Very happy to share that my new book "Populism and Foreign Policy", co-authored with Johannes Plagemann, is now out as an e-book with Oxford University Press! We examine how populist governments reshape #foreignpolicy across the globe. More here: academic.oup.com/book/61646

We had an excellent lecture by @hakkitas.bsky.social @giga-hamburg.de yesterday in our #MSCA Doctoral Network IDEoPOP @ideopop.bsky.social. Thanks a lot, dear Hakki, for presenting your super inspiring and innovative research agenda on #populism and #territoriality!
@pwunifreiburg.bsky.social

Einst als „türkisches Modell“ von Islam und Demokratie gefeiert, ist die #Türkei zu einem globalen Kokain-Drehkreuz geworden. Im neuesten #GIGAFocus analysiert @hakkitas.bsky.social wie die Türkei zum Spielplatz für die #Mafia wird.

➡️ Jetzt lesen: www.giga-hamburg.de/de/publikati...

As a fourth wave of arrests hit #Istanbul's Metropolitan Municipality yesterday, a non-exhaustive timeline of the operation against Istanbul mayor Ekrem #Imamoglu. I chose the end of 2024 as the starting date, but as early as 2019-2020, Imamoglu is already overwhelmed by investigations.

Aynı yerden bakmasak da Nuray Mert bu ülkenin en özgün ve cesur aydınlarından biridir. Onun "veda ediyorum" deyişi daha yürek burkucu.
medyascope.tv/2025/04/09/n...

An almost surreal video from Istanbul - watch until the very end.

Police harshly attack protestors with plastic bullets and pepper gas.

Suddenly, Ankaranin Baglari starts playing in the background. And then two attacked protestors start dancing oyun havası.

Resisting with style!

By dismantling institutions deemed as obstacles to the popular will, populism leaves its opponents no recourse but direct confrontation, and if the streets fill with protest, that is the populist power’s own doing. This is what is happening now in Turkey. #saraçhane #imamoğlu

Protestoların en önemli başarısı, "Silivri soğuktur" eşiğinin geçilmesi. Düne kadar insanlar sokak röportajında ağzını açmaya korkuyordu, bugün yüzbinler "Tayyip istifa" diye bağırıyor.

"Türkische TV-Serien: Zwischen Geschäft und Propaganda" mit meinen Kommentaren📺
p.dw.com/p/4pPw6

📣 Postdoctoral fellowship opportunity for scholars from Palestine and Lebanon at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG):

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