The Camden Conference and the Auburn Public Library invite you to a film screening and discussion of Erdogan: The Making of a Sultan.

"In this acclaimed new documentary, Emmy and BAFTA award-winning director, Gilles Cayatte, and expert on Turkish affairs Guillaume Perrier, profile President Erdogan.

He rose to power as the anti-corruption candidate, challenging the old order and advocating closer ties with the EU. But now, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seems to epitomise the concept of Turkish Authoritarianism. The attempted coup d’état of July 2016 has enabled him to consolidate his power and silence all opposition." (from Kanopy.com)

This program will take place in person, in the Androscoggin Community Room. Registration is requested for our planning purposes. Register on our website or call the Reference Desk at 207-333-6640, ext. 4.

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The Camden Conference was founded in 1987 as a nonprofit, non-partisan educational organization whose mission is to foster informed discourse on world issues.

The 2026 conference, Today's Middle East: Power, Politics, and Players, "will explore how traditional and emerging powers are reshaping relationships and testing alliances across this globally vital region." "The Middle East region remains one of the world’s most intractable trouble spots. It is a volatile arena where regional powers, global interests, and local aspirations intersect in ever-evolving and often violent ways."

The 2026 Camden Conference will take place on February 20-22, 2026, and will be in person in Camden, Maine (two additional satellite venues: Strand Theatre in Rockland, Maine; Lunt Auditorium in Falmouth, Maine; + available to livestream worldwide).

For more details on this Conference, visit their website at camdenconference.org.