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Senem Aydın-Düzgit @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social · 11d

Glad to see this finally in print. For those who are interested in the populist use of history and its relationship to foreign policy 👇

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Senem Aydın-Düzgit @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social · 13d

How does foreign policy fuel populist authoritarianism? In my latest piece, I explore this question through the case of Turkey’s May 2023 elections.👇

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Foreign policy as domestic politics in populist competitive authoritarianism: the case of the May 2023 elections in Turkey

In populist competitive authoritarian regimes, the distinction between the domestic and the foreign has become increasingly more porous. Yet we have limited knowledge about how populist politicians...

www.tandfonline.com

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Senem Aydın-Düzgit @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social · 14d

Pınar Bilgin ve Gülşah Çapan Hocalarımızın yeni projelerini Cuma günü İPM’de dinleme şansı bulduk. Türkiye’nin ilk yüz yılına güvenlik kavramı penceresinden bakan heyecan verici bir çalışma. Bulgularını merakla bekliyoruz

Pınar Bilgin @pbilgin.bsky.social · 16d

IPM’de Tübitak 1001 projemizin tanıtım sunumunu yaptık bugün. @zgc.bsky.social @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social

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Istanbul Policy Center | İstanbul Politikalar Merkezi @ipc-ipm.bsky.social · Sep 12

"Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’nin İlk Yüz Yılına Güvenlik Kavramı Penceresinden Bakmak TÜBİTAK 1001 Proje Tanıtımı ve İlk Bulgular"
🎙️Senem Aydın-Düzgit, IPM
🎤Pınar Bilgin, Bilkent Üniversitesi
🎤Zeynep Gülşah Çapan, Erfurt Üniversitesi
🗓26 Eylül 11:00, Cuma
🚩İPM, Karaköy
🔗Kayıt için: forms.gle/mvb6t3mvAnUS...

Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’nin İlk Yüz Yılına Güvenlik Kavramı Penceresinden Bakmak-TÜBİTAK 1001 Proje Tanıtımı ve İlk Bulgular

26 Eylül Cuma, İPM Karaköy

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Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thank you IPC for organizing, and @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social for hosting.

A goal of mine is to audio-visualize the political science toolkit. Here I presented a new dataset of 11,165 regime videos compiled with @draege.bsky.social. Along with our analysis, we make the dataset available

Istanbul Policy Center | İstanbul Politikalar Merkezi @ipc-ipm.bsky.social · Jul 10

The panel "Film-Making Turkey Great Again: Findings from a Dataset on AKP Audiovisual Strategies" with Lisel Hintz has just started at IPC Karaköy.

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Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · Jul 8

There's a lot going on in Turkey's politics right now. The repression rate is ratcheting up.

I aim to provide insights with a new dataset on populist audiovisual strategies. Please join me at IPC this Thursday at 11am.

Honored to be hosted by @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social

forms.gle/6BRkXR3439LKV7…

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Senem Aydın-Düzgit @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social · Jun 25

@norafisheronar.bsky.social will be with us this Friday to discuss her new book on contesting pluralism in Turkey and beyond 👇

Nora Fisher-Onar @norafisheronar.bsky.social · Jun 25

How to make sense of Turkey & its region's complexity, rather than rely on combative binaries which produce aggressive policies?

For answers frm my book, join me in Istanbul on Friday @10AM -🙏to @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social , @canatulus.bsky.social & IPC

Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Senem Aydın-Düzgit @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social · Jun 2

Our forum on the global perspectives on democracy support in light of the wars in Gaza and Ukraine is now out in International Studies Perspectives 👇

Many thanks to Daniela Huber and Anna Khakee for bringing this together

academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...

Forum: Global Perspectives on Democracy Support in Light of the Wars in Gaza and Ukraine

Abstract. This forum critically reflects on the democracy support agenda and its future in light of the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, the decline of Western po

academic.oup.com

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Senem Aydın-Düzgit @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social · May 24

More to follow soon, as the international is increasingly becoming a key enabling factor in authoritarian resilience globally

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Senem Aydın-Düzgit @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social · May 24

And more recently, where Europe and more specifically Germany, stands in all of this, in German Politics

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09644008.2025.2497082?src=exp-la

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Senem Aydın-Düzgit @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social · May 24

A later piece on the role of regime security in foreign policies of authoritarian middle powers in International Affairs

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https://academic.oup.com/ia/article/99/6/2319/7337079

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Senem Aydın-Düzgit @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social · May 24

This ties in with three earlier works: one on crisis and Erdogan’s 2023 electoral victory in Journal of Democracy

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https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/how-erdogan-rules-through-crisis/

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Senem Aydın-Düzgit @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social · May 24

I have been thinking and writing for a while on the international context of authoritarian resilience. Here is my most recent article in Contemporary Politics on the role of international crises on autocratic resilience in Hungary and Turkey

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13569775.2025.2502274

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Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) @tepsa.bsky.social · May 23

"Turkey sees the new emerging global context as an opportunity to remind the EU of Turkey's #accession [...] but the state of democracy in Turkey represents a great issue for the relationship between the two sides."

- @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social at the #DanishPPC
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Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) @tepsa.bsky.social · May 23

"Security and defence are key to Turkey's approach to Europe. A scary scenario for the country is the formation of a European security architecture - autonomous from NATO - which does not include #Turkey"
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- @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social, Professor at Sabanci University, during the #DanishPPC

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Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) @tepsa.bsky.social · May 20

On day 2⃣ of the #DanishPPC we're discussing "The EU’s global engagement in a multipolar world", with interventions from Amb. Birgitte Markussen, @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social, @amandinesabourin.bsky.social & Sarah Kristine Poppelkvist

🔗 tepsa.eu/policy-advic... @diis.dk @thinktankeuropa.bsky.social

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Senem Aydın-Düzgit @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social · May 5

It is not often that we have two articles published in one week, but here we go..We examined the EU's responses to crises in its neighbourhood through the concept of protean power, and it is open access!

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Protean power Europe in the southern neighbourhood? EU in the face of migration and political crises - Comparative European Politics

The European Union (EU) has recently faced consecutive, sudden and unexpected challenges of a large magnitude, such as the migration crisis, COVID-19, and the war in Ukraine. Through an analysis of tw...

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Senem Aydın-Düzgit @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social · May 2

Just published! With all the talk on the international context of the authoritarian turn, we looked at Germany’s role in the erosion of the rule of law in Turkey and what how this informs theorising Germany’s power in Europe👇

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Germany and Rule of Law Support in Turkey: A Status Quo Power?

This article sheds light on how Germany exercises its power in the EU and the wider European neighbourhood, and on the type of actor that it is evolving into. To that end, drawing on semi-structure...

www.tandfonline.com

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Senem Aydın-Düzgit @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social · Apr 27

Tekrar çok tebrikler! Tamamıyla hak edilmiş bir ödül

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Ezgi Elci @ezgielci.bsky.social · Apr 27

Bu sene yakın zamanda kaybettiğimiz Prof. Fuat Keyman anısına verilen Bilim Akademisi Genç Bilim İnsanları Ödülünü (BAGEP 2025) Prof. Senem Aydın Düzgit'ten aldım. Beni bu ödüle layık gören herkese çok teşekkür ederim. @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social @bilimakademisi.bsky.social

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Turkey recap @turkeyrecap.bsky.social · Apr 6

📰 Sunday extras:

"The Protests and Political Crisis Shaping Turkey's Democratic Future" with @karabekir.bsky.social, @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social and @gonultol.bsky.social. [1/5]

Rethinking Democracy Ep. 7: The Protests and Political Crisis Shaping Turkey's Democratic Future

Turkey has plunged into turmoil after authorities arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, President Erdoğan's strongest opponent, on charges of corruption. Mass protests, the largest in over a decade,...

www.mei.edu

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Senem Aydın-Düzgit @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social · Apr 4

Just published! @chathamhouse.org report on competing visions of international order incl. our contribution on Turkey with @aysezarakol.bsky.social

Competing visions of international order

Responses to US power in a fracturing world

www.chathamhouse.org

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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · Apr 1

We discussed Turkey's critical juncture on the Rethinking Democracy podcast with @gonultol.bsky.social and @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social.

Listen here: www.mei.edu/multimedia/p...

Rethinking Democracy Ep. 7: The Protests and Political Crisis Shaping Turkey's Democratic Future

Turkey has plunged into turmoil after authorities arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, President Erdoğan's strongest opponent, on charges of corruption. Mass protests, the largest in over a decade,...

www.mei.edu

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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · Mar 27

☪ We've ungated a selection of the JoD's Turkey analysis for a limited time!

Full list of essays here: www.journalofdemocra...

Erdoğan’s Latest Autocratic Crackdown | Journal of Democracy

On March 19, Turkish authorities arrested opposition leader and Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on charges of corruption. Really, it was a drive by President Erdoğan to eliminate his main political…

www.journalofdemocracy.org

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Senem Aydın-Düzgit @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social · Feb 26

On Monday, we had a full house discussion at the Istanbul Policy Center on the German election results with Heinrich Kreft, Ebru Turhan , Cigdem Nas and Johanna Wietschel. For those who missed it, it is now available on our youtube channel 👇

youtube.com/live/YkISs-8...

German Elections: The Day After

YouTube video by Istanbul Policy Center

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