Tuba Eldem

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tuba Eldem is a Gerda Henkel Research Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study (CAS) in Sofia, where she conducts research on authoritarianism and populism. She is also a faculty member in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Fenerbahçe University. Her research lies at the intersection of comparative politics and international security, with a focus on political regimes, the international dimensions of regime change, civil–military relations, digital transformation, and strategic connectivity. Dr. Eldem received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto with a dissertation entitled “Guardians Entrapped: The Demise of the Turkish Armed Forces as a Veto Player” (2013). She previously served as a postdoctoral researcher at the Research College “The Transformative Power of Europe” at Freie Universität Berlin and as a researcher at the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).