Bilge Yesil
@bilgeyesil.bsky.social
Professor, Media Culture @CUNY CSI // Middle Eastern Studies @CUNY Graduate Center.
All things global communication, geopolitics, popular culture, surveillance, censorship, Middle East, Turkey, and food.
All things global communication, geopolitics, popular culture, surveillance, censorship, Middle East, Turkey, and food.
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Never forget. ๐บ๐ธ
January 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Never forget. ๐บ๐ธ
My interview with @bianet-eng.bsky.social on media ownership in Turkey
Unchanging structure, deepening political control in Turkey's media ownership bianet.org/haber/unchan...
Unchanging structure, deepening political control in Turkey's media ownership
"The media has not been a profitable sector for a long time. From now on, those who enter this field will do so to achieve the political and ideological goals," says Prof. Yeลil.
bianet.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:10 PM
My interview with @bianet-eng.bsky.social on media ownership in Turkey
This is helpful thx for sharing
January 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
This is helpful thx for sharing
Thank you, Howard!
January 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Thank you, Howard!
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Good discussion with @bilgeyesil.bsky.social on censorship and media freedom in the digital age (in Turkish)
#biamag | Tรผrkiyeโde medya sahipliฤinde deฤiลmeyen yapฤฑ, derinleลen siyasal kontrol
๐๏ธ Sinem Aydฤฑnlฤฑ, Prof. Dr. Bilge Yeลil ile medya รถzgรผrlรผฤรผ, sansรผr ve dijital รงaฤda ifade alanlarฤฑnฤฑn daralmasฤฑ hakkฤฑnda sรถyleลti.
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๐๏ธ Sinem Aydฤฑnlฤฑ, Prof. Dr. Bilge Yeลil ile medya รถzgรผrlรผฤรผ, sansรผr ve dijital รงaฤda ifade alanlarฤฑnฤฑn daralmasฤฑ hakkฤฑnda sรถyleลti.
bianet.org/haber/turkiy...
January 4, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Good discussion with @bilgeyesil.bsky.social on censorship and media freedom in the digital age (in Turkish)
Happy new year, Marwan!
January 3, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Happy new year, Marwan!
Yes, itโs the downgrade
January 1, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Yes, itโs the downgrade
Good riddance ๐
December 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Good riddance ๐
Mutlu yillar hocam
December 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Mutlu yillar hocam
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
What fresh hell is this? www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
Video: Trump Administration Proposes Rules to End Gender-Related Care for Minors
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proposed new rules on Thursday to stop gender-related care for minors across the nation. One of the rules threatened to pull federal funding from any hospital th...
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
What fresh hell is this? www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
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Nail on head. Like so many other such complaints, itโs so frustrating to see white men who went through the same gauntlet I did, and in many cases were more successful, nonetheless so drastically misapprehend why they had such a hard time.
My dear boy, you think you are talking about anti-white prejudice, but you are really just describing the liberal and literary professions (journalism, academia, publishing) collapsing under the weight of four decades of neoliberalism:
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
![Desperate for advancement-he'd had the same job, the same title, for nearly six years โAndrew looked elsewhere. "I applied for positions at The Atlantic, Politico, CNN, The Washington Post, three different desks at The New York Times," he told me. But newsrooms were contracting, which only made the competition more intense. "When scarcity sets in, you start to worry about these things a little bit more," Andrew reflected. "This was a business model problem that was exacerbated by the racial [and gender] preference](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zgnkx3z75dmchqkaykcwhyzx/bafkreigiiwa2afs3ttbw2t2f3hkxxxpj7fywb62mol5xnw2c3bmcjg447i@jpeg)
December 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Nail on head. Like so many other such complaints, itโs so frustrating to see white men who went through the same gauntlet I did, and in many cases were more successful, nonetheless so drastically misapprehend why they had such a hard time.
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Applications are now open for the Keyman MTS Postdoctoral Fellowship! For more information, please visit: keyman.buffett.northwestern.edu/our-scholars...
Become a Keyman Scholar: Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program - Northwestern University
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December 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Applications are now open for the Keyman MTS Postdoctoral Fellowship! For more information, please visit: keyman.buffett.northwestern.edu/our-scholars...
I was looking for smth I wrote about privacy way back in 2009, then I saw this ๐
December 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I was looking for smth I wrote about privacy way back in 2009, then I saw this ๐
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Great episode with a great historian on his great new book ๐ง๐
New episode ๐ข๐ข
Reuben Silverman (@reubensilverman.bsky.social) on the rise and fall of Turkeyโs Democrat Party
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turkeybooktalk.com/2025/12/09/r...
Reuben Silverman (@reubensilverman.bsky.social) on the rise and fall of Turkeyโs Democrat Party
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turkeybooktalk.com/2025/12/09/r...
Reuben Silverman on the rise and fall of Turkeyโs Democrat Party
Turkey Book Talk #259 โ Reuben Silverman on โThe Rise and Fall of Turkeyโs Democrat Party: The Cold War and Illiberalism, 1945โ60โ (Cambridge University Press). It is an excellent book โฆ
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December 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Great episode with a great historian on his great new book ๐ง๐
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๐จ Five fully-funded PhD lines ๐จ open in Media, Technology & Democracy at @au-mtd.bsky.social. Full tuition, stipend, benefits. Work w/ @adriennemassanari.bsky.social, @benjaminstokes.net, @chbutkowski.bsky.social, @paufder.bsky.social, @rohangrover.bsky.social, me, and many more.
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PhD in Communication
Get your doctoral degree in Communication from American University School of Communication.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
๐จ Five fully-funded PhD lines ๐จ open in Media, Technology & Democracy at @au-mtd.bsky.social. Full tuition, stipend, benefits. Work w/ @adriennemassanari.bsky.social, @benjaminstokes.net, @chbutkowski.bsky.social, @paufder.bsky.social, @rohangrover.bsky.social, me, and many more.
#academia #commsky
#academia #commsky
Another notorious world record from Turkey: the regime is bragging about building the largest courtroom (capacity 2900!) in the Silivri Prison Complex known for housing hundreds of political detainees since 2010s
December 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Another notorious world record from Turkey: the regime is bragging about building the largest courtroom (capacity 2900!) in the Silivri Prison Complex known for housing hundreds of political detainees since 2010s
I love these Sponge Bob stamps! Thank you USPS!
December 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I love these Sponge Bob stamps! Thank you USPS!
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โฆmay amuse some; but itโs not happening in a vacuum. Itโs all part of the same massive authoritarian personality cult masquerading as a federal government that you and I are all paying for.
In that sense, yes this stuff ofc matters.
In that sense, yes this stuff ofc matters.
December 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
โฆmay amuse some; but itโs not happening in a vacuum. Itโs all part of the same massive authoritarian personality cult masquerading as a federal government that you and I are all paying for.
In that sense, yes this stuff ofc matters.
In that sense, yes this stuff ofc matters.
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Hep zemzem suyu ic, neerye kadar??
December 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Hep zemzem suyu ic, neerye kadar??
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Do you have somebody in your life who wants a clear explanation, in just over 2000 words, about how and why the Oslo Process went wrong? (And why we shouldn't repeat those mistakes!)
@danaelkurd.bsky.social has you covered!
internationalpolicy.org/publications...
@danaelkurd.bsky.social has you covered!
internationalpolicy.org/publications...
Why We Must Learn from Past Pitfalls in Israeli-Palestinian Peace - CIP
Oslo failed because it was an undemocratic peace, agreed to by unequals. Any enduring peace must be built democratically.
internationalpolicy.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Do you have somebody in your life who wants a clear explanation, in just over 2000 words, about how and why the Oslo Process went wrong? (And why we shouldn't repeat those mistakes!)
@danaelkurd.bsky.social has you covered!
internationalpolicy.org/publications...
@danaelkurd.bsky.social has you covered!
internationalpolicy.org/publications...
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If you're looking for a good breakdown of the implications of the Warner Brothers-Netflix deal on the US media environment, this Dwayne Winseck thread is the place to go.
Quick take on potential Netflix takeover of Warner Bros. Discover vs Paramount SkyDance or Comcast NBCU. Key point: it's the least worse deal, especially wrt Trump loyalist Ellison family controlled Paramount SD. Here's what the US TV, film & online video market looks like premerger. 1/
December 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
If you're looking for a good breakdown of the implications of the Warner Brothers-Netflix deal on the US media environment, this Dwayne Winseck thread is the place to go.
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I happen to think Donald Trump getting a prize from the most corrupt organization in the world is actually perfect.
December 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I happen to think Donald Trump getting a prize from the most corrupt organization in the world is actually perfect.