Begum Zorlu
@begumzorlu.bsky.social
Interested in contentious politics, gender and the dynamics of solidarity. Based at the Department of International Politics at City, St. George's University of London.
It is a great episode - highly recommended.
Great episode with a great historian on his great new book 🎧👇
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Reuben Silverman (@reubensilverman.bsky.social) on the rise and fall of Turkey’s Democrat Party
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Reuben Silverman (@reubensilverman.bsky.social) on the rise and fall of Turkey’s Democrat Party
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December 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It is a great episode - highly recommended.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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A must-listen episode. Breaks some common assumptions and highlights the role of individuals shaping the formative dimensions of the Democrat Party. open.spotify.com/episode/1HxL...
Reuben Silverman on the rise and fall of Turkey's Democrat Party
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December 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A must-listen episode. Breaks some common assumptions and highlights the role of individuals shaping the formative dimensions of the Democrat Party. open.spotify.com/episode/1HxL...
Important interview from Amberin Zaman www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Top PYD official Aldar Khalil: 'Syria is telling Kurds to separate'
Al-Monitor spoke exclusively to Aldar Khalil, a member of the executive council of the Democratic Unity Party (PYD), which shares power in the Kurdish-led administration in northeast Syria, about the ...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Important interview from Amberin Zaman www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Inside Trump’s small national security team politi.co/44Vr8HF via @politico.com
Inside Trump’s small national security team
Trump calls this close coterie on a whim, meetings occur on an ad hoc basis and decisions are made fast, a White House official said.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Inside Trump’s small national security team politi.co/44Vr8HF via @politico.com
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2) She will be joined by two discussants Aysenur Dal (Bilkent University) and Gizem Arikan (Trinity College Dublin).
You can find the joining links & more details here: psaturkishpolitics.uk/2025/10/28/j...
You can find the joining links & more details here: psaturkishpolitics.uk/2025/10/28/j...
Join us For Autumn 2025 Turkish Politics Online Workshop Series
The Turkish Politics Online Workshop returns this autumn with a compelling new series exploring the intersections of digitalization, gender politics, and social inequality in contemporary Turkey. C…
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December 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
2) She will be joined by two discussants Aysenur Dal (Bilkent University) and Gizem Arikan (Trinity College Dublin).
You can find the joining links & more details here: psaturkishpolitics.uk/2025/10/28/j...
You can find the joining links & more details here: psaturkishpolitics.uk/2025/10/28/j...
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1) Join us for the Turkish Politics Online Workshop this Monday at 15:00 (UK time) co-convened by @digdemsoyaltin.bsky.social & @aykutozturk.bsky.social
Aysenur Deger (Syracuse University) will present her work on how exposure to economic inequality deflects resentment from disadvantaged groups.
Aysenur Deger (Syracuse University) will present her work on how exposure to economic inequality deflects resentment from disadvantaged groups.
Digdem Soyaltin Colella (@digdemsoyaltin.bsky.social)
Politics @Uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
Global Strategy Reference Group
@anticorruption.bsky.social
I work on politics of corruption and anti-corruption, authoritarian regime survival and illiberal bure...
digdemsoyaltin.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
1) Join us for the Turkish Politics Online Workshop this Monday at 15:00 (UK time) co-convened by @digdemsoyaltin.bsky.social & @aykutozturk.bsky.social
Aysenur Deger (Syracuse University) will present her work on how exposure to economic inequality deflects resentment from disadvantaged groups.
Aysenur Deger (Syracuse University) will present her work on how exposure to economic inequality deflects resentment from disadvantaged groups.
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Honoured to be hosting the incredible Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social next month at LSE - join us for this important lecture on December 3
What do neoliberalism, US aid, and Gulf land grabs have to do with hunger in Sudan?
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @sarasalem.bsky.social will join us to discuss the politics of hunger in Sudan
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
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#LSEEvents #Sudan
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @sarasalem.bsky.social will join us to discuss the politics of hunger in Sudan
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
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The politics of hunger in Sudan | Nisrin Elamin
6.30pm Weds 3 Dec | Nisrin Elamin | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
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November 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Honoured to be hosting the incredible Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social next month at LSE - join us for this important lecture on December 3
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Register and join us in person next week, Monday, 24 Nov 2025, at 17:00 (Istanbul time) for a panel discussion with our experts on "Women's Voices from Syria: Feminist Strategies for Rights." calendar.boell.de/en/event/voi...
Women’s voices from Syria Feminist strategies for rights
Syria’s late-2024 regime change ushered in a transitional phase through 2030 under an interim government and constitution that references Islamic jurisprudence and concentrates power in an expanded pr...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Register and join us in person next week, Monday, 24 Nov 2025, at 17:00 (Istanbul time) for a panel discussion with our experts on "Women's Voices from Syria: Feminist Strategies for Rights." calendar.boell.de/en/event/voi...
"This year, the RSF lost control of Khartoum to the SAF. It was a major blow to the group, and drones supplied by Turkey played a vital role in allowing the SAF to pry the capital loose." foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/17/d...
‘Good Enough’ Drones Have Become Geopolitical Chips
In Sudan and elsewhere, regional powers have used the weapons for leverage.
foreignpolicy.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
"This year, the RSF lost control of Khartoum to the SAF. It was a major blow to the group, and drones supplied by Turkey played a vital role in allowing the SAF to pry the capital loose." foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/17/d...
Machado issued a message titled the Manifesto of Freedom, asserting that the country is “on the threshold of a new era.” In the message, she talks about free markets, a limited state, economic growth leveraged by the energy business, and the return of Venezuelans.
elpais.com/america/2025...
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María Corina Machado lanza un manifiesto en el que dibuja la Venezuela del futuro
La líder de la oposición ha multiplicado sus apariciones en las que vaticina cambios en el país
elpais.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Machado issued a message titled the Manifesto of Freedom, asserting that the country is “on the threshold of a new era.” In the message, she talks about free markets, a limited state, economic growth leveraged by the energy business, and the return of Venezuelans.
elpais.com/america/2025...
elpais.com/america/2025...
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A welcome discussion on the Greek Current with Ryan Gingeras on Turkey's new Eurofighter deal.
thegreekcurrent.simplecast.com/episodes/tur...
thegreekcurrent.simplecast.com/episodes/tur...
Turkey's multibillion dollar Eurofighter deal | The Greek Current
Ryan Gingeras joins Thanos Davelis break down what Turkey is actually getting in its Eurofighter deal with the UK and what it means for the region.
thegreekcurrent.simplecast.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A welcome discussion on the Greek Current with Ryan Gingeras on Turkey's new Eurofighter deal.
thegreekcurrent.simplecast.com/episodes/tur...
thegreekcurrent.simplecast.com/episodes/tur...
On why you should watch Belen esitlikadaletkadin.org/belen-a-stor...
Belén: A Story of Resistance in Argentina’s Reproductive Rights Movement - SES Eşitlik, Adalet, Kadın Platformu
Belén powerfully tackles the politics of abortion and bodily autonomy in Argentina, revealing how women facing economic hardship are disproportionately targeted by institutional systems. Belén, direct...
esitlikadaletkadin.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
On why you should watch Belen esitlikadaletkadin.org/belen-a-stor...
Where does our waste go? www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
Podcast: Brett Christophers and Thomas Jones · Where does our waste go?
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November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Where does our waste go? www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
How AI tells Israel who to bomb www.vox.com/videos/24151...
How AI tells Israel who to bomb
AI is supposed to help militaries make precise strikes. Is that the case in Gaza?
www.vox.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
How AI tells Israel who to bomb www.vox.com/videos/24151...
Explanatory. open.spotify.com/episode/4xwj...
Why the UN thinks Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
open.spotify.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Explanatory. open.spotify.com/episode/4xwj...
Scrap wars: How child labour and conflict feed Turkey steel boom www.newarab.com/investigatio...
Scrap wars: How child labour and conflict feed Turkey steel boom
Tainted metal scrap sourced from conflict zones can ultimately become finished steel used by some of Europe’s top firms.
www.newarab.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Scrap wars: How child labour and conflict feed Turkey steel boom www.newarab.com/investigatio...
Not suprising. apnews.com/article/chin...
US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds
Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the U.S. government across five Republican and Democratic administrations has repeatedly allowed and even actively helped American fi...
apnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Not suprising. apnews.com/article/chin...
In September, the U.S. deployed a major naval force to the Caribbean to curb drug flows via Venezuela. Its aircraft have since bombed at least five civilian boats, killing at least 27 people. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/16/v...
What’s the U.S. Endgame in Venezuela?
Three possible scenarios for Trump and Caracas.
foreignpolicy.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In September, the U.S. deployed a major naval force to the Caribbean to curb drug flows via Venezuela. Its aircraft have since bombed at least five civilian boats, killing at least 27 people. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/16/v...
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*NEW PSA BLOG* 'Post-16 Skills & #Education in England: New white paper & other #HigherEducation policies now in play', by PSA Chief Executive Michelle Doyle Wildman @seasonedcomms.bsky.social with valuable insights from Ed Bridges @acadsocsciences.bsky.social
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October 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
*NEW PSA BLOG* 'Post-16 Skills & #Education in England: New white paper & other #HigherEducation policies now in play', by PSA Chief Executive Michelle Doyle Wildman @seasonedcomms.bsky.social with valuable insights from Ed Bridges @acadsocsciences.bsky.social
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I can't get through a semester without Weber.
I can't get through a faculty meeting without Bourdieu.
I can't get through a faculty meeting without Bourdieu.
October 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I can't get through a semester without Weber.
I can't get through a faculty meeting without Bourdieu.
I can't get through a faculty meeting without Bourdieu.