Bülent Kenes
bkenes.bsky.social
Bülent Kenes
@bkenes.bsky.social
Önce insan,oğul/eş/baba, gazeteci-yazar, PhD, veritas vincit @populismstudies @StockholmCF #tr724 #YeniHayat #TodaysZaman #Bugün #AANewYork #TDN #Zaman
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🚨 ECPS Policy Paper

📘 Opening the Political Pipeline: Transparency & Civic Access to Party Lists as an Antidote to Populist Distrust

✍️ By João Ferreira Dias

📌 Why are political parties among the least trusted institutions & what can be done about it?

📌 Read: populismstudies.org/opening-the-...
January 15, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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📘 ECPS – Voice of Youth (VoY)

📌Law, Order and the Lives in Between

✍️ By Emmanouela Papapavlou

📍Focusing on the fatal shooting of a civilian woman by ICE agents, the piece interrogates the political logic that normalizes violence in the name of security. 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/law-order-an...
January 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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🌍 ECPS Virtual Workshop Series

🎓 Session 10 | Resisting the Decline: Democratic Resilience in Authoritarian Times

📅 Thursday, January 22, 2026 🕒 15:00–17:00 (CET) 💻 Online Event

🔗 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📌 More details: populismstudies.org/workshop-ser...
January 12, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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📘 ECPS Report

⚡️Virtual Workshop Series – Session 9: Populism, Crime & the Politics of Exclusion

📌 How do populists mobilize crime, security & moral threat to redraw the boundaries of political belonging? The session examines "crime" & exclusion.

🔗 Read: www.populismstudies.org/virtual-work...
January 11, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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🚨 ECPS Commentary

🧠📵 Dopamine Detox, Self-Discipline, and the Populist Moralization of Responsibility

✍️ By Zeynep Temel

📌 This commentary argues that the “dopamine detox” trend is not just about wellness—but about politics.

👉 Read and reflect: www.populismstudies.org/dopamine-det...
January 9, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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🚨 ECPS Publication Alert!

📘 The Journal of Populism Studies

📌Alcoholic Mobsters and Welfare Criminals: Xenophobia, Welfare Chauvinism & Populism in Gyurcsány Ferenc’s Facebook Posts on Ukrainian Citizens Prior to the War

By Petra Andits

👉 Read the article: www.populismstudies.org/alcoholic-mo...
January 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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🚨 ECPS Commentary

📘 Voting with Freebies: How Direct Welfare Benefits Reshape Electoral Behaviour in India 🇮🇳🗳️

✍️ By Saurabh Raj

📌The article examines how direct welfare delivery is transforming electoral politics in India.

👉 Read the commentary: 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/voting-with-...
December 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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🌍 ECPS Virtual Workshop Series

🎓 Session 9 | Populism, Crime, and the Politics of Exclusion

📅 Thursday, January 8, 2026 🕒 15:00–17:00 (CET)

🔗 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📌 More details: populismstudies.org/workshop-ser...
December 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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📢 ECPS Interview

🎥🎙️ Dr. Matías Bianchi: Illiberal Actors No Longer Need to Pretend They Are Liberal

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

▶️ Watch the interview video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JEN...

📖 Read the interview: www.populismstudies.org/dr-bianchi-i...
December 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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🚨 ECPS Commentary

🔍 Iran and Turkey through ‘The Golden Cage’ and ‘Contextual Gendered Racialization’ Lens: Populism, Law, Gender and Freedom

✍️ By Dr. Hafza Girdap

⚖️ How does law become a tool of domination rather than protection?

🔗 Read now: www.populismstudies.org/iran-and-tur...
December 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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🎥 ECPS Interview / VIDEO

🎙️ Dr. Robert Butler on Trump’s European Strategy: “Non-Intervention Can Itself Become a Form of Intervention”

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

▶️ Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFvO...

📖 Read the interview: 🔗 populismstudies.org/dr-butler-on...
December 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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📢 ECPS Commentary

🗳️ Bihar Provincial Assembly Elections Boost Modi’s Populism

📌 In this rigorous commentary, Dr. Amir Ali analyzes how the 2025 Bihar Provincial Assembly elections have strengthened PM Narendra Modi’s populist dominance. 📊🇮🇳

📚 Read: www.populismstudies.org/bihar-provin...
December 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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🎙️ ECPS Interview

🚨 Dr. Butler on Trump’s European Strategy: Non-Intervention Can Itself Become a Form of Intervention

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

Dr. Butler offers a sharp comparative analysis of far-right discourse in France & the UK.

📖 Read: 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/dr-butler-on...
December 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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🌍 ECPS – Voice of Youth (VoY)

⚡️The Humanity of Migration

✍️ By Emmanouela Papapavlou

📌 What happens when migration is understood not as a “crisis,” but as a shared human reality?

📍The VoY essay offers a morally grounded & analytically sharp reflection. 👉 www.populismstudies.org/the-humanity...
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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🎥 ECPS Video & Report

⚡️ Virtual Workshop Series / Session 8: Fractured Democracies - Rhetoric, Repression & the Populist Turn

📌 How does populism reshape democratic life through emotion, morality & discourse?

👉 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6Rh...

👉 Read: populismstudies.org/virtual-work...
December 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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📘 ECPS Report

⚡️Workshop Series–Session 8: Fractured Democracies: Rhetoric, Repression & the Populist Turn

📌How does populism reshape democratic life through emotion, morality & discourse? Session addresses this question from interdisciplinary perspectives. 👉 www.populismstudies.org/virtual-work...
December 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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A whopping 2/3rds of the country opposes Trump’’s immigration policies.

@melissadeckman.bsky.social unpacks who’s included in that number: https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-an-unpopular-populist-president
Trump: An Unpopular Populist President?
Melissa Deckman reveals rapidly declining support for Trump's immigration policies.
contrarian.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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📢 ECPS Commentary

📖 Peace with the Kurds in Turkey: What about It?

🔍 Prof. Cengiz Aktar dismantles latest “peace” initiative toward the Kurds — arguing that what is portrayed as reconciliation is a populist choreography of harmony without structural change. www.populismstudies.org/peace-with-t...
December 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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📢 ECPS Interview – VIDEO

🎓 Professor Tim Bale: Nigel Farage Is a Marmite Politician — Loved by His Base, Toxic to Many Others

🎙️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

🎥 Watch video now:▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyV9...

📄 Read the interview:
populismstudies.org/prof-bale-ni...
December 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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📢 ECPS Interview

🎓 Prof. Tim Bale: Farage Is a Marmite Politician — Loved by His Base, Toxic to Many Others

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

📖 Bale breaks down the rise of Reform UK — showing how Nigel Farage functions as both engine & ceiling of the party. 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/prof-bale-ni...
December 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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📢 ECPS Commentary

🧭 Why Europe, Not China or Russia, Is the Civilisational Problem in Trump’s NSS

✍️ By Nicholas Morieson

🔖 Why does Trump’s NSS characterise Europe—rather than America’s great-power rivals—as the real civilisational crisis zone?

📖 Read: 📎 www.populismstudies.org/why-europe-n...
December 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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🎥 ECPS Interview — VIDEO

🎙️ Professor Susan Stokes: Democracy Will Survive — And Can Return More Robust

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

🎥 Watch the interview: 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW_E...

🔖 Read the interview: 🔗 populismstudies.org/professor-st...
December 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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🎥 ECPS Interview — VIDEO

📢 Professor Joseph Wright: The Most Troubling Aspect of Trump 2.0 Is the Personalization of the Security Forces

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

📺 Watch the interview: 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnWw...

🔖 Read the interview: 🔗 populismstudies.org/prof-wright-...
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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📢 ECPS Interview

📚 Prof. Wright: The Most Troubling Aspect of Trump 2.0 Is the Personalization of the Security Forces

🔍 Prof. Joseph Wright offers one of the most comprehensive warnings to date about democratic erosion in the United States.

📄 Read: 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/prof-wright-...
December 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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📢 ECPS Interview

🎙️ Prof. Stokes: Democracy Will Survive and Can Return More Robust

📚 Prof. Susan Stokes dissects why democratic backsliding accelerates under conditions of high inequality, partisan polarization, & weak institutional guardrails.

📚 Read → 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/professor-st...
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM