Şener Aktürk
@senerakturk.bsky.social
Author of "Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe.” Professor at Koç University. Comparative Politics; Nationalism; Religion; Regimes of Ethnicity; History of Ideas; Grand Strategy. www.senerakturk.com
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"The most challenging type of diversity for democracy...has been religious diversity," writes Şener Aktürk in the latest @jodemocracy.bsky.social
Read "Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy" for free, gold #OpenAccess at @ProjectMUSE
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Read "Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy" for free, gold #OpenAccess at @ProjectMUSE
tinyurl.com/y4sbskcd
September 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"The most challenging type of diversity for democracy...has been religious diversity," writes Şener Aktürk in the latest @jodemocracy.bsky.social
Read "Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy" for free, gold #OpenAccess at @ProjectMUSE
tinyurl.com/y4sbskcd
Read "Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy" for free, gold #OpenAccess at @ProjectMUSE
tinyurl.com/y4sbskcd
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"The most challenging type of diversity for democracy...has been religious diversity," writes Şener Aktürk in the latest @jodemocracy.bsky.social
Read "Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy" for free, gold #OpenAccess at @ProjectMUSE
tinyurl.com/y4sbskcd
#AcademicSky
Read "Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy" for free, gold #OpenAccess at @ProjectMUSE
tinyurl.com/y4sbskcd
#AcademicSky
October 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"The most challenging type of diversity for democracy...has been religious diversity," writes Şener Aktürk in the latest @jodemocracy.bsky.social
Read "Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy" for free, gold #OpenAccess at @ProjectMUSE
tinyurl.com/y4sbskcd
#AcademicSky
Read "Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy" for free, gold #OpenAccess at @ProjectMUSE
tinyurl.com/y4sbskcd
#AcademicSky
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Be our colleague! We are hiring: "Koç University invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor position in International Relations with a focus on International Political Economy (IPE) starting in September 2026." Details in the link below: jobs.ku.edu.tr/open_positio...
Faculty Position in International Relations | KU Jobs
jobs.ku.edu.tr
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Be our colleague! We are hiring: "Koç University invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor position in International Relations with a focus on International Political Economy (IPE) starting in September 2026." Details in the link below: jobs.ku.edu.tr/open_positio...
Be our colleague! We are hiring: "Koç University invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor position in International Relations with a focus on International Political Economy (IPE) starting in September 2026." Details in the link below: jobs.ku.edu.tr/open_positio...
Faculty Position in International Relations | KU Jobs
jobs.ku.edu.tr
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Be our colleague! We are hiring: "Koç University invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor position in International Relations with a focus on International Political Economy (IPE) starting in September 2026." Details in the link below: jobs.ku.edu.tr/open_positio...
For the "big picture" of all Muslim members of the parliaments across 26 European countries check out our
@poppublicsphere.bsky.social article "Institutionalization of Ethnocultural Diversity and the Representation of European Muslims" @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
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@poppublicsphere.bsky.social article "Institutionalization of Ethnocultural Diversity and the Representation of European Muslims" @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
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Institutionalization of Ethnocultural Diversity and the Representation of European Muslims | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Institutionalization of Ethnocultural Diversity and the Representation of European Muslims - Volume 19 Issue 2
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November 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
For the "big picture" of all Muslim members of the parliaments across 26 European countries check out our
@poppublicsphere.bsky.social article "Institutionalization of Ethnocultural Diversity and the Representation of European Muslims" @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@poppublicsphere.bsky.social article "Institutionalization of Ethnocultural Diversity and the Representation of European Muslims" @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Pazar günü önce oturum başkanı ve sonrasında konuşmacı olarak görev aldığım TÜBA-EMAN konferansı vesilesiyle bazılarını yıllardır gör(e)mediğim bazı meslektaşlarımla da görüşebilme fırsatı buldum. Detaylı bilgi ve fotoğrafları ilgili haber bülteninde bulabilirsiniz: www.tuba.gov.tr/tr/haberler/...
November 4, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Pazar günü önce oturum başkanı ve sonrasında konuşmacı olarak görev aldığım TÜBA-EMAN konferansı vesilesiyle bazılarını yıllardır gör(e)mediğim bazı meslektaşlarımla da görüşebilme fırsatı buldum. Detaylı bilgi ve fotoğrafları ilgili haber bülteninde bulabilirsiniz: www.tuba.gov.tr/tr/haberler/...
I'm delighted to serve on "The Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics" committee @apsa.bsky.social Deadline for nominations is January 31, 2026. Details of the nomination and a list of previous winners can be found at the APSA-IHaP website connect.apsanet.org/s34/nominati...
Nominations
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October 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I'm delighted to serve on "The Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics" committee @apsa.bsky.social Deadline for nominations is January 31, 2026. Details of the nomination and a list of previous winners can be found at the APSA-IHaP website connect.apsanet.org/s34/nominati...
"Prof. Dr. Şener Aktürk, APSA Ödülü’nü kazanan ilk Türk akademisyen oldu"
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Prof. Dr. Şener Aktürk, APSA Ödülü’nü kazanan ilk Türk akademisyen oldu
Koç Üniversitesi’nden Prof. Dr. Şener Aktürk, Amerikan Siyaset Bilimi Derneği (APSA) tarafından ‘2025 Uluslararası Tarih ve Siyaset Üstün Makale Ödülü’ne layık görüldü. International Security dergisin...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"Prof. Dr. Şener Aktürk, APSA Ödülü’nü kazanan ilk Türk akademisyen oldu"
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I'm delighted to announce that my article, "Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy," published @jodemocracy.bsky.social is now permanently Open Access!
I thank Koç University Library and its staff for making this possible. Article link: muse.jhu.edu/article/964565
I thank Koç University Library and its staff for making this possible. Article link: muse.jhu.edu/article/964565
Project MUSE - Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy
muse.jhu.edu
October 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I'm delighted to announce that my article, "Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy," published @jodemocracy.bsky.social is now permanently Open Access!
I thank Koç University Library and its staff for making this possible. Article link: muse.jhu.edu/article/964565
I thank Koç University Library and its staff for making this possible. Article link: muse.jhu.edu/article/964565
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#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social -
The Politics of Status Preservation: Immigration and the Knowledge Economy Class - https://cup.org/3VYHxGx
- @briittavs.bsky.social
#FirstView
The Politics of Status Preservation: Immigration and the Knowledge Economy Class - https://cup.org/3VYHxGx
- @briittavs.bsky.social
#FirstView
October 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social -
The Politics of Status Preservation: Immigration and the Knowledge Economy Class - https://cup.org/3VYHxGx
- @briittavs.bsky.social
#FirstView
The Politics of Status Preservation: Immigration and the Knowledge Economy Class - https://cup.org/3VYHxGx
- @briittavs.bsky.social
#FirstView
I'm delighted to announce that my article, "Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy," published @jodemocracy.bsky.social is now permanently Open Access!
I thank Koç University Library and its staff for making this possible. Article link: muse.jhu.edu/article/964565
I thank Koç University Library and its staff for making this possible. Article link: muse.jhu.edu/article/964565
Project MUSE - Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy
muse.jhu.edu
October 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I'm delighted to announce that my article, "Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy," published @jodemocracy.bsky.social is now permanently Open Access!
I thank Koç University Library and its staff for making this possible. Article link: muse.jhu.edu/article/964565
I thank Koç University Library and its staff for making this possible. Article link: muse.jhu.edu/article/964565
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Oh welp: "Russia remained the top supplier of nuclear reactor fuel to the U.S. last year, even after a ban on Russian enriched uranium imports became law in May, data from the Energy Dept. show." This, as Trump lectures Europe and others to curb reliance on Russian oil and natural gas.
Russia Still Top Supplier of US Nuclear Fuel Despite Import Ban
Russia remained the top supplier of nuclear reactor fuel to the US last year, even after a ban on enriched uranium imports from the country became law in May, data from the Department of Energy shows.
www.bloomberg.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Oh welp: "Russia remained the top supplier of nuclear reactor fuel to the U.S. last year, even after a ban on Russian enriched uranium imports became law in May, data from the Energy Dept. show." This, as Trump lectures Europe and others to curb reliance on Russian oil and natural gas.
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I'm delighted to announce that my article "Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe” received the Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics! @apsa.bsky.social @drjlhazelton.bsky.social Read it for free direct.mit.edu/isec/article...
August 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I'm delighted to announce that my article "Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe” received the Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics! @apsa.bsky.social @drjlhazelton.bsky.social Read it for free direct.mit.edu/isec/article...
We had a productive workshop on September 4th and a great event on September 5th at the Balkan Studies Foundation in Skopje.
"5th International Balkan Studies Congress Keynote Speech by Prof. Dr. Şener Aktürk: Nationalism and Religion in Global Perspective"
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"5th International Balkan Studies Congress Keynote Speech by Prof. Dr. Şener Aktürk: Nationalism and Religion in Global Perspective"
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5th International Balkan Studies Congress Keynote Speech by Prof. Dr. Şener Aktürk: Nationalism and Religion in Global Perspective |
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September 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
We had a productive workshop on September 4th and a great event on September 5th at the Balkan Studies Foundation in Skopje.
"5th International Balkan Studies Congress Keynote Speech by Prof. Dr. Şener Aktürk: Nationalism and Religion in Global Perspective"
balkanfoundation.com/keynote-spee...
"5th International Balkan Studies Congress Keynote Speech by Prof. Dr. Şener Aktürk: Nationalism and Religion in Global Perspective"
balkanfoundation.com/keynote-spee...
Starts now...
Today, I'll chair the #APSA2025 panel on "Borders of/for State Identity" and I'll present my paper on "After Empire: Post-Ukrainian Russia in Comparative Perspective," comparing Russia to post-Irish Britain and post-Algerian France in particular. Come, join us @apsa.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ykuuqe44
tinyurl.com/ykuuqe44
APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2025
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September 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Starts now...
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Today, I'll chair the #APSA2025 panel on "Borders of/for State Identity" and I'll present my paper on "After Empire: Post-Ukrainian Russia in Comparative Perspective," comparing Russia to post-Irish Britain and post-Algerian France in particular. Come, join us @apsa.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ykuuqe44
tinyurl.com/ykuuqe44
APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2025
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September 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Today, I'll chair the #APSA2025 panel on "Borders of/for State Identity" and I'll present my paper on "After Empire: Post-Ukrainian Russia in Comparative Perspective," comparing Russia to post-Irish Britain and post-Algerian France in particular. Come, join us @apsa.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ykuuqe44
tinyurl.com/ykuuqe44
Today, I'll chair the #APSA2025 panel on "Borders of/for State Identity" and I'll present my paper on "After Empire: Post-Ukrainian Russia in Comparative Perspective," comparing Russia to post-Irish Britain and post-Algerian France in particular. Come, join us @apsa.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ykuuqe44
tinyurl.com/ykuuqe44
APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2025
tinyurl.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Today, I'll chair the #APSA2025 panel on "Borders of/for State Identity" and I'll present my paper on "After Empire: Post-Ukrainian Russia in Comparative Perspective," comparing Russia to post-Irish Britain and post-Algerian France in particular. Come, join us @apsa.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ykuuqe44
tinyurl.com/ykuuqe44
Today at #APSA2025, I will join Rogers Smith, Christina Davis, and Ashutosh Varshney to discuss Vinicius G. Rodrigues Vieira's @rodriguesvieira.bsky.social "Shaping Nations and Markets: Identity Capital, Trade, and the Populist Rage." Join us at 2 pm - 3:30 pm (Vancouver time).
Are you attending @apsa.bsky.social 2025? Please join me and @rogerssmith.bsky.social , Christina Davis, Ashutosh Varshney, and @senerakturk.bsky.social (who cannot attend in person) to discuss Shaping Nations and Markets in theme panel this Saturday at 2 pm politicalsciencenow.com/theme-panel-...
Theme Panel: Author Meets Critics: “Shaping Nations and Markets: Identity Capital, Trade, and the Populist Rage” -
In-Person Author Meets Critics Participants: (Chair) Vinicius G. Rodrigues Vieira, IDP University (Presenter) Rogers M. Smith, University of Pennsylvania (Presenter) Christina Davis, Harvard University (Presenter) Ashutosh Varshney, Brown University (Presenter) Sener Akturk, Koç University Session [...]
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September 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Today at #APSA2025, I will join Rogers Smith, Christina Davis, and Ashutosh Varshney to discuss Vinicius G. Rodrigues Vieira's @rodriguesvieira.bsky.social "Shaping Nations and Markets: Identity Capital, Trade, and the Populist Rage." Join us at 2 pm - 3:30 pm (Vancouver time).
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It was an intellectually rewarding experience and a great honor to chair the Short Listing Committee for the Luebbert Book Prize in Comparative Politics in 2025:
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I won't be at APSA conference @apsa.bsky.social but here is a photo of all the short listed books that I took:
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I won't be at APSA conference @apsa.bsky.social but here is a photo of all the short listed books that I took:
September 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It was an intellectually rewarding experience and a great honor to chair the Short Listing Committee for the Luebbert Book Prize in Comparative Politics in 2025:
apsanet.org/membership/o...
I won't be at APSA conference @apsa.bsky.social but here is a photo of all the short listed books that I took:
apsanet.org/membership/o...
I won't be at APSA conference @apsa.bsky.social but here is a photo of all the short listed books that I took:
I'm not at APSA Conference in Vancouver in-person, but APSA attendees can still view my iPoster on "Religious Conflict, Exclusion, and the Origins of the International System" and they can even download it! tinyurl.com/2c9bbg6e
APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2025
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September 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I'm not at APSA Conference in Vancouver in-person, but APSA attendees can still view my iPoster on "Religious Conflict, Exclusion, and the Origins of the International System" and they can even download it! tinyurl.com/2c9bbg6e
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Are you attending @apsa.bsky.social 2025? Please join me and @rogerssmith.bsky.social , Christina Davis, Ashutosh Varshney, and @senerakturk.bsky.social (who cannot attend in person) to discuss Shaping Nations and Markets in theme panel this Saturday at 2 pm politicalsciencenow.com/theme-panel-...
Theme Panel: Author Meets Critics: “Shaping Nations and Markets: Identity Capital, Trade, and the Populist Rage” -
In-Person Author Meets Critics Participants: (Chair) Vinicius G. Rodrigues Vieira, IDP University (Presenter) Rogers M. Smith, University of Pennsylvania (Presenter) Christina Davis, Harvard University (Presenter) Ashutosh Varshney, Brown University (Presenter) Sener Akturk, Koç University Session [...]
politicalsciencenow.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Are you attending @apsa.bsky.social 2025? Please join me and @rogerssmith.bsky.social , Christina Davis, Ashutosh Varshney, and @senerakturk.bsky.social (who cannot attend in person) to discuss Shaping Nations and Markets in theme panel this Saturday at 2 pm politicalsciencenow.com/theme-panel-...
It was an intellectually rewarding experience and a great honor to chair the Short Listing Committee for the Luebbert Book Prize in Comparative Politics in 2025:
apsanet.org/membership/o...
I won't be at APSA conference @apsa.bsky.social but here is a photo of all the short listed books that I took:
apsanet.org/membership/o...
I won't be at APSA conference @apsa.bsky.social but here is a photo of all the short listed books that I took:
September 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It was an intellectually rewarding experience and a great honor to chair the Short Listing Committee for the Luebbert Book Prize in Comparative Politics in 2025:
apsanet.org/membership/o...
I won't be at APSA conference @apsa.bsky.social but here is a photo of all the short listed books that I took:
apsanet.org/membership/o...
I won't be at APSA conference @apsa.bsky.social but here is a photo of all the short listed books that I took:
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In many countries, mainstream politicians are adopting rhetoric and policies that typical of the far-right.
Our new paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social and E Dinas), out now in the @bjpols.bsky.social, finds that doing so erodes norms more than when far-right politicians make similar statements.
1/3
Our new paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social and E Dinas), out now in the @bjpols.bsky.social, finds that doing so erodes norms more than when far-right politicians make similar statements.
1/3
NEW -
How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD
"we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians"
- @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD
"we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians"
- @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
August 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In many countries, mainstream politicians are adopting rhetoric and policies that typical of the far-right.
Our new paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social and E Dinas), out now in the @bjpols.bsky.social, finds that doing so erodes norms more than when far-right politicians make similar statements.
1/3
Our new paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social and E Dinas), out now in the @bjpols.bsky.social, finds that doing so erodes norms more than when far-right politicians make similar statements.
1/3
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say
International Association of Genocide Scholars resolution backed by 86% of members who voted
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September 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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My book “The Normalization of the Radical Right” has recently come out in the US.
If you're interested, in this thread I’ll link different ways of learning about the book and its argument (I’ll keep adding if more come out).
First, here is the link to the book: academic.oup.com/book/57946
If you're interested, in this thread I’ll link different ways of learning about the book and its argument (I’ll keep adding if more come out).
First, here is the link to the book: academic.oup.com/book/57946
November 12, 2024 at 3:16 PM
My book “The Normalization of the Radical Right” has recently come out in the US.
If you're interested, in this thread I’ll link different ways of learning about the book and its argument (I’ll keep adding if more come out).
First, here is the link to the book: academic.oup.com/book/57946
If you're interested, in this thread I’ll link different ways of learning about the book and its argument (I’ll keep adding if more come out).
First, here is the link to the book: academic.oup.com/book/57946