Seren Selvin Korkmaz
@selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social
Siyaset Bilimci | Political Analyst & Commentator | Co-founder and Co-director of IstanPol Institute | Mercator-IPC Fellow at Sabancı Uni. | Policy Advisor | Previously at Yale, GMF, Middle East Institute, Stockholm Uni.
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Issue #281! With comments by @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social, Amy Austin Holmes and @yoruk.bsky.social:
- Imamoğlu faces 2,352-year jail term
- Sharaa and Fidan go to DC
- Military plane crash kills 20, cause unknown
- Domestic and diplomatic wraps
- Man has “no regrets” after toy gun raid
- Imamoğlu faces 2,352-year jail term
- Sharaa and Fidan go to DC
- Military plane crash kills 20, cause unknown
- Domestic and diplomatic wraps
- Man has “no regrets” after toy gun raid
Ban's Labyrinth
Issue #281
www.turkeyrecap.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Issue #281! With comments by @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social, Amy Austin Holmes and @yoruk.bsky.social:
- Imamoğlu faces 2,352-year jail term
- Sharaa and Fidan go to DC
- Military plane crash kills 20, cause unknown
- Domestic and diplomatic wraps
- Man has “no regrets” after toy gun raid
- Imamoğlu faces 2,352-year jail term
- Sharaa and Fidan go to DC
- Military plane crash kills 20, cause unknown
- Domestic and diplomatic wraps
- Man has “no regrets” after toy gun raid
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Some notes on the peace process in Turkey from my recent trip to Ankara.
open.substack.com/pub/paultlev...
open.substack.com/pub/paultlev...
October 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Some notes on the peace process in Turkey from my recent trip to Ankara.
open.substack.com/pub/paultlev...
open.substack.com/pub/paultlev...
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Today the PKK, as a follow-up to its symbolic withdrawal ceremony in July, has announced its complete withdrawal from Turkey. My recent piece at the EPC summarizes the first year of this renewed Kurdish peace process.
🔴 Türkiye’s renewed Kurdish peace process could reshape EU–Türkiye relations, migration policy and regional security — but it is unfolding under authoritarian conditions.
Peace without democracy is fragile.
Read our latest commentary by @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social 👇
www.epc.eu/publication/...
Peace without democracy is fragile.
Read our latest commentary by @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social 👇
www.epc.eu/publication/...
October 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Today the PKK, as a follow-up to its symbolic withdrawal ceremony in July, has announced its complete withdrawal from Turkey. My recent piece at the EPC summarizes the first year of this renewed Kurdish peace process.
🔴 Türkiye’s renewed Kurdish peace process could reshape EU–Türkiye relations, migration policy and regional security — but it is unfolding under authoritarian conditions.
Peace without democracy is fragile.
Read our latest commentary by @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social 👇
www.epc.eu/publication/...
Peace without democracy is fragile.
Read our latest commentary by @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social 👇
www.epc.eu/publication/...
October 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Today the PKK, as a follow-up to its symbolic withdrawal ceremony in July, has announced its complete withdrawal from Turkey. My recent piece at the EPC summarizes the first year of this renewed Kurdish peace process.
Reposted by Seren Selvin Korkmaz
🔴 Türkiye’s renewed Kurdish peace process could reshape EU–Türkiye relations, migration policy and regional security — but it is unfolding under authoritarian conditions.
Peace without democracy is fragile.
Read our latest commentary by @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social 👇
www.epc.eu/publication/...
Peace without democracy is fragile.
Read our latest commentary by @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social 👇
www.epc.eu/publication/...
October 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🔴 Türkiye’s renewed Kurdish peace process could reshape EU–Türkiye relations, migration policy and regional security — but it is unfolding under authoritarian conditions.
Peace without democracy is fragile.
Read our latest commentary by @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social 👇
www.epc.eu/publication/...
Peace without democracy is fragile.
Read our latest commentary by @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social 👇
www.epc.eu/publication/...
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“I think this is Bahçeli’s way of tying the whole thing to his party and increasing his leverage,” @gonultol.bsky.social said.
My latest recap on the Turkey-PKK peace process with additional input from @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social and CHP members.
My latest recap on the Turkey-PKK peace process with additional input from @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social and CHP members.
Here comes your #259th Turkey news breakdown:
1. Bahçeli calls for peace process commission
2. Imamoğlu confidant flips, arrests sweep Istanbul
3. US-Turkey coordinate on Syria
4. Domestic and diplomatic wraps
5. Kaşar rules everything around me
1. Bahçeli calls for peace process commission
2. Imamoğlu confidant flips, arrests sweep Istanbul
3. US-Turkey coordinate on Syria
4. Domestic and diplomatic wraps
5. Kaşar rules everything around me
Commission Impossible
Issue #259
www.turkeyrecap.com
May 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
“I think this is Bahçeli’s way of tying the whole thing to his party and increasing his leverage,” @gonultol.bsky.social said.
My latest recap on the Turkey-PKK peace process with additional input from @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social and CHP members.
My latest recap on the Turkey-PKK peace process with additional input from @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social and CHP members.
Açık ki karartma günlerindeyiz: Ekran karartma, meydan karartma, şimdi de hesap kapatma. Dünyayı yöneten otoriter koalisyon demokrasiyi karanlığa gömmeye ant içmiş. Rakiplerini oyunun dışına atmak için her türlü yöntemi kullanan ama “seçim var,daha ne” diyenlerin koalisyonu👇
May 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Açık ki karartma günlerindeyiz: Ekran karartma, meydan karartma, şimdi de hesap kapatma. Dünyayı yöneten otoriter koalisyon demokrasiyi karanlığa gömmeye ant içmiş. Rakiplerini oyunun dışına atmak için her türlü yöntemi kullanan ama “seçim var,daha ne” diyenlerin koalisyonu👇
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Join our panel on 29 April at 17:00:
Turkey at the Crossroads – Is this the End or the Beginning of Democracy?
With
@sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social
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@kreiskyforum.bsky.social
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Turkey at the Crossroads – Is this the End or the Beginning of Democracy?
With
@sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social
@cengizgunay.bsky.social
@kreiskyforum.bsky.social
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April 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Join our panel on 29 April at 17:00:
Turkey at the Crossroads – Is this the End or the Beginning of Democracy?
With
@sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social
@cengizgunay.bsky.social
@kreiskyforum.bsky.social
Register 👉 www.oiip.ac.at/events/shapi...
Turkey at the Crossroads – Is this the End or the Beginning of Democracy?
With
@sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social
@cengizgunay.bsky.social
@kreiskyforum.bsky.social
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The controversy surrounding İmamoğlu’s diploma has once again revealed that decisions made by a committee whose competence is in question — for instance, one lacking legal experts — are also being questioned in terms of legitimacy, reflecting a practice commonly seen in authoritarian regimes.
April 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The controversy surrounding İmamoğlu’s diploma has once again revealed that decisions made by a committee whose competence is in question — for instance, one lacking legal experts — are also being questioned in terms of legitimacy, reflecting a practice commonly seen in authoritarian regimes.
X’teki akışa baktığımda hissettiğim tam olarak bu: fikirlerin değil tepkilerin yarıştığı. Büyük alkışlar, büyük yergiler, hızlı parlayış ve sönüşler. İçinde bulunduğumuz batağa hepimiz bulaştık.
Kitap önerisi: “Yeni Türkiye’nin Ruhu” Zafer Yılmaz
Kitap önerisi: “Yeni Türkiye’nin Ruhu” Zafer Yılmaz
April 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
X’teki akışa baktığımda hissettiğim tam olarak bu: fikirlerin değil tepkilerin yarıştığı. Büyük alkışlar, büyük yergiler, hızlı parlayış ve sönüşler. İçinde bulunduğumuz batağa hepimiz bulaştık.
Kitap önerisi: “Yeni Türkiye’nin Ruhu” Zafer Yılmaz
Kitap önerisi: “Yeni Türkiye’nin Ruhu” Zafer Yılmaz
📢Publication: Boundaries btw foreign & domestic policy have become increasingly blurred. My latest analysis examines how moments like shifts in Syria (including Kurdish issue) or FP issues during electoral process are utilized in domestic politics in Türkiye.🇹🇷
🔗 ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/Content/Imag...
🔗 ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/Content/Imag...
April 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
📢Publication: Boundaries btw foreign & domestic policy have become increasingly blurred. My latest analysis examines how moments like shifts in Syria (including Kurdish issue) or FP issues during electoral process are utilized in domestic politics in Türkiye.🇹🇷
🔗 ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/Content/Imag...
🔗 ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/Content/Imag...
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Sözcü’de @annebabadayanisma.bsky.social’dan bir veli, Mahmut Tanal, @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social ve @kadigil.bsky.social var koşun
April 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Sözcü’de @annebabadayanisma.bsky.social’dan bir veli, Mahmut Tanal, @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social ve @kadigil.bsky.social var koşun
Ak Parti gençlerin desteğini kaybediyor. Temel sebebi: özgürlüklerlerle ilgili kaygılar & ekonomik sorunlar(geçim sıkıntısı,güvencesizlik, geleceksizlik).Baskı ve zor bu gençleri iktidar destekçisi yapmadı.Aksine daha da uzaklaştılar.Sorun belli ama çözümü için yangına benzin dökülür mü?Dökülüyor.
YÖK, üniversitelere yazı göndererek boykot çağrısında bulunan ve dersleri boykot eden öğrenci, akademisyen ve idari personel hakkında gerekli 'adli ve idari' işlemlerin yapılması talimatını verdi
April 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ak Parti gençlerin desteğini kaybediyor. Temel sebebi: özgürlüklerlerle ilgili kaygılar & ekonomik sorunlar(geçim sıkıntısı,güvencesizlik, geleceksizlik).Baskı ve zor bu gençleri iktidar destekçisi yapmadı.Aksine daha da uzaklaştılar.Sorun belli ama çözümü için yangına benzin dökülür mü?Dökülüyor.
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1️⃣19 Mart’tan bugüne yaşananlar, iktidar &CHP için yeni bir mücadele dinamiği yarattı.
İktidarın süreçteki muradı/stratejisi bence:
Kutuplaşmanın daha da artması, CHP’nin sertleşen söylemleri karşısında iktidar destekçilerini “mağduriyet/“CHP faşizmi” gibi klasik korku anlatılarıyla kenetlemek
İktidarın süreçteki muradı/stratejisi bence:
Kutuplaşmanın daha da artması, CHP’nin sertleşen söylemleri karşısında iktidar destekçilerini “mağduriyet/“CHP faşizmi” gibi klasik korku anlatılarıyla kenetlemek
April 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
1️⃣19 Mart’tan bugüne yaşananlar, iktidar &CHP için yeni bir mücadele dinamiği yarattı.
İktidarın süreçteki muradı/stratejisi bence:
Kutuplaşmanın daha da artması, CHP’nin sertleşen söylemleri karşısında iktidar destekçilerini “mağduriyet/“CHP faşizmi” gibi klasik korku anlatılarıyla kenetlemek
İktidarın süreçteki muradı/stratejisi bence:
Kutuplaşmanın daha da artması, CHP’nin sertleşen söylemleri karşısında iktidar destekçilerini “mağduriyet/“CHP faşizmi” gibi klasik korku anlatılarıyla kenetlemek
1️⃣19 Mart’tan bugüne yaşananlar, iktidar &CHP için yeni bir mücadele dinamiği yarattı.
İktidarın süreçteki muradı/stratejisi bence:
Kutuplaşmanın daha da artması, CHP’nin sertleşen söylemleri karşısında iktidar destekçilerini “mağduriyet/“CHP faşizmi” gibi klasik korku anlatılarıyla kenetlemek
İktidarın süreçteki muradı/stratejisi bence:
Kutuplaşmanın daha da artması, CHP’nin sertleşen söylemleri karşısında iktidar destekçilerini “mağduriyet/“CHP faşizmi” gibi klasik korku anlatılarıyla kenetlemek
April 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
1️⃣19 Mart’tan bugüne yaşananlar, iktidar &CHP için yeni bir mücadele dinamiği yarattı.
İktidarın süreçteki muradı/stratejisi bence:
Kutuplaşmanın daha da artması, CHP’nin sertleşen söylemleri karşısında iktidar destekçilerini “mağduriyet/“CHP faşizmi” gibi klasik korku anlatılarıyla kenetlemek
İktidarın süreçteki muradı/stratejisi bence:
Kutuplaşmanın daha da artması, CHP’nin sertleşen söylemleri karşısında iktidar destekçilerini “mağduriyet/“CHP faşizmi” gibi klasik korku anlatılarıyla kenetlemek
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“Democracy may be in retreat, but resistance to autocratisation is vibrant and evolving."
Our TWQ special issue on the "Limits of Autocratisation" featured on @globalsouthshub.bsky.social 👇
Our TWQ special issue on the "Limits of Autocratisation" featured on @globalsouthshub.bsky.social 👇
Third World Quarterly's #SpecialIssue explores how political parties and #socialmovements resist autocratisation in #Africa, #Asia, #LatinAmerica, and #SoutheastEurope, with insights from Guest Editors @bilgeyabanci.bsky.social, @karabekir.bsky.social, and @keremoxford.bsky.social 🔽
Limits of Autocratisation: Democratic Resistance and Opposition – a TWQ Special Issue - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB
While authoritarianism continues to gain ground globally, this Special Issue of Third World Quarterly, titled Limits of autocratisation: actors and institutions of democratic resistance and…
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April 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“Democracy may be in retreat, but resistance to autocratisation is vibrant and evolving."
Our TWQ special issue on the "Limits of Autocratisation" featured on @globalsouthshub.bsky.social 👇
Our TWQ special issue on the "Limits of Autocratisation" featured on @globalsouthshub.bsky.social 👇
I have commented on the potential advantages and risks the CHP may encounter in the wake of protests following İmamoğlu’s arrest in Turkey.
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Put To The Protest
Issue #252
www.turkeyrecap.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I have commented on the potential advantages and risks the CHP may encounter in the wake of protests following İmamoğlu’s arrest in Turkey.
@turkeyrecap.bsky.social
@diegocupolo.bsky.social
www.turkeyrecap.com/p/put-to-the...
@turkeyrecap.bsky.social
@diegocupolo.bsky.social
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📌The authoritarian side is getting stronger and with each step, the areas for struggle where the opposition can express its positions and talk about injustices are becoming narrower.
📌New York Times piece on İmamoğlu case including my comments👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/w...
📌New York Times piece on İmamoğlu case including my comments👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/w...
Turkey’s Opposition Is Energized: ‘The Fire Is Already Lit’
Supporters of the political opposition are finding ways to fight back after the government jailed the top political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
www.nytimes.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
📌The authoritarian side is getting stronger and with each step, the areas for struggle where the opposition can express its positions and talk about injustices are becoming narrower.
📌New York Times piece on İmamoğlu case including my comments👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/w...
📌New York Times piece on İmamoğlu case including my comments👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/w...
The İmamoğlu Case: What is happening in Turkey.
My quick take on recent developments in Turkey—key dynamics, expectations, and risks.
Full brief: www.linkedin.com/pulse/imamo%...
My quick take on recent developments in Turkey—key dynamics, expectations, and risks.
Full brief: www.linkedin.com/pulse/imamo%...
March 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The İmamoğlu Case: What is happening in Turkey.
My quick take on recent developments in Turkey—key dynamics, expectations, and risks.
Full brief: www.linkedin.com/pulse/imamo%...
My quick take on recent developments in Turkey—key dynamics, expectations, and risks.
Full brief: www.linkedin.com/pulse/imamo%...
The court ordered the arrest of İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu, raising numerous questions and reinforcing concerns that the case is politically motivated.
1️⃣ Sleepless night in Turkey. The prosecutor has requested the arrest of Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. A court decision is expected within hours. There’s also the possibility of a government-appointed trustee taking over the municipality.
March 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The court ordered the arrest of İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu, raising numerous questions and reinforcing concerns that the case is politically motivated.
1️⃣ Sleepless night in Turkey. The prosecutor has requested the arrest of Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. A court decision is expected within hours. There’s also the possibility of a government-appointed trustee taking over the municipality.
March 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
1️⃣ Sleepless night in Turkey. The prosecutor has requested the arrest of Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. A court decision is expected within hours. There’s also the possibility of a government-appointed trustee taking over the municipality.
As protests continue in Turkiye following detention of Istanbul Mayor İmamoğlu (police are currently cracking down on demonstrators)In recent years politicians w/diverse political views-when they gained significant momentum -are being targeted for elimination from political arena.Just 4 examples:👇
March 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
As protests continue in Turkiye following detention of Istanbul Mayor İmamoğlu (police are currently cracking down on demonstrators)In recent years politicians w/diverse political views-when they gained significant momentum -are being targeted for elimination from political arena.Just 4 examples:👇
📌 The timing of such a major political operation against İstanbul mayor İmamoğlu is based on more than just the primary elections of the CHP to elect its presidential candidate, planned to be held on March 23- it rests on two other key factors:(1/4)
March 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
📌 The timing of such a major political operation against İstanbul mayor İmamoğlu is based on more than just the primary elections of the CHP to elect its presidential candidate, planned to be held on March 23- it rests on two other key factors:(1/4)
1️⃣Political playbook in Turkey is unfolding.With new Kurdish resolution process and developments in Syria shaping a shifting political landscape,a clear strategy was put in motion:framing CHP as new enemy & linking key opposition figures,especially İmamoğlu, to allegations of corruption & terrorism.
March 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
1️⃣Political playbook in Turkey is unfolding.With new Kurdish resolution process and developments in Syria shaping a shifting political landscape,a clear strategy was put in motion:framing CHP as new enemy & linking key opposition figures,especially İmamoğlu, to allegations of corruption & terrorism.
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🚨 Autocratisation is not inevitable! ✋
Our Special Issue with @bilgeyabanci.bsky.social & @keremoxford.bsky.social explores its limits through the actors & institutions of democratic resistance & opposition from an interregional, interdisciplinary perspective: 🧵 www.tandfonline.com/toc/ctwq20/4...
Our Special Issue with @bilgeyabanci.bsky.social & @keremoxford.bsky.social explores its limits through the actors & institutions of democratic resistance & opposition from an interregional, interdisciplinary perspective: 🧵 www.tandfonline.com/toc/ctwq20/4...
Third World Quarterly
Limits of autocratisation: actors and institutions of democratic resistance and opposition. Volume 46, Issue 2 of Third World Quarterly
www.tandfonline.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🚨 Autocratisation is not inevitable! ✋
Our Special Issue with @bilgeyabanci.bsky.social & @keremoxford.bsky.social explores its limits through the actors & institutions of democratic resistance & opposition from an interregional, interdisciplinary perspective: 🧵 www.tandfonline.com/toc/ctwq20/4...
Our Special Issue with @bilgeyabanci.bsky.social & @keremoxford.bsky.social explores its limits through the actors & institutions of democratic resistance & opposition from an interregional, interdisciplinary perspective: 🧵 www.tandfonline.com/toc/ctwq20/4...