Lectures since 1994
The Annual Lecture began in 1994 and was renamed the John Martin Lecture in 2012. It is held in London, usually on a Friday evening.
| 2019 | Turkey and Syria: Deep Past Connections, Deep Present Differences
Diana Darke · Middle East expert and author John Martin Lecture, 22 November 2019 |
| 2018 | UK-Turkey Relations in the Erdoğan Era
Richard Moore · British Ambassador to Turkey, January 2014 – December 2017 John Martin Lecture, 30 November 2018 |
| 2017 | Building Turkey’s Progressive Future: Democratic Politics and Economic Reform
Selin Sayek Böke · Member of the Turkish Parliament John Martin Lecture, 24 November 2017 |
| 2016 | Winding Up the Ottoman Empire: From Paris to Lausanne
Professor Margaret MacMillan · Professor of International History and Warden of St Antony’s College, Oxford John Martin Lecture, 23 November 2016 |
| 2015 | Gallipoli from Both Sides of the Trenches
Dr Eugene Rogan · St Antony’s College, Oxford John Martin Lecture, 30 January 2015 |
| 2015 | Turkey: Two Elections and Their Aftermath
Professor William Hale · Emeritus Professor of Turkish Politics at SOAS, University of London Special lecture, 27 November 2015 |
| 2014 | Shakespearean Art in the Turkish Heart: The Bard in Ottoman Times and in the Turkish Republic
Professor Talat Sait Halman · Bilkent University, Ankara John Martin Lecture, 24 January 2014 |
| 2013 | Turkish-Israeli Relations: Is the Story Ending?
Dr Alon Liel · Tel Aviv University John Martin Lecture, 22 February 2013 |
| 2012 | The Art of Letter Writing among the Ottomans
Dr Christine Woodhead · University of Durham John Martin Lecture, 20 January 2012 |
| 2011 | From Ottoman Empire to Turkish Republic: Learning to Read
Benjamin Fortna Annual Lecture, Friday, 28 January 2011 |
| 2010 | The Outsiders: Turkey and Russia in Greater Europe
Richard Sakwa Annual Lecture, Friday, 22 January 2010 |
| 2009 | The 10th Anniversary of Turkish-Greek Rapprochement: A Cause for Celebration?
James Ker-Lindsay Annual Lecture, Friday, 30 January 2009 |
| 2008 | The East-West Divide in Turkey: Personal Reflections on Literature, Politics and Education
Maureen Freely Annual Lecture, Friday, 25 January 2008 |
| 2007 | Ottoman History: Whose History is It?
Dr Caroline Finkel · Ottoman Historian and author of Osman’s Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire 1300-1923 Annual Lecture, Friday, 19 January 2007 |
| 2006 | Turkey, United States and Iraq
Professor William Hale · Professor of Turkish Politics, University of London; Visiting Professor, Bilkent University, Ankara Annual Lecture, Friday, 20 January 2006 |
| 2005 | Where Does Turkey Go from Here?
Michael Lake · EU Ambassador to Turkey 1991-1998 Annual Lecture, Friday, 21 January 2005 |
| 2004 | Creating Peace in a Rough Neighbourhood
Christopher Brewin Annual Lecture, 23 January 2004 |
| 2003 | Anthropology, History and Ethnicity on the East Black Sea Coast
Professor Chris Hann · Director, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany Annual Lecture, Friday, 17 January 2003 |
| 2002 | Nâzım Hikmet (1902–63): Turkey’s Romantic Communist Poet
Saime Göksu and Edward Timms Annual Lecture, Friday, 18 January 2002 |
| 2001 | British Propaganda and Turks in the First World War
Professor Justin McCarthy · University of Louisville Annual Lecture |
| 2000 | Atatürk and the Future of Turkey
Dr Andrew Mango Annual Lecture, Friday, 21 January 2000 |
| 1999 | Revolution and Counter-Revolution: 75 Years of the Turkish Republic
Professor Sina Akşin · University of Ankara Annual Lecture, 18 January 1999 |
| 1998 | The Rise and Fall of “Modern” Turkey
Professor Erik Zürcher Annual Lecture, Friday, 16 January 1998 |
| 1997 | The Cyprus Issue: Is There a Solution?
Professor C.H. Dodd Annual Lecture, Friday, 17 January 1997 |
| 1996 | Post-Election Turkey
Mehmet Ali Birand · One of Turkey’s most distinguished journalists Annual Lecture, Friday, 19 April 1996 |
| 1995 | Turkish Industry: Past, Present and Future
Rahmi M. Koç · Chairman, Koç Holding Annual Lecture, Friday, 7 April 1995 |
| 1994 | Democracy in Turkey Since 1983
Professor Erdal İnönü · Former Chairman of the Social Democrat Populist Party and Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Annual Lecture, Monday, 18 April 1994 |