Institutions and groups abroad Michigan and elsewhere produce hundreds of events about Turkish history, politics and culture. We try to highlight those of interest to our community here in Michigan.
New! Turkish Tent at LebFest 2011
Posted Tuesday, July 27, 2010
New! Ten Thousand Turks
Posted Tuesday, July 27, 2010
New! Turkish American Student Alliance
Posted Friday, July 9, 2010
New! Billy Hayes Reveals “The Real Midnight Express”
Posted Monday, June 28, 2010
Chicago Turkish Festival
Posted Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Uluumay Ottoman Attire and Jewelry Museum
Posted Friday, May 7, 2010
Historical Events
University of Michigan Turkish Studies Colloquium − Fall 2008
Late Ottoman Schooling in the Balkans: from Authoritarian to Local Governmentalities
September 25, 2008, Thursday, from 7:30pm - 8:30pm at the School of Social Work Building Room 1636
Presented by Emine Evered, PhD, Assistant Professor of History, Michigan State University
This talk deals with the imperial shifts from state-centered to localized strategies in schooling and administration in the late Ottoman era. In doing so, it employs the concept of governmentality as a framework for better analyzing and understanding the state of Sultan Abd ül-Hamid II.
“Poppies are Democracy:” Geographies of Eradication and Production in Turkey
October 16, 2008, Thursday, from 7:30pm - 8:30pm at the School of Social Work Building Room 1636
Presented by Kyle T. Evered, PhD, Assistant Professor of Geography, Michigan State University
Based on archival research and fieldwork, this paper identifies and employs a critical geopolitics approach to examine past and present symbolisms of the opium poppy in Turkey − images that equate strongly the crop with democracy and development.
The Ottoman Maritime Frontier
November 13, 2008, Thursday, from 7:30pm - 8:30pm at the School of Social Work Building Room 1636
Presented by Svat Soucek, PhD, New York Public Library
The School of Social Work Building is located at the corner of S. University Avenue and E. University Avenue at 1080 S. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48104. All events are free and open to the public.

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