The Lausanne Project

Erik-Jan Zürcher and Ozan Ozavci consider the two faces of Turkish historiography, as well as the tendency of Turkey's political culture to relapse into authoritarianism after each liberal democratic opening.

Erik-Jan Zürcher talks to Ozan Ozavci about the treaties of Sèvres, Lausanne and their legacy in different official histories of Turkey.

Ozan Ozavci talks to Christine Philliou about her new book "Turkey: A Past Against History" and the many lives of muhalefet (opposition) from the late Ottoman Empire to today.

Jay Winter discusses his forthcoming landmark study of Lausanne with Jonathan Conlin.

Ümit Kurt explains to Jonathan Conlin how an innocent question asked in his local cafe launched him on a journey into Gaziantep's past, uncovering the genocidal violence that gave birth to a new Muslim bourgeoisie.

Ryan Gingeras speaks to Ozan Ozavci about his 2019 book Eternal Dawn and the Kemalist mythos in Turkey.

Ozan Ozavci talks to James Ryan about early Republican political thought and loyal opposition in Turkey: liberals and leftists from Nazım Hikmet to Sabiha and Zekeriya Sertel. What made these figures the loyal opponents of the republic? And what did Lausanne mean to them?

Popular conspiracy theories surrounding the 2023 Lausanne centenary are steeped in oil. Jonathan Conlin invited Zeynep Oguz to discuss how this "absent presence" is invoked in debates surrounding irredentism and national sovereignty in Erdogan's Turkey.

Seventy years before Samuel Huntington there was Basil Mathews. Jonathan Conlin and historian Todd Thompson revisit a forgotten text that launched "the clash of civilizations".

Ozan Ozavci asks Gingko's founder Barbara Schwepcke about the inspiration and vision behind the foundation, and how its support for TLP fits into its broader agenda.

What will 2023 mean for today's Turkey? Jonathan Conlin in conversation with historian Nick Danforth.

"They All Made Peace—What Is Peace?" James Gifford talks to Jonathan Conlin about Hemingway's poetic response to the Lausanne conference, winter sports, and a lost suitcase.

In this podcast Andrew Patrick and Jonathan Conlin discuss the state of play in historical writing about oil.