Murat Somer
@muratsomer-eng.bsky.social
Prof., Political Science, Ozyegin Univ. Istanbul & CEU Budapest: https://faculty.ozyegin.edu.tr/muratsomer/ . Polarization/depolarization, democratic erosion & oppositions, ethnic, religious & secular politics. Türkçe postlar için: @muratsomer.bsky.social
+They should because democrats in Turkey, US, Israel & others struggle for shared goals (democracy, rule of law & human rights), & against the same autocratic/oligarchic governing style of Erdoğan, Trump and Netanyahu. They share similar aspirations and challenges, & their future is interconnected+
April 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
+They should because democrats in Turkey, US, Israel & others struggle for shared goals (democracy, rule of law & human rights), & against the same autocratic/oligarchic governing style of Erdoğan, Trump and Netanyahu. They share similar aspirations and challenges, & their future is interconnected+
+The evolving strategies of Turkey's Democracy Movement to practice constructive polarization, merge party and contentious politics, tap popular will outside elections, and use purchasing power against oligarchy, offer many insights. revdem.ceu.edu/2025/04/24/t...
All Together or None of Us – Part II: Turkey’s New Democracy Movement and Future | Review of Democracy
When Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, was arrested, Turkey’s democratic future reached a breaking point. In this two-part series, Murat Somer examines how that moment united the long-divided social a...
revdem.ceu.edu
April 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
+The evolving strategies of Turkey's Democracy Movement to practice constructive polarization, merge party and contentious politics, tap popular will outside elections, and use purchasing power against oligarchy, offer many insights. revdem.ceu.edu/2025/04/24/t...
+ Here is my recent analysis that also sheds light on the current episode and the ways out. Open-access now: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
A Long Battle: Turkey’s Backsliding and Resistance Through Trench Warfare - Murat Somer, 2024
Since 2002, governments led by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his party have taken Turkey’s political regime from electoral democracy to electoral autocracy. This has...
journals.sagepub.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
+ Here is my recent analysis that also sheds light on the current episode and the ways out. Open-access now: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
+While the social and political opposition seem to have mostly been on the losing side of this process, they have also put up comparatively very strong resistance.. and have engaged in a lot of learning and experimentation over time. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
A Long Battle: Turkey’s Backsliding and Resistance Through Trench Warfare - Murat Somer, 2024
Since 2002, governments led by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his party have taken Turkey’s political regime from electoral democracy to electoral autocracy. This has...
journals.sagepub.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
+While the social and political opposition seem to have mostly been on the losing side of this process, they have also put up comparatively very strong resistance.. and have engaged in a lot of learning and experimentation over time. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
+(and simply forget the autocracy option and join the democratic side of the deepening democracy-autocracy cleavage in the world) for the sake of Turkey's interests as well as Europe's, Eurasia's and Middle East's security and well-being.
March 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
+(and simply forget the autocracy option and join the democratic side of the deepening democracy-autocracy cleavage in the world) for the sake of Turkey's interests as well as Europe's, Eurasia's and Middle East's security and well-being.
+This starts a long proces that can culminate in either re-democratization or descent to full autocracy. Democrats all over the world should pressure the Erdoğan government to rely on compromise rather than force in this process +
March 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
+This starts a long proces that can culminate in either re-democratization or descent to full autocracy. Democrats all over the world should pressure the Erdoğan government to rely on compromise rather than force in this process +