On Monday, April 20, at 4 p.m., Sinan Ciddi (Georgetown), director of the Institute of Turkish Studies, will lecture on "Erdogan's New Turkey: An Emerging Authoritarian Power." His abstract: "Turkey's political history during the multiparty period (1950-) is riddled with instability, praetorian and authoritarian rule. Under the incumbency of the Justice and Development Party (AKP),the country's initial turn to consolidating and internalizing liberal democratic norms has since 2013, taken a sharp dive. Although Turkey has not been plagued by severe economic instability since the early 2000's, there seems to be no doubt that the country is in the midst of an ever-escalating political crisis. Institutional arrangements to manage, accommodate and ameliorate political conflict- from political parties to the judicial system appear to be faltering.  What are the roots Turkish political conduct and what typology does Turkey's democratic credentials fit into?" The talk will be held in the auditorium at the Center for Global Engagement.