Henrik Meyer

Berlin

Henrik Meyer is Head of the European Union/North America Department at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Previously, he headed the FES’s Turkey office in Istanbul and the office in Tunis.

Articles

Future of social democracy | 04.05.2026

Redlessness

In Central Europe, social democracy is no longer just in crisis mode — but in the process of disappearing entirely

Interviews | 16.05.2023

‘The polarisation of Turkey into two camps continues’

The Turkish elections will go into a second round. Henrik Meyer from Istanbul on Kılıçdaroğlu’s remaining chances and the unfair election campaign

Democracy and society | 13.03.2023

Extraordinarily dramatic, even by Turkish standards

Erdoğan is known for putting on a show. The new opposition candidate is the opposite – precisely what could make Kılıçdaroğlu his toughest competitor

Foreign and security policy | 25.11.2022

Turkey’s à la carte foreign policy

Turkey enters alliances or puts them on hold, strengthens or weakens them. While it might look like a big jumble, Erdoğan knows how to play his cards

Foreign and security policy | 27.07.2022

How Erdoğan returned from Tehran empty-handed

Since Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Erdoğan has cleverly played his hand. But, as he learned painfully in Tehran, his political clout has its limits

Interviews | 03.09.2021

'The Damocles sword of deportation hangs over them'

Henrik Meyer on what the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan means for Turkey and the future of the EU-Turkey migration pact

Future of social democracy | 26.01.2021

Tunisia’s struggle for democracy isn't over

10 years after the revolution, patronage and populism rule the country. But Tunisians want a deeper form of democracy

Africa | 16.09.2019

The Tunisian Berlusconi

The first round of the presidential elections shows the biggest threat to democracy is no longer political Islam, but populism