On May 4, 2019, the fifth Leiden University Turkish Studies in Istanbul Network Meeting will be held at the Netherlands Institute in Turkey. At this meeting, the recent graduates, Ph.D. candidates, and the MA and bachelor's students in Istanbul of the Leiden University, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Turkish Studies track, will present their current research projects.

This work in progress meeting aims at the exchange of new scholarly insights and academic practices amongst junior and senior colleagues who share a common link to the Middle Eastern studies department, Turkish studies track of Leiden University. The meeting will be open to a limited number of other scholars who are interested in and want to contribute to the scholarly discussion. The students and academics staff from the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies of the Radboud University in Nijmegen will also join the meeting.