Fulya Felicity Turkmen, PhD
@fulyafelicity.bsky.social
Political scientist by training, kosmopolitês at heart
I study what happens when emigrants exit, but states won’t let go, thinking & writing about emigrants, authoritarianism, and transnational politics.
https://www.fulyafelicityturkmen.com/
I study what happens when emigrants exit, but states won’t let go, thinking & writing about emigrants, authoritarianism, and transnational politics.
https://www.fulyafelicityturkmen.com/
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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Some astonishing numbers in here:
-OpenAI loses $2 for every $1 it makes
-OpenAI projects annual losses of $14 billion by 2026
-To break even OpenAI needs to increase revenue 25x in just 5 years
-33% of VC portfolios are committed to AI
-5 AI-heavy stocks account for 29% of the S&P 500's value
-OpenAI loses $2 for every $1 it makes
-OpenAI projects annual losses of $14 billion by 2026
-To break even OpenAI needs to increase revenue 25x in just 5 years
-33% of VC portfolios are committed to AI
-5 AI-heavy stocks account for 29% of the S&P 500's value
Bubble Trouble
An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us.
prospect.org
March 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Some astonishing numbers in here:
-OpenAI loses $2 for every $1 it makes
-OpenAI projects annual losses of $14 billion by 2026
-To break even OpenAI needs to increase revenue 25x in just 5 years
-33% of VC portfolios are committed to AI
-5 AI-heavy stocks account for 29% of the S&P 500's value
-OpenAI loses $2 for every $1 it makes
-OpenAI projects annual losses of $14 billion by 2026
-To break even OpenAI needs to increase revenue 25x in just 5 years
-33% of VC portfolios are committed to AI
-5 AI-heavy stocks account for 29% of the S&P 500's value
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I’m very happy to announce that I won a book prize from the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians.
You can download the book for free at tinyurl.com/kahnbk. It’s about the history of Turkish migration to Germany and anti-migrant racism.
@ghiwashington.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
You can download the book for free at tinyurl.com/kahnbk. It’s about the history of Turkish migration to Germany and anti-migrant racism.
@ghiwashington.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I’m very happy to announce that I won a book prize from the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians.
You can download the book for free at tinyurl.com/kahnbk. It’s about the history of Turkish migration to Germany and anti-migrant racism.
@ghiwashington.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
You can download the book for free at tinyurl.com/kahnbk. It’s about the history of Turkish migration to Germany and anti-migrant racism.
@ghiwashington.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Just a quick heads-up: I'm offering another post-election session of Dumpster Fire Fighting for Academics, my popular survival course for brain workers during troubled times. FREE, as always. Fri Nov 21, 12 noon ET (GMT-5).
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Crises and distractions are unpleasant facts of life, and with the current American administration, they're not going away any time soon. This 90 min workshop provides academics (PhD students/holders ...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Just a quick heads-up: I'm offering another post-election session of Dumpster Fire Fighting for Academics, my popular survival course for brain workers during troubled times. FREE, as always. Fri Nov 21, 12 noon ET (GMT-5).
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Here's how three professors started a research academy - training undergrad students in research methods and then matching them to faculty mentors to apprentice as RAs for 10 weeks!
Ft. @dadakim.bsky.social & @ucrpolisci.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1017/S104...
#polisky #academisky
Ft. @dadakim.bsky.social & @ucrpolisci.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1017/S104...
#polisky #academisky
October 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Here's how three professors started a research academy - training undergrad students in research methods and then matching them to faculty mentors to apprentice as RAs for 10 weeks!
Ft. @dadakim.bsky.social & @ucrpolisci.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1017/S104...
#polisky #academisky
Ft. @dadakim.bsky.social & @ucrpolisci.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1017/S104...
#polisky #academisky
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This is so cool. I think I’ll only ever be comfortable w/ AI up to a point. But I feel like THIS👇is the sort of thing AI in journalism was intended to create.
How can journalists ethically track the fast-moving social movements shaping politics & culture? @buffett.northwestern.edu's AI & Social Movements Global Working Group is developing a Social Movement Analysis & Reasoning Tool (SMART), an AI system to help journalists track movements in real-time.
September 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This is so cool. I think I’ll only ever be comfortable w/ AI up to a point. But I feel like THIS👇is the sort of thing AI in journalism was intended to create.
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AI makes effective science communication more difficult and more important than ever.
More difficult because AI makes laypeople think they can bypass experts and interpret data for themselves.
And more important because AI's errors threaten to further erode laypeople's trust in science itself.
More difficult because AI makes laypeople think they can bypass experts and interpret data for themselves.
And more important because AI's errors threaten to further erode laypeople's trust in science itself.
I need more people to know about this nonsense happening in my comments…
Me: here’s a detailed review of this study.
Them: My AI says it’s trending towards significance, tho
Me: here’s a detailed review of this study.
Them: My AI says it’s trending towards significance, tho
October 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
AI makes effective science communication more difficult and more important than ever.
More difficult because AI makes laypeople think they can bypass experts and interpret data for themselves.
And more important because AI's errors threaten to further erode laypeople's trust in science itself.
More difficult because AI makes laypeople think they can bypass experts and interpret data for themselves.
And more important because AI's errors threaten to further erode laypeople's trust in science itself.
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9) Good research takes time. Asking people to publish so much is often counterproductive.
10) Micromanaging academics is counterproductive. Providing freedom.
11) Requiring young academics and PhD candidates to ask for permission to go to international conferences kills their career.
10) Micromanaging academics is counterproductive. Providing freedom.
11) Requiring young academics and PhD candidates to ask for permission to go to international conferences kills their career.
October 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
9) Good research takes time. Asking people to publish so much is often counterproductive.
10) Micromanaging academics is counterproductive. Providing freedom.
11) Requiring young academics and PhD candidates to ask for permission to go to international conferences kills their career.
10) Micromanaging academics is counterproductive. Providing freedom.
11) Requiring young academics and PhD candidates to ask for permission to go to international conferences kills their career.
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You go into a store to buy a 2-litre bottle of milk at the supermarket and pay $3. But the person in front of you in line paid $3.50. And the person behind you paid $2.
Surveillance pricing is the practice of monitoring consumer data to charge you the most they think you will be willing to pay.
Surveillance pricing is the practice of monitoring consumer data to charge you the most they think you will be willing to pay.
October 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
You go into a store to buy a 2-litre bottle of milk at the supermarket and pay $3. But the person in front of you in line paid $3.50. And the person behind you paid $2.
Surveillance pricing is the practice of monitoring consumer data to charge you the most they think you will be willing to pay.
Surveillance pricing is the practice of monitoring consumer data to charge you the most they think you will be willing to pay.
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As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
October 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
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Three years after my husband died, I’m still trying to prove our life together was worth losing his family.
What I live with isn’t forgetting — it’s the blurring of memory.
On the third anniversary, I wrote about grief, memory, and continuing without answers.
www.dataandpolitics.net/the-blurring/
What I live with isn’t forgetting — it’s the blurring of memory.
On the third anniversary, I wrote about grief, memory, and continuing without answers.
www.dataandpolitics.net/the-blurring/
The Blurring
What I live with isn't forgetting, it's the blurring. A meditation on grief, memory, and continuing without answers three years after loss.
www.dataandpolitics.net
October 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Three years after my husband died, I’m still trying to prove our life together was worth losing his family.
What I live with isn’t forgetting — it’s the blurring of memory.
On the third anniversary, I wrote about grief, memory, and continuing without answers.
www.dataandpolitics.net/the-blurring/
What I live with isn’t forgetting — it’s the blurring of memory.
On the third anniversary, I wrote about grief, memory, and continuing without answers.
www.dataandpolitics.net/the-blurring/
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We need to talk about how social media algorithms push moms down a slippery slope of distrust.
From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."
I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵
From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."
I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵
October 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We need to talk about how social media algorithms push moms down a slippery slope of distrust.
From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."
I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵
From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."
I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵
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1. This has been the rule for non EU visa applicants in the #RestofTheWorld for a while.
2. We told you that the dragnet was only going to get smaller. The visa process in the UK has been a cash grab for years now.
3. Spain, Portugal and France have an opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
2. We told you that the dragnet was only going to get smaller. The visa process in the UK has been a cash grab for years now.
3. Spain, Portugal and France have an opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
I will bet my bike that close to zero of the British racists that this law is pandering to could pass A-level English.
Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English
Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.
www.gov.uk
October 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM
1. This has been the rule for non EU visa applicants in the #RestofTheWorld for a while.
2. We told you that the dragnet was only going to get smaller. The visa process in the UK has been a cash grab for years now.
3. Spain, Portugal and France have an opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
2. We told you that the dragnet was only going to get smaller. The visa process in the UK has been a cash grab for years now.
3. Spain, Portugal and France have an opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
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EU rules on political ads – aimed at countering information manipulation and foreign interference in elections are now in effect. Here's what will change for users. www.euronews.com/next/2025/10...
EU rules on political ads enter into force: What will change?
EU rules on political ads – aimed at countering information manipulation and foreign interference in elections – will take effect on Friday. But what exactly will change for users?
www.euronews.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:46 AM
EU rules on political ads – aimed at countering information manipulation and foreign interference in elections are now in effect. Here's what will change for users. www.euronews.com/next/2025/10...
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You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI
Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
October 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI
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Forgot to update: Tried it, it is great. 5 minutes in the air fryer and çıtır çıtır simit. It is not some Americanized bagel wannabe. It is the real deal. So good. I hope it is a permanent product, not seasonal. Definitely give it a try.
Trader Joe’s, here I come!!! Hem de Ankara simidi!
(Although, I have to say, we need a Trader Osman or Trader Can label on this).
(Although, I have to say, we need a Trader Osman or Trader Can label on this).
October 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Forgot to update: Tried it, it is great. 5 minutes in the air fryer and çıtır çıtır simit. It is not some Americanized bagel wannabe. It is the real deal. So good. I hope it is a permanent product, not seasonal. Definitely give it a try.
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🇰🇷Check out this recent article, “Contested Identity and Prejudice Against Co-Ethnic Refugees: Evidence From South Korea,” published in Political Research Quarterly by Jae Yeon Kim and Taeku Lee👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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October 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🇰🇷Check out this recent article, “Contested Identity and Prejudice Against Co-Ethnic Refugees: Evidence From South Korea,” published in Political Research Quarterly by Jae Yeon Kim and Taeku Lee👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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If you are teaching a class, unit, or workshop about immigration, I have a tremendous amount of multimedia resources, explanatory posts, digestible data, graphics, photographs and more over at austinkocher.substack.com. You might find something useful!  
October 9, 2025 at 5:09 AM
If you are teaching a class, unit, or workshop about immigration, I have a tremendous amount of multimedia resources, explanatory posts, digestible data, graphics, photographs and more over at austinkocher.substack.com. You might find something useful!  
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NVIDIA and OpenAi:
Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“
@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“
@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
October 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
NVIDIA and OpenAi:
Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“
@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“
@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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everybody should read alice miller. i haven't read this one (i read the drama of the gifted child (which is not about what you think at all)) but now it's on my list.
October 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
everybody should read alice miller. i haven't read this one (i read the drama of the gifted child (which is not about what you think at all)) but now it's on my list.
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At @priec.bsky.social this morning — @fulyafelicity.bsky.social presenting on the ways that authoritarian regimes engage their diasporas and how those emigrants respond (or don’t!)
October 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
At @priec.bsky.social this morning — @fulyafelicity.bsky.social presenting on the ways that authoritarian regimes engage their diasporas and how those emigrants respond (or don’t!)
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.