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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.
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Never forget. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
January 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
My interview with @bianet-eng.bsky.social on media ownership in Turkey
January 6, 2026 at 1:10 PM
This is helpful thx for sharing
January 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Thank you, Howard!
January 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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Good discussion with @bilgeyesil.bsky.social on censorship and media freedom in the digital age (in Turkish)
bianet.org bianet @bianet.org ยท 3d
#biamag | Tรผrkiyeโ€™de medya sahipliฤŸinde deฤŸiลŸmeyen yapฤฑ, derinleลŸen siyasal kontrol

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Sinem Aydฤฑnlฤฑ, Prof. Dr. Bilge YeลŸil ile medya รถzgรผrlรผฤŸรผ, sansรผr ve dijital รงaฤŸda ifade alanlarฤฑnฤฑn daralmasฤฑ hakkฤฑnda sรถyleลŸti.

bianet.org/haber/turkiy...
January 4, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Happy new year, Marwan!
January 3, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Yes, itโ€™s the downgrade
January 1, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Good riddance ๐Ÿ™
December 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Mutlu yillar hocam
December 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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December 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Nail on head. Like so many other such complaints, itโ€™s 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-...
December 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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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
keyman.buffett.northwestern.edu
December 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I was looking for smth I wrote about privacy way back in 2009, then I saw this ๐Ÿ˜‚
December 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Great episode with a great historian on his great new book ๐ŸŽง๐Ÿ‘‡
December 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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๐Ÿšจ Five fully-funded PhD lines ๐Ÿšจ 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
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
I love these Sponge Bob stamps! Thank you USPS!
December 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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โ€ฆmay amuse some; but itโ€™s not happening in a vacuum. Itโ€™s 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.
December 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Hep zemzem suyu ic, neerye kadar??
December 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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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...
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
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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
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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