Study of Human Rights.

The Prague Freedom Foundation, in cooperation with Zaostreno o.p.s. and Pro Publica, organizes a two-week intensive summer program, which will be hosted in Istanbul by Columbia Global Centers | Turkey.

Columbia University's School of the Arts Film Program Chair and Professor Ira Deutchman enjoyed connecting with Turkey’s up-and-coming film scene when he visited Istanbul from March 19 to 22.

Columbia Global Centers | Turkey and Ashoka co-hosted a roundtable on "Social Innovation in Higher Education" in the context of the 1st "Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship Summit" in Istanbul. The summit, co-hosted by BMW Foundation, took place at SALT Galata, on October 24. 2013.

A one-day workshop on press freedom and geopolitical developments in the Middle East and Turkey brought together a distinguished group of more than 20 regional and international scholars, journalists, and researchers.

Architect Rajeev Thakker will present Columbia University’s Studio-X project in Mumbai, which focuses on creating a collaborative platform for architects, artists, planners, developers, activists to engage in research, exhibitions, debates and various other processes with regard to the future of cities. Architects Jennifer Broutin Farah and Kamal Farah will present their current research and discuss strategies for cities as adaptive technologies.

The Trauma Rehabilitation Certificate Program, a year-long program offered by Bilgi University in partnership with the International Center for Trauma Studies, concluded its first year with a final seminar and a diploma ceremony.

Columbia Global Centers | Turkey hosted a presentation and roundtable discussion in cooperation with International Crisis Group on their recent report: “Blurring the Borders: Syrian Spillover Risks for Turkey.”

The Mediterranean Sustainable Development Solutions Network (MED Solutions) was launched July 3 in Siena, Italy. MED Solutions, hosted by the University of Siena, will coordinate the activities of a vast network of universities, research centers, and businesses interested in identifying and implementing solutions initiatives addressing sustainability challenges in the Mediterranean region.

Columbia University and Boğaziçi University’s joint summer program is now underway, offering a group of students from both universities a unique opportunity to learn about the history, urban development and historic monuments of Byzantion/Constantinople/Istanbul. 

Columbia Global Centers | Turkey and the European Stability Initiative held a roundtable discussion June 6 on policy options regarding visa liberalization for Turkey, featuring Gerald Knaus (at right), chairman of the European Stability Initiative (ESI), who will present ESI’s more recent report, entitled, "Cutting the Turkey-EU Visa Knot: How Turks can travel freely to Europe." 

Diana Taylor, NYU professor of Performance Studies and Spanish, gave a lecture titled "The Politics of Passion" at Columbia Global Centers | Turkey on May 23.

Columbia Global Centers | Turkey’s conference on the "Future of the Liberal Order’" took place on May 22 and 23 in cooperation with the Istanbul Policy Center at Sabanci University and the Transatlantic Academy of the German Marshall Fund.

Columbia Global Centers | Turkey hosted a discussion on innovative approaches to social entrepreneurship and financial inclusion. The event featured Ashoka Fellow Jeroo Billimoria and brought together leading figures from Turkey's finance, private and social sectors with one of the world's most prominent social entrepreneurs. 

Students from a wide range of Columbia programs have been visiting Istanbul in recent months to take advantage of new learning opportunities.

The  Advisory Board of Columbia Global Centers | Turkey held its inaugural meeting on June 7, 2012.