Yusuf Sarfati
@yusufsarfati.bsky.social
Professor of Comparative Politics, Illinois State University, autocratization, religion, social movements & mobilization. Turkey, Israel. Istanbulite, Normalite. Anti-fascist. He/him.
Siyaset Bilimi. Akademisyen. İnsan. Baba.
Siyaset Bilimi. Akademisyen. İnsan. Baba.
East Coast led the way, and now West Coast is responding!
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
East Coast led the way, and now West Coast is responding!
Spotted next to my son's school
October 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Spotted next to my son's school
V-Dem's graph of the week illustrates the tragic erosion of Tunisia's young democracy after Kais Saied's self-coup.
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
V-Dem's graph of the week illustrates the tragic erosion of Tunisia's young democracy after Kais Saied's self-coup.
While all eyes are on Gaza, Knesset passes preliminary vote to annex West Bank.
October 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
While all eyes are on Gaza, Knesset passes preliminary vote to annex West Bank.
Hamas official says group will not completely disarm, will hand over weapons to future Palestinian military.
October 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Hamas official says group will not completely disarm, will hand over weapons to future Palestinian military.
Let me get this straight:
Settlers tried to attack a Palestinian village, left-wing activists tried to prevent it. Settlers called the police and IDF, and they arrested the left-wing activists, not the settlers!
Settlers tried to attack a Palestinian village, left-wing activists tried to prevent it. Settlers called the police and IDF, and they arrested the left-wing activists, not the settlers!
October 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Let me get this straight:
Settlers tried to attack a Palestinian village, left-wing activists tried to prevent it. Settlers called the police and IDF, and they arrested the left-wing activists, not the settlers!
Settlers tried to attack a Palestinian village, left-wing activists tried to prevent it. Settlers called the police and IDF, and they arrested the left-wing activists, not the settlers!
A police pepper spraying an unarmed woman from close range infuriated Turks so much that it created a nation-wide uprising in 2013.
October 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A police pepper spraying an unarmed woman from close range infuriated Turks so much that it created a nation-wide uprising in 2013.
Age yourself with a movie you saw in a theater as a kid.
September 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in a theater as a kid.
Günün haritası: Filistin devletini tanıyan/tanımayan ülkeler
September 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Günün haritası: Filistin devletini tanıyan/tanımayan ülkeler
On outrage and hypocrisy! 🎯
September 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
On outrage and hypocrisy! 🎯
Translation: We don't want to deal with homegrown, domestic terrorism and our toxic political culture that led to this. We rather turn foreigners into a target and unite around lofty nationalism.
September 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Translation: We don't want to deal with homegrown, domestic terrorism and our toxic political culture that led to this. We rather turn foreigners into a target and unite around lofty nationalism.
More relevant than ever!
September 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
More relevant than ever!
It's painful that so many of our fellow citizens now support the Nazi sympathizers.
September 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
It's painful that so many of our fellow citizens now support the Nazi sympathizers.
They'll use all the corrupt deals to try to stop Mamdani.
September 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
They'll use all the corrupt deals to try to stop Mamdani.
27 of the 47 Democratic Senators voted to block weapons sales to Israel. This is unprecedented and reflects that Democratic elites are slowly catching up with their constituents.
July 31, 2025 at 2:07 AM
27 of the 47 Democratic Senators voted to block weapons sales to Israel. This is unprecedented and reflects that Democratic elites are slowly catching up with their constituents.
The shrinking of academic freedom in Turkey (2009-2024) in one chart.
Source: v-dem.net/gow.html
Source: v-dem.net/gow.html
July 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The shrinking of academic freedom in Turkey (2009-2024) in one chart.
Source: v-dem.net/gow.html
Source: v-dem.net/gow.html
Even Israeli officials admit this is not accurate. The lie is meant to coverup the engineered starvation of the Palestinians in Gaza and whitewash Israel.
July 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Even Israeli officials admit this is not accurate. The lie is meant to coverup the engineered starvation of the Palestinians in Gaza and whitewash Israel.
Even Israeli officials now admit this is not true. The lie is meant to coverup the engineered starvation of the Palestinians.
July 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Even Israeli officials now admit this is not true. The lie is meant to coverup the engineered starvation of the Palestinians.
Uhmm, your rights?
July 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Uhmm, your rights?
The biker cat. Only in Istanbul!
July 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The biker cat. Only in Istanbul!
A shameful travesty!
June 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A shameful travesty!
In the US too, Israel's favorability is under water for the first time and at an all time low.
June 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
In the US too, Israel's favorability is under water for the first time and at an all time low.
I guess, we need to refer him to the Student Academic Misconduct Committee.
May 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I guess, we need to refer him to the Student Academic Misconduct Committee.