Adnan Turan
@adnanturan.bsky.social
Writing on refugee education policies, serious games, and human rights movements
Ph.D in Educational Policy and Evaluation @ASU
Co-founder of LEARN and Lotus Youth Association
Creator of CHALLENGE
Ph.D in Educational Policy and Evaluation @ASU
Co-founder of LEARN and Lotus Youth Association
Creator of CHALLENGE
This should be the sole purpose of AI: promoting equity and creating opportunities for social transformation.
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
This should be the sole purpose of AI: promoting equity and creating opportunities for social transformation.
Unfortunately, many Kurds are posting about Atatürk after the ongoing “peace talks.” This is solid proof of how assimilation works — it makes you celebrate your own oppressor. When your enemy becomes your idol, the colonizer’s project is complete.
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Unfortunately, many Kurds are posting about Atatürk after the ongoing “peace talks.” This is solid proof of how assimilation works — it makes you celebrate your own oppressor. When your enemy becomes your idol, the colonizer’s project is complete.
Today is the anniversary of Atatürk — the founder of Turkey, yet responsible for atrocities like the Dersim and Zilan genocides. It’s disturbing to see critical scholars sharing condolences while ignoring these crimes. This is not respect — it’s hypocrisy.
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Today is the anniversary of Atatürk — the founder of Turkey, yet responsible for atrocities like the Dersim and Zilan genocides. It’s disturbing to see critical scholars sharing condolences while ignoring these crimes. This is not respect — it’s hypocrisy.
Asla kemalistlerle tartışmaya girmem çünkü cahile laf anlatmazsın.
July 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Asla kemalistlerle tartışmaya girmem çünkü cahile laf anlatmazsın.
Nevsin Mengu rahatsız olsa bile, kendisi de dahil olmak üzere tüm Kemalistler faşist ve ırkçıdır.
April 17, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Nevsin Mengu rahatsız olsa bile, kendisi de dahil olmak üzere tüm Kemalistler faşist ve ırkçıdır.
Reposted by Adnan Turan
Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought that complying with authoritarian demands would protect their independence. It didn’t—and history is warning us again.
🔗 theconversation.com/universities...
#AcademicFreedom #HigherEd #Authoritarianism #DEI #TheConversation
🔗 theconversation.com/universities...
#AcademicFreedom #HigherEd #Authoritarianism #DEI #TheConversation
Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought giving in to government demands would save their independence
Before the Nazis, German universities were among the best in the world. Step by step, the universities gave up their independence until they were instruments of the state.
theconversation.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought that complying with authoritarian demands would protect their independence. It didn’t—and history is warning us again.
🔗 theconversation.com/universities...
#AcademicFreedom #HigherEd #Authoritarianism #DEI #TheConversation
🔗 theconversation.com/universities...
#AcademicFreedom #HigherEd #Authoritarianism #DEI #TheConversation
I worked like a beast for 4 years, wrote a 333-page dissertation, yet I still mark 'Mr.' on every form. In presentations, I say 'doctoral candidate.' I feel like a real superhero - ordinary by day, secretly a doctor. I break into sweat when someone asks 'Didn't you finish?' 🦸♂️🎓
April 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I worked like a beast for 4 years, wrote a 333-page dissertation, yet I still mark 'Mr.' on every form. In presentations, I say 'doctoral candidate.' I feel like a real superhero - ordinary by day, secretly a doctor. I break into sweat when someone asks 'Didn't you finish?' 🦸♂️🎓
4 yıl boyunca hayvan gibi çalıştım, 333 sayfalık tez yazdım, ama hala her formda 'Mr.' işaretliyorum. Sunumlarda 'doktora adayı' diyorum. Gerçek süper kahraman gibi hissediyorum - gündüz sıradan biri, gizlice doktor. Birisi ' Tez bitmedi mi?' deyince ter basıyor. 🦸♂️🎓
April 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
4 yıl boyunca hayvan gibi çalıştım, 333 sayfalık tez yazdım, ama hala her formda 'Mr.' işaretliyorum. Sunumlarda 'doktora adayı' diyorum. Gerçek süper kahraman gibi hissediyorum - gündüz sıradan biri, gizlice doktor. Birisi ' Tez bitmedi mi?' deyince ter basıyor. 🦸♂️🎓
I do not care what's going to happen with stock markets. Hopefully, all of them will crash to zero just like other capitalist institutions deserve to. The financial anxiety of the investor class means nothing to me. Their system is designed to fail, and I'm here for the collapse.
April 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I do not care what's going to happen with stock markets. Hopefully, all of them will crash to zero just like other capitalist institutions deserve to. The financial anxiety of the investor class means nothing to me. Their system is designed to fail, and I'm here for the collapse.
Hayatımda gördüğüm en tutarlı kitle Kemalist kitle. Kendi başlarına gelmediği sürece hiçbir haksızlığa ses çıkarmazlar, hatta iktidarı alkışlarlar. Ama iktidar bunların ayrıcalıklarına dokunmaya başlayınca, bir anda ülkenin en demokrat, en özgürlükçüleri oluverirler. Tutarlılıkta zirve yapmışlar!
April 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Hayatımda gördüğüm en tutarlı kitle Kemalist kitle. Kendi başlarına gelmediği sürece hiçbir haksızlığa ses çıkarmazlar, hatta iktidarı alkışlarlar. Ama iktidar bunların ayrıcalıklarına dokunmaya başlayınca, bir anda ülkenin en demokrat, en özgürlükçüleri oluverirler. Tutarlılıkta zirve yapmışlar!
The final sentence of ny dissertation:
March 2, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The final sentence of ny dissertation:
Kemalistlerin “ezilmiş” ya da “muhalif” rolü oynaması gülünç. Devletin kurucu ideolojisi olan Kemalizm, sadece güçten geçici olarak mahrum kalmış olabilir, ama ezilmedi. İktidar nimetlerinden uzak kalmak, ezilmek değildir. Devrik iktidar sahipliğiyle mağduriyet pozuna yatmak sahtekârlıktır.
February 12, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Kemalistlerin “ezilmiş” ya da “muhalif” rolü oynaması gülünç. Devletin kurucu ideolojisi olan Kemalizm, sadece güçten geçici olarak mahrum kalmış olabilir, ama ezilmedi. İktidar nimetlerinden uzak kalmak, ezilmek değildir. Devrik iktidar sahipliğiyle mağduriyet pozuna yatmak sahtekârlıktır.
Refugee education operates under the shadow of colonial praxis. Providing education to displaced children should not mean forcing them to abandon their language, culture, and identities. Education should not be a trade-off for assimilation but a means to empower without erasure.
February 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Refugee education operates under the shadow of colonial praxis. Providing education to displaced children should not mean forcing them to abandon their language, culture, and identities. Education should not be a trade-off for assimilation but a means to empower without erasure.
Thousands of Kurds, including human rights activists, children, women, journalists, politicians, and teachers, have been killed in Rojava. How much longer can the world turn a blind eye? It’s time to raise your voice and stand against these atrocities—stand fo justice, and freedom. Enough is enough!
January 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Thousands of Kurds, including human rights activists, children, women, journalists, politicians, and teachers, have been killed in Rojava. How much longer can the world turn a blind eye? It’s time to raise your voice and stand against these atrocities—stand fo justice, and freedom. Enough is enough!
The beloved #Kurdish actor, Bavê Teyar, a symbol of humor, resilience has tragically lost his life in #Turkish attack on a #Rojava's Tishreen Dam. Bavê Teyar was more than an artist; he was a voice for his people, a guardian of their dreams, and a relentless advocate for justice. Rest in peace. 🌹
Tu nirxî, tu rûmetî
Pêşengê bi heybetî
Bila bimire koletî,
Tu nemirî Ey ŞEHÎD.
Em bi Şehadeta Hunermendê netewî, Bavê Teyar; gelek xemgîn in.
ŞEHÎD namirin. Bijî Kurdistan...
Pêşengê bi heybetî
Bila bimire koletî,
Tu nemirî Ey ŞEHÎD.
Em bi Şehadeta Hunermendê netewî, Bavê Teyar; gelek xemgîn in.
ŞEHÎD namirin. Bijî Kurdistan...
January 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Reposted by Adnan Turan
Tu nirxî, tu rûmetî
Pêşengê bi heybetî
Bila bimire koletî,
Tu nemirî Ey ŞEHÎD.
Em bi Şehadeta Hunermendê netewî, Bavê Teyar; gelek xemgîn in.
ŞEHÎD namirin. Bijî Kurdistan...
Pêşengê bi heybetî
Bila bimire koletî,
Tu nemirî Ey ŞEHÎD.
Em bi Şehadeta Hunermendê netewî, Bavê Teyar; gelek xemgîn in.
ŞEHÎD namirin. Bijî Kurdistan...
January 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Tu nirxî, tu rûmetî
Pêşengê bi heybetî
Bila bimire koletî,
Tu nemirî Ey ŞEHÎD.
Em bi Şehadeta Hunermendê netewî, Bavê Teyar; gelek xemgîn in.
ŞEHÎD namirin. Bijî Kurdistan...
Pêşengê bi heybetî
Bila bimire koletî,
Tu nemirî Ey ŞEHÎD.
Em bi Şehadeta Hunermendê netewî, Bavê Teyar; gelek xemgîn in.
ŞEHÎD namirin. Bijî Kurdistan...
Imagine a nation forced to displacement at least 10 times in 30 years, yet no one talks about them. Even critical and postcolonial scholars ignore their suffering. Why this hypocrisy? Why are some stories not worth telling?
December 4, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Imagine a nation forced to displacement at least 10 times in 30 years, yet no one talks about them. Even critical and postcolonial scholars ignore their suffering. Why this hypocrisy? Why are some stories not worth telling?
The tragedy of Syria reflects the cyclical violence of imperialism. Created through imperialist designs at the cost of millions of lives, Syria now faces dissolution under similar forces, again at the cost of countless lives. A stark reminder of the human toll of power politics.
December 3, 2024 at 11:20 PM
The tragedy of Syria reflects the cyclical violence of imperialism. Created through imperialist designs at the cost of millions of lives, Syria now faces dissolution under similar forces, again at the cost of countless lives. A stark reminder of the human toll of power politics.
This is not about redrawing borders in the Middle East—it’s about deepening the crisis and institutionalizing violence against women, children, and minorities. The West of Syria is on track to become the next Afghanistan. The world cannot afford to look away.
December 1, 2024 at 6:04 PM
This is not about redrawing borders in the Middle East—it’s about deepening the crisis and institutionalizing violence against women, children, and minorities. The West of Syria is on track to become the next Afghanistan. The world cannot afford to look away.
Once again, the Kurds are abandoned by the West. Millions of Kurds, Armenians, Assyrians, and Christians have to flee from Aleppo, leaving behind their homes, heritage, and history.
December 1, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Once again, the Kurds are abandoned by the West. Millions of Kurds, Armenians, Assyrians, and Christians have to flee from Aleppo, leaving behind their homes, heritage, and history.
In Syria, the reality is grim: Assad is a dictator and oppressor, but his opponents, like the SNA/FSA, are also oppressive forces. Fighting against an oppressor does not automatically make you a liberator. True support for the Syrian people means standing with those seeking freedom and justice.
December 1, 2024 at 4:57 PM
In Syria, the reality is grim: Assad is a dictator and oppressor, but his opponents, like the SNA/FSA, are also oppressive forces. Fighting against an oppressor does not automatically make you a liberator. True support for the Syrian people means standing with those seeking freedom and justice.
Reposted by Adnan Turan
Starter pack of scholars whose work looks critically at schooling & efforts to interrupt the social reproduction of inequality through education in transformative ways (U.S. & global) - updated w/ requests (sorry if I missed your request - inundated with notifications today) go.bsky.app/BYF1JZJ
November 16, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Starter pack of scholars whose work looks critically at schooling & efforts to interrupt the social reproduction of inequality through education in transformative ways (U.S. & global) - updated w/ requests (sorry if I missed your request - inundated with notifications today) go.bsky.app/BYF1JZJ
CHALLENGE bridges the gap in understanding refugee education, fostering empathy, equity, and justice-focused decision-making. By simulating real-world policies, it empowers educators & policymakers to tackle complex global challenges. 🌍📚 #RefugeeEducation
November 20, 2024 at 2:21 PM
CHALLENGE bridges the gap in understanding refugee education, fostering empathy, equity, and justice-focused decision-making. By simulating real-world policies, it empowers educators & policymakers to tackle complex global challenges. 🌍📚 #RefugeeEducation
Reposted by Adnan Turan
Community for Education Scholars in all areas and concentrations looking to find each other!
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November 14, 2024 at 7:02 AM
Community for Education Scholars in all areas and concentrations looking to find each other!
Please reply to this post if you want to be added!! #EducationScholars
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Please reply to this post if you want to be added!! #EducationScholars
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CHALLENGE: a simulation game designed to explore justice in refugee education policy! Developed under the LEARN initiative at ASU’s MLFTC, CHALLENGE engages educators & policymakers in real-world decisions, fostering empathy and equity.
#RefugeeEducation #PolicySimulation
#CHALLENGE
#RefugeeEducation #PolicySimulation
#CHALLENGE
November 15, 2024 at 12:20 AM
CHALLENGE: a simulation game designed to explore justice in refugee education policy! Developed under the LEARN initiative at ASU’s MLFTC, CHALLENGE engages educators & policymakers in real-world decisions, fostering empathy and equity.
#RefugeeEducation #PolicySimulation
#CHALLENGE
#RefugeeEducation #PolicySimulation
#CHALLENGE