Onur Isci
@onurisci.bsky.social
Historian. Boğaziçi University.
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Onur Isci
@onurisci.bsky.social
· Oct 28
I moved back to Turkey about a decade ago, and there has been some dark moments. But at the centenary of the republic I am hopeful, not least because there is a new generation but also bright young women who will take this country in the right direction. 🇹🇷 💯 #Atatürk
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Just published. A Turkish-language history of the Soviet Union, written with @onurisci.bsky.social. Somewhat in the way that Dan Diner asked in Cataclysms how 20th-century history might be told looking out from Odesa, we approach Soviet history with Turkish connections/comparisons in mind.
October 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Just published. A Turkish-language history of the Soviet Union, written with @onurisci.bsky.social. Somewhat in the way that Dan Diner asked in Cataclysms how 20th-century history might be told looking out from Odesa, we approach Soviet history with Turkish connections/comparisons in mind.
Şimdi tüm kitapçılarda…
October 17, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Şimdi tüm kitapçılarda…
Yıllar süren uzun bir yolculuğun sonunda yeni kitabımızın Ekim ayında @kronikkitap.bsky.social tarafından yayımlanacağını paylaşmaktan mutluluk duyuyoruz. Kitapta gökyüzünde bir anda belirip, muazzam bir enerjiyle parlayıp kayan bir yıldızın hikayesini anlattık, umarım beğenirsiniz.
August 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Yıllar süren uzun bir yolculuğun sonunda yeni kitabımızın Ekim ayında @kronikkitap.bsky.social tarafından yayımlanacağını paylaşmaktan mutluluk duyuyoruz. Kitapta gökyüzünde bir anda belirip, muazzam bir enerjiyle parlayıp kayan bir yıldızın hikayesini anlattık, umarım beğenirsiniz.
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We held a conference on The Ottomans and Diplomacy @newnhamcollege.bsky.social 10-12 July 2025, including 26 papers from historians from France, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the UK and the US. The full programme is on our website.
Photos by Dasha Tenditna
Photos by Dasha Tenditna
August 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
We held a conference on The Ottomans and Diplomacy @newnhamcollege.bsky.social 10-12 July 2025, including 26 papers from historians from France, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the UK and the US. The full programme is on our website.
Photos by Dasha Tenditna
Photos by Dasha Tenditna
April 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Istanbul’s Orthodox community marks the birth and baptism of Jesus of Nazareth. 2025 epiphany ceremony held by the Fener Greek Patriarchate on the cold waters of the Golden Horn. 🎄 ⛪️ 🎉
January 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Istanbul’s Orthodox community marks the birth and baptism of Jesus of Nazareth. 2025 epiphany ceremony held by the Fener Greek Patriarchate on the cold waters of the Golden Horn. 🎄 ⛪️ 🎉
2025 will be the 1700th anniversary of the First Nicene Council. Pretty little Anatolian town for history fans and tile lovers. #nicenecreed #iznik
December 23, 2024 at 8:54 AM
2025 will be the 1700th anniversary of the First Nicene Council. Pretty little Anatolian town for history fans and tile lovers. #nicenecreed #iznik
I contributed to an edited collection on the Black Sea based on an excellent conference we held in Wien back in 2020. @univie.ac.at To read my chapter (Mare Clausum: War and Diplomacy on the Black Sea, 1939 – 91) see the @degruyterbrill.bsky.social link below. www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
Mare Clausum: War and Diplomacy on the Black Sea, 1939 –91
Mare Clausum: War and Diplomacy on the Black Sea, 1939 –91 was published in Handbook on the History and Culture of the Black Sea Region on page 165.
www.degruyter.com
December 17, 2024 at 10:32 AM
I contributed to an edited collection on the Black Sea based on an excellent conference we held in Wien back in 2020. @univie.ac.at To read my chapter (Mare Clausum: War and Diplomacy on the Black Sea, 1939 – 91) see the @degruyterbrill.bsky.social link below. www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
Rough times will pass. Happy thanksgiving, so long, and thanks for all the turkey 🦃
November 28, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Rough times will pass. Happy thanksgiving, so long, and thanks for all the turkey 🦃
www.yirmidort.tv/gundem/baede... This is still Ethem Sancak’s TV channel no? @heissenstat.bsky.social Used to make ferry rides in Istanbul a truly Orwellian experience 🧐
November 26, 2024 at 6:54 PM
www.yirmidort.tv/gundem/baede... This is still Ethem Sancak’s TV channel no? @heissenstat.bsky.social Used to make ferry rides in Istanbul a truly Orwellian experience 🧐
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This statement, from the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirms that Turkey cooperated w/ the UAE in arresting & extraditing the 3 Uzbeks who killed Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the UAE.
The attackers may have thought they’d be safe in Turkey. But their extradition reflects strengthened UAE-Turkey ties.
The attackers may have thought they’d be safe in Turkey. But their extradition reflects strengthened UAE-Turkey ties.
November 26, 2024 at 6:29 PM
This statement, from the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirms that Turkey cooperated w/ the UAE in arresting & extraditing the 3 Uzbeks who killed Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the UAE.
The attackers may have thought they’d be safe in Turkey. But their extradition reflects strengthened UAE-Turkey ties.
The attackers may have thought they’d be safe in Turkey. But their extradition reflects strengthened UAE-Turkey ties.
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Adam Hanieh's "Laundering Carbon" exposed the hollow politics behind fossil-centered states' excitement on the carbon trading market, which are amounting to a string of land grabs in Africa with terrible results for indigenous communities.
Laundering Carbon—The Gulf’s ‘New Scramble for Africa’ - MERIP
Carbon offsets are changing the relationship between the Middle East and the African continent.
buff.ly
November 26, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Adam Hanieh's "Laundering Carbon" exposed the hollow politics behind fossil-centered states' excitement on the carbon trading market, which are amounting to a string of land grabs in Africa with terrible results for indigenous communities.
Last day of the conference in Boston @aseees.bsky.social. If you’re still around, come join our roundtable at Simmons (3rd floor - 12:00pm-1:45pm). Michaela Papa, Anton Fedyashin, Pedram Partovi, Zhen Han and I will be discussing how BRICS fits in the new multi-polar international order.
November 24, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Last day of the conference in Boston @aseees.bsky.social. If you’re still around, come join our roundtable at Simmons (3rd floor - 12:00pm-1:45pm). Michaela Papa, Anton Fedyashin, Pedram Partovi, Zhen Han and I will be discussing how BRICS fits in the new multi-polar international order.
My first time at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, MA. Gorgeous building, great library but I’m a bit underwhelmed by the museum itself tbh. You can spare about 90 minutes for the whole tour, including 2 short movies that last for about 30 minutes.
November 23, 2024 at 6:57 PM
My first time at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, MA. Gorgeous building, great library but I’m a bit underwhelmed by the museum itself tbh. You can spare about 90 minutes for the whole tour, including 2 short movies that last for about 30 minutes.
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Looking forward to our panel with Serhii Plokhii, Mark Steinberg, Frank Sysyn and Susan Smith-Peter at the @aseees.bsky.social 56th Convention in Boston this weekend. We'll discuss how textbooks in English have presented Russian and Ukranian historical narratives and how those have at times clashed.
November 18, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Looking forward to our panel with Serhii Plokhii, Mark Steinberg, Frank Sysyn and Susan Smith-Peter at the @aseees.bsky.social 56th Convention in Boston this weekend. We'll discuss how textbooks in English have presented Russian and Ukranian historical narratives and how those have at times clashed.
My latest article (with @samueljhirst.bsky.social) ‘Let the Black Sea Unite Us’: the 1967 Soviet-Turkish industrial agreement and Ankara’s cold war rapprochement with Moscow. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Let the black sea unite Us’: the 1967 Soviet-Turkish industrial agreement and Ankara’s cold war rapprochement with Moscow
This article explores a turning point in Soviet-Turkish relations during the Cold War: the 1967 interstate agreement that enabled construction of the backbone of Turkey’s post-war state-owned indus...
www.tandfonline.com
November 20, 2024 at 2:12 PM
My latest article (with @samueljhirst.bsky.social) ‘Let the Black Sea Unite Us’: the 1967 Soviet-Turkish industrial agreement and Ankara’s cold war rapprochement with Moscow. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Annual pilgrimage to Martin’s for Richard Stites - the best advisor and a great human being
November 20, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Annual pilgrimage to Martin’s for Richard Stites - the best advisor and a great human being
Looking forward to our panel with Serhii Plokhii, Mark Steinberg, Frank Sysyn and Susan Smith-Peter at the @aseees.bsky.social 56th Convention in Boston this weekend. We'll discuss how textbooks in English have presented Russian and Ukranian historical narratives and how those have at times clashed.
November 18, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Looking forward to our panel with Serhii Plokhii, Mark Steinberg, Frank Sysyn and Susan Smith-Peter at the @aseees.bsky.social 56th Convention in Boston this weekend. We'll discuss how textbooks in English have presented Russian and Ukranian historical narratives and how those have at times clashed.
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Cold War Historians...not at all thorough or complete so pleae make suggestions or ask to be added!
go.bsky.app/NAWTQUp
go.bsky.app/NAWTQUp
November 9, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Cold War Historians...not at all thorough or complete so pleae make suggestions or ask to be added!
go.bsky.app/NAWTQUp
go.bsky.app/NAWTQUp
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I hadn’t seen anyone else do it, so I’m working on a starter pack of Russia/USSR/Eurasia historians. Check it out!
go.bsky.app/CagBxPQ
go.bsky.app/CagBxPQ
November 7, 2024 at 11:07 PM
I hadn’t seen anyone else do it, so I’m working on a starter pack of Russia/USSR/Eurasia historians. Check it out!
go.bsky.app/CagBxPQ
go.bsky.app/CagBxPQ
At the Slovak National Archives in Bratislava.
November 18, 2024 at 4:44 PM
At the Slovak National Archives in Bratislava.
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if you’re new here, those of us who’ve been on bluesky a while have a LOT of lore to catch you up on that is frankly not very interesting. we’re gonna try to tell you about something called “alf hog” and you’ll be like “wait, that’s it? huh. alright. well, sounds like you had fun.” i can't wait
November 17, 2024 at 4:51 PM
if you’re new here, those of us who’ve been on bluesky a while have a LOT of lore to catch you up on that is frankly not very interesting. we’re gonna try to tell you about something called “alf hog” and you’ll be like “wait, that’s it? huh. alright. well, sounds like you had fun.” i can't wait
Been on this platform for over a year now but kept my X acct to follow several pundits/outlets posting in Turkish. Like others, I have noticed the surge of ex-X users moving here since Nov 6th. But what’s interesting is that, my X feed has concurrently turned from revolting to wholly irrelevant.
November 18, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Been on this platform for over a year now but kept my X acct to follow several pundits/outlets posting in Turkish. Like others, I have noticed the surge of ex-X users moving here since Nov 6th. But what’s interesting is that, my X feed has concurrently turned from revolting to wholly irrelevant.
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Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content.
That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂
That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂
November 18, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content.
That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂
That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂