Kerem Morgül
@kmorgul.bsky.social
Assistant professor of sociology at Elon University | PhD from UW-Madison | MA from Bogazici University | 2010-11 Fox International Fellow at Yale University | Studies populism, nationalism, and international migration | Sci-fi fan
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Kerem Morgül
@kmorgul.bsky.social
· Nov 18
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Erdoğan has finally declared his one-man rule. He’s on his way to turning Turkey into a banana republic where corruption, poverty, & lawlessness reign. From now on, it’s a patriotic duty to cut off all ties & transactions with anyone who continues to support this rotten regime.
March 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Erdoğan has finally declared his one-man rule. He’s on his way to turning Turkey into a banana republic where corruption, poverty, & lawlessness reign. From now on, it’s a patriotic duty to cut off all ties & transactions with anyone who continues to support this rotten regime.
Never trust religious fundamentalists (Islamist or otherwise) to respect democracy, freedom of conscience, and human rights.
youtube.com/watch?v=Dqd3...
youtube.com/watch?v=Dqd3...
Massacre of Alawites continues in Syria | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
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March 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Never trust religious fundamentalists (Islamist or otherwise) to respect democracy, freedom of conscience, and human rights.
youtube.com/watch?v=Dqd3...
youtube.com/watch?v=Dqd3...
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The International Online School in Forced Migration offers an interdisciplinary & participative approach to the study of forced migration.
Applications are open for the following dates this academic year:
📆 17-21 March
📆 23-27 June
Join us!
https://buff.ly/3OeUE1U
Applications are open for the following dates this academic year:
📆 17-21 March
📆 23-27 June
Join us!
https://buff.ly/3OeUE1U
January 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The International Online School in Forced Migration offers an interdisciplinary & participative approach to the study of forced migration.
Applications are open for the following dates this academic year:
📆 17-21 March
📆 23-27 June
Join us!
https://buff.ly/3OeUE1U
Applications are open for the following dates this academic year:
📆 17-21 March
📆 23-27 June
Join us!
https://buff.ly/3OeUE1U
Oh thanks, this is good to know.
January 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Oh thanks, this is good to know.
Hi Pam, when I look at your profile, I just see one pinned thread about your scholarly identity.
January 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Hi Pam, when I look at your profile, I just see one pinned thread about your scholarly identity.
Extending Blumer’s group position theory, we argue that in deeply polarized societies, natives might view migrants through the lens of how these newcomers might affect their group’s social position vis-à-vis other domestic groups.
January 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Extending Blumer’s group position theory, we argue that in deeply polarized societies, natives might view migrants through the lens of how these newcomers might affect their group’s social position vis-à-vis other domestic groups.
Thus, secular Turks’ animosity toward Syrian refugees does not stem merely from an aversion to religious traditionalism but reflects broader concerns about their own power and status in contemporary Turkey.
January 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thus, secular Turks’ animosity toward Syrian refugees does not stem merely from an aversion to religious traditionalism but reflects broader concerns about their own power and status in contemporary Turkey.
On one hand, secular citizens worry that Syrian refugees could shift the political balance in favor of Erdoğan, thereby further undermining. On the other, they associate Syrian refugees with Turkey’s growing estrangement from the West and the resulting decline in secularism and women’s freedoms.
January 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
On one hand, secular citizens worry that Syrian refugees could shift the political balance in favor of Erdoğan, thereby further undermining. On the other, they associate Syrian refugees with Turkey’s growing estrangement from the West and the resulting decline in secularism and women’s freedoms.
We find that secular Turks’ attitudes toward Syrian refugees are entangled with the political and lifestyle threats they feel under President Erdoğan’s increasingly authoritarian and Islamist regime.
January 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We find that secular Turks’ attitudes toward Syrian refugees are entangled with the political and lifestyle threats they feel under President Erdoğan’s increasingly authoritarian and Islamist regime.
We address this question through a sequential mixed methods design, integrating focus group discussions and in-depth interviews conducted in Istanbul in late 2019 with an original survey of Istanbul residents fielded in July-August 2020.
January 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We address this question through a sequential mixed methods design, integrating focus group discussions and in-depth interviews conducted in Istanbul in late 2019 with an original survey of Istanbul residents fielded in July-August 2020.
New publication in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
We ask why secular Turks exhibit above-average levels of antipathy toward Syrian refugees, despite their left-leaning political views and relatively cosmopolitan cultural dispositions.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JBIHT...
We ask why secular Turks exhibit above-average levels of antipathy toward Syrian refugees, despite their left-leaning political views and relatively cosmopolitan cultural dispositions.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JBIHT...
Unusual suspects? A group position approach to explaining anti-refugee attitudes among secular Turks
Why do Turkish majority members with a secular outlook exhibit above-average levels of antipathy toward Syrian refugees, despite their left-leaning political views and relatively cosmopolitan cultu...
www.tandfonline.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
New publication in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
We ask why secular Turks exhibit above-average levels of antipathy toward Syrian refugees, despite their left-leaning political views and relatively cosmopolitan cultural dispositions.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JBIHT...
We ask why secular Turks exhibit above-average levels of antipathy toward Syrian refugees, despite their left-leaning political views and relatively cosmopolitan cultural dispositions.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JBIHT...
Great article by Alia Malek. Happy to have made a small contribution.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/m...
Syrians in Turkey Agonize Over a Return Home
With the Assad regime out of power, millions weigh the decision to go back to their war-torn country.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Great article by Alia Malek. Happy to have made a small contribution.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/m...
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The Democratic Party is trying to serve two masters—the people and the corporate donors. And until it picks the people over its corporate masters, the Democratic Party will keep losing.
My latest in @Newsweek www.newsweek.com/democrats-wi...
My latest in @Newsweek www.newsweek.com/democrats-wi...
The Democrats Will Keep Losing Until They Stop Serving Corporate Interests
The Democratic Party is trying to serve two masters—the people and the corporate donors.
www.newsweek.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:05 PM
The Democratic Party is trying to serve two masters—the people and the corporate donors. And until it picks the people over its corporate masters, the Democratic Party will keep losing.
My latest in @Newsweek www.newsweek.com/democrats-wi...
My latest in @Newsweek www.newsweek.com/democrats-wi...
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Roughly 68,000 Americans die each year due to lack of healthcare.
Medical debt is the leading cause of bankruptcy in America.
It’s way past time for single-payer healthcare.
Medical debt is the leading cause of bankruptcy in America.
It’s way past time for single-payer healthcare.
December 6, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Roughly 68,000 Americans die each year due to lack of healthcare.
Medical debt is the leading cause of bankruptcy in America.
It’s way past time for single-payer healthcare.
Medical debt is the leading cause of bankruptcy in America.
It’s way past time for single-payer healthcare.
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Just a reminder that @gmcd.bsky.social and @kylefbutts.bsky.social have made an incredible public good describing how to use data.table and fixest to encourage moving from Stata to R!
stata2r.github.io
stata2r.github.io
Translating Stata to R
Learning R coming from Stata
stata2r.github.io
December 4, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Just a reminder that @gmcd.bsky.social and @kylefbutts.bsky.social have made an incredible public good describing how to use data.table and fixest to encourage moving from Stata to R!
stata2r.github.io
stata2r.github.io
Interesting read.
Stephen Hawkins and Daniel Yudkin conducted a large survey after the 2024 election. “Americans overwhelmingly—but, it turns out, mistakenly—believe that Democrats care more about advancing progressive social issues than widely shared economic ones,” they write.
The Perception Gap That Explains American Politics
Americans overwhelmingly—but, it turns out, mistakenly—believe that Democrats care more about advancing progressive social issues than widely shared economic ones.
www.theatlantic.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Interesting read.
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A mistake during IVF treatment led two mothers to give birth to each other's baby girls. After bonding with them for months, the families discovered the truth — and faced a devastating choice. Should they switch their girls? nyti.ms/3OtbJG5
November 26, 2024 at 12:11 AM
A mistake during IVF treatment led two mothers to give birth to each other's baby girls. After bonding with them for months, the families discovered the truth — and faced a devastating choice. Should they switch their girls? nyti.ms/3OtbJG5
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What's holding you back from from finding the free time you crave?
Arthur Brooks explains how to avoid the traps that incentive us to overschedule. Learn how to reclaim your time from work and productivity:
Arthur Brooks explains how to avoid the traps that incentive us to overschedule. Learn how to reclaim your time from work and productivity:
Best of 'How To': Spend Time on What You Value
How to make the most of your downtime
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2024 at 3:53 PM
What's holding you back from from finding the free time you crave?
Arthur Brooks explains how to avoid the traps that incentive us to overschedule. Learn how to reclaim your time from work and productivity:
Arthur Brooks explains how to avoid the traps that incentive us to overschedule. Learn how to reclaim your time from work and productivity:
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About 40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by healthy lifestyle choices and preventive medicine. Here's a tool to gauge your brain care and track your progress.
You can reduce your risk of dementia. Here's how to get started
About 40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by healthy lifestyle choices and preventive medicine. Here's a tool to gauge your brain care and track your progress.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2024 at 4:14 PM
About 40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by healthy lifestyle choices and preventive medicine. Here's a tool to gauge your brain care and track your progress.
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Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending.
We built a database so you can more easily search these organizations' finances — which we just updated with a total of ~350k new contributions and expenditures: https://propub.li/4i01FSv
We built a database so you can more easily search these organizations' finances — which we just updated with a total of ~350k new contributions and expenditures: https://propub.li/4i01FSv
November 24, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending.
We built a database so you can more easily search these organizations' finances — which we just updated with a total of ~350k new contributions and expenditures: https://propub.li/4i01FSv
We built a database so you can more easily search these organizations' finances — which we just updated with a total of ~350k new contributions and expenditures: https://propub.li/4i01FSv
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working-class voters are more likely to prefer a candidate with a working-class occupation, not due to policy positions or class rhetoric but because they perceive them as more understanding of their problems.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Do working-class candidates activate class-based voting?
After steadily leaving the Democratic Party, working-class voters are increasingly seen as pivotal in US elections. What type of candidates should par…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:03 AM
working-class voters are more likely to prefer a candidate with a working-class occupation, not due to policy positions or class rhetoric but because they perceive them as more understanding of their problems.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The median household income is around $80k.
I haven't drilled down on the details of this survey. But even as anecdotal evidence of economic assumptions, it is clear that "relative deprivation" theory needs to be understood alongside a new "bubble" of economic expectations that will never be reached by most of us. www.cnbc.com/2024/11/22/s...
November 24, 2024 at 4:08 PM
The median household income is around $80k.
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We're featuring an episode from NPR's science podcast Short Wave about what happens in our brains during conflict: Why it tempts us to shut down, and how we can navigate difficult conversations—political or otherwise—without losing control.
The Science of Disagreeing Well : Up First from NPR
What turns a playful debate into an angry, tearful argument? Or a cheerful Thanksgiving feast into a frosty dessert? America is heading into the holiday season after a divisive election season. So we're featuring an episode from NPR's science podcast Short Wave about what happens in our brains during conflict: Why it tempts us to shut down, and how we can navigate difficult conversations—political or otherwise—without losing control.
www.npr.org
November 24, 2024 at 3:26 PM
We're featuring an episode from NPR's science podcast Short Wave about what happens in our brains during conflict: Why it tempts us to shut down, and how we can navigate difficult conversations—political or otherwise—without losing control.