Burak Başkan (ENG)
@burakbaskaneng.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Political Science and Gender Studies at ETÜ | Alumnus: Middle East Technical University, University of Southampton, The University of Sheffield
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In the eighteenth century this was just known as reading.
Cambridge Word of the Year 2025
parasocial
"involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc., or an artificial intelligence."
parasocial
"involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc., or an artificial intelligence."
December 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
In the eighteenth century this was just known as reading.
Cambridge Word of the Year 2025
parasocial
"involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc., or an artificial intelligence."
parasocial
"involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc., or an artificial intelligence."
December 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Cambridge Word of the Year 2025
parasocial
"involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc., or an artificial intelligence."
parasocial
"involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc., or an artificial intelligence."
Oxford Word of the Year 2025
rage bait
“Online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive, typically posted in order to increase traffic to or engagement with a particular web page or social media account.”
rage bait
“Online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive, typically posted in order to increase traffic to or engagement with a particular web page or social media account.”
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Oxford Word of the Year 2025
rage bait
“Online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive, typically posted in order to increase traffic to or engagement with a particular web page or social media account.”
rage bait
“Online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive, typically posted in order to increase traffic to or engagement with a particular web page or social media account.”
In today's world, characterised by populist authoritarianism, the ability to maintain independence and autonomy as an individual without reliance on an authority has emerged as the paramount value.
November 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
In today's world, characterised by populist authoritarianism, the ability to maintain independence and autonomy as an individual without reliance on an authority has emerged as the paramount value.
«Chaque fois qu'une voix libre s'essayera à dire, sans prétention, ce qu'elle pense, une armée de chiens de garde de tout poil et de toute couleur aboiera furieusement pour couvrir son écho.»
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
«Chaque fois qu'une voix libre s'essayera à dire, sans prétention, ce qu'elle pense, une armée de chiens de garde de tout poil et de toute couleur aboiera furieusement pour couvrir son écho.»
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
The failure to initiate legal proceedings against Netanyahu under international law will be regarded as a significant legal and moral failure in the history of humanity.
October 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The failure to initiate legal proceedings against Netanyahu under international law will be regarded as a significant legal and moral failure in the history of humanity.
Not "probably". It's "definitely".
If Eric Hobsbawm were alive today, he would probably write a book called "The Age of Unprincipledness" to describe the 2020s.
September 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Not "probably". It's "definitely".
We are familiar with the concept of FOMO (Fear of missing out).
However, we also need a similar concept for the 'fear of encountering bad news'. We have become afraid to open social media when we wake up in the morning because of the possibility of starting the day with new bad news.
However, we also need a similar concept for the 'fear of encountering bad news'. We have become afraid to open social media when we wake up in the morning because of the possibility of starting the day with new bad news.
September 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We are familiar with the concept of FOMO (Fear of missing out).
However, we also need a similar concept for the 'fear of encountering bad news'. We have become afraid to open social media when we wake up in the morning because of the possibility of starting the day with new bad news.
However, we also need a similar concept for the 'fear of encountering bad news'. We have become afraid to open social media when we wake up in the morning because of the possibility of starting the day with new bad news.
Some people draw parallels between the Industrial Revolution, when human labour was replaced by machines in many areas, and the current situation, where human intelligence is being replaced by AI. However, not requiring human intelligence is very different from not requiring human physical strength.
August 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Some people draw parallels between the Industrial Revolution, when human labour was replaced by machines in many areas, and the current situation, where human intelligence is being replaced by AI. However, not requiring human intelligence is very different from not requiring human physical strength.
Organised evil is much worse than individual evil. Because the courage that organised evildoers take from each other elevates evil to a whole new level.
July 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Organised evil is much worse than individual evil. Because the courage that organised evildoers take from each other elevates evil to a whole new level.
I follow people from many different countries here, and they all have one concern in common: populist authoritarian leaders/politicians in their own country. It seems that the sane people of the world are united by this trouble.
July 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I follow people from many different countries here, and they all have one concern in common: populist authoritarian leaders/politicians in their own country. It seems that the sane people of the world are united by this trouble.
Proud to be a member of the University of Sheffield family.
The QS World University Rankings 2026 have just been released and we’ve placed 92nd within the World Top 100! Huge congratulations and thanks to everyone in the University of Sheffield community for this achievement; from staff and students to alumni, supporters and friends around the world!
June 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Proud to be a member of the University of Sheffield family.
We hope that the dispute between Donald Trump and Elon Musk will result in a global decline in authoritarian, populist, far-right movements.
June 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We hope that the dispute between Donald Trump and Elon Musk will result in a global decline in authoritarian, populist, far-right movements.
Every rise has a fall. The rise of the populist far right will also eventually come to an end. As people who prioritise the values of freedom, equality and democracy, we must prepare for this decline. The responsibility for the restoration of the world will be shouldered by us.
June 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Every rise has a fall. The rise of the populist far right will also eventually come to an end. As people who prioritise the values of freedom, equality and democracy, we must prepare for this decline. The responsibility for the restoration of the world will be shouldered by us.
"The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude."
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley
May 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
"The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude."
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley
"We believed that social change was only a matter of challenging modes of production and distribution in society. We did not understand the immense role of culture. Capitalism is a culture, and we must respond to and resist capitalism with a different culture."
José Mujica
José Mujica
May 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"We believed that social change was only a matter of challenging modes of production and distribution in society. We did not understand the immense role of culture. Capitalism is a culture, and we must respond to and resist capitalism with a different culture."
José Mujica
José Mujica
My paper for the 3rd International Congress on Behavioral and Social Science Research:
"Tracking Inglehart’s Theory of Value Change in the Debates on the Next Generation Economics"
"Tracking Inglehart’s Theory of Value Change in the Debates on the Next Generation Economics"
May 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
My paper for the 3rd International Congress on Behavioral and Social Science Research:
"Tracking Inglehart’s Theory of Value Change in the Debates on the Next Generation Economics"
"Tracking Inglehart’s Theory of Value Change in the Debates on the Next Generation Economics"
The distance between reality and propaganda is an important indicator of the quality of democracy in a country.
May 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The distance between reality and propaganda is an important indicator of the quality of democracy in a country.
My paper on the International Journal of Social Sciences:
"Revisiting Structural and Agential Approaches to Democratisation in the Age of Internetisation and Cyberisation"
Link: dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/toplu...
"Revisiting Structural and Agential Approaches to Democratisation in the Age of Internetisation and Cyberisation"
Link: dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/toplu...
May 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
My paper on the International Journal of Social Sciences:
"Revisiting Structural and Agential Approaches to Democratisation in the Age of Internetisation and Cyberisation"
Link: dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/toplu...
"Revisiting Structural and Agential Approaches to Democratisation in the Age of Internetisation and Cyberisation"
Link: dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/toplu...
Dark 2020s... This is how we will remember this period in the future.
April 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Dark 2020s... This is how we will remember this period in the future.
There are certain cycles that the world experiences. The world seems to have come across a cycle of authoritarianism in the last 10 years. If this cycle can lead societies to discover new methods of survival and resistance under authoritarian regimes, it can be beneficial for humanity this time.
April 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
There are certain cycles that the world experiences. The world seems to have come across a cycle of authoritarianism in the last 10 years. If this cycle can lead societies to discover new methods of survival and resistance under authoritarian regimes, it can be beneficial for humanity this time.
Populism is the fuel of authoritarianism.
March 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Populism is the fuel of authoritarianism.
Women of the world, unite!
You have nothing to lose but your chains!
- 8 March International Women's Day -
You have nothing to lose but your chains!
- 8 March International Women's Day -
March 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Women of the world, unite!
You have nothing to lose but your chains!
- 8 March International Women's Day -
You have nothing to lose but your chains!
- 8 March International Women's Day -
If Eric Hobsbawm were alive today, he would probably write a book called "The Age of Unprincipledness" to describe the 2020s.
March 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
If Eric Hobsbawm were alive today, he would probably write a book called "The Age of Unprincipledness" to describe the 2020s.