Orçun Selçuk
@orcunselcuk.bsky.social
Author of The Authoritarian Divide: Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization (University of Notre Dame Press) 🇹🇷🇻🇪🇪🇨
Researching polarizing populist leaders and their opponents around the world.
Researching polarizing populist leaders and their opponents around the world.
I'll be giving a book talk at Stanford University next month. You can find more information about it below.
September 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I'll be giving a book talk at Stanford University next month. You can find more information about it below.
Yesterday, we launched the Spanish translation of my book at the Biblioteca Nacional in Quito. Thank you, Santiago Basabe for publishing the book and organizing the event. Also, special thanks to Paolo Moncagatta and Pablo Andrade for serving as wonderful discussants.
July 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Yesterday, we launched the Spanish translation of my book at the Biblioteca Nacional in Quito. Thank you, Santiago Basabe for publishing the book and organizing the event. Also, special thanks to Paolo Moncagatta and Pablo Andrade for serving as wonderful discussants.
My book The Authoritarian Divide: Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization is now available in Spanish. If you are in Quito, come to the book launch event on July 16.
July 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
My book The Authoritarian Divide: Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization is now available in Spanish. If you are in Quito, come to the book launch event on July 16.
Join us on Sunday!
June 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Join us on Sunday!
Six recently published book suggestions to make sense of the current moment in American politics from a global and comparative perspective. They cover successful and unsuccessful power grabs by leaders such as Fujimori, Uribe, Chávez, Correa, Erdoğan, Orbán, Morales, and Trump.
June 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Six recently published book suggestions to make sense of the current moment in American politics from a global and comparative perspective. They cover successful and unsuccessful power grabs by leaders such as Fujimori, Uribe, Chávez, Correa, Erdoğan, Orbán, Morales, and Trump.
We launched the book, "Authoritarian Consolidation in Times of Crisis" at LASA 2025. I presented our chapter "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Venezuelan Opposition under Maduro." Here is a photo with some of the contributors.
May 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
We launched the book, "Authoritarian Consolidation in Times of Crisis" at LASA 2025. I presented our chapter "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Venezuelan Opposition under Maduro." Here is a photo with some of the contributors.
You can order a copy of my book from the Notre Dame Press website with the discount code 14LASA25 until June 9, reducing the price from 60 to 36 dollars. #LASA2025
May 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
You can order a copy of my book from the Notre Dame Press website with the discount code 14LASA25 until June 9, reducing the price from 60 to 36 dollars. #LASA2025
Attending the Latin American Studies Association conference in San Francisco? You should come to the panel that features my recently published book on populism, affective leader polarization, and opposition in Turkey, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Looking forward to the discussion!
May 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Attending the Latin American Studies Association conference in San Francisco? You should come to the panel that features my recently published book on populism, affective leader polarization, and opposition in Turkey, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Looking forward to the discussion!
Excited to attend Foro Latinoamericano at Carleton College today and tomorrow to discuss Latin America's new types of polarization. Feel free to stop by if you are in Northfield or Minneapolis area.
April 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Excited to attend Foro Latinoamericano at Carleton College today and tomorrow to discuss Latin America's new types of polarization. Feel free to stop by if you are in Northfield or Minneapolis area.
The author copies of our recently published edited volume have arrived. Check out Chapter 5 for my co-authored piece with Pablo Hernández Borges on the Venezuelan opposition under Maduro. The edited volume is available on all major bookstores.
April 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The author copies of our recently published edited volume have arrived. Check out Chapter 5 for my co-authored piece with Pablo Hernández Borges on the Venezuelan opposition under Maduro. The edited volume is available on all major bookstores.
TAPSA at MPSA 2025
April 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
TAPSA at MPSA 2025
Happy to be part of this timely edited volume on authoritarian consolidation in Venezuela under Maduro. My contribution is a co-authored chapter on the role of the opposition between 2013 and 2021. The book is officially out and you can order it here: www.routledge.com/Authoritaria...
March 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Happy to be part of this timely edited volume on authoritarian consolidation in Venezuela under Maduro. My contribution is a co-authored chapter on the role of the opposition between 2013 and 2021. The book is officially out and you can order it here: www.routledge.com/Authoritaria...
More than 2 million people attended the Turkish opposition's anti-authoritarianism rally today, calling for the release of Ekrem İmamoğlu and early elections. The pro-government media outlets refused to cover the event.
March 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
More than 2 million people attended the Turkish opposition's anti-authoritarianism rally today, calling for the release of Ekrem İmamoğlu and early elections. The pro-government media outlets refused to cover the event.
According to KONDA, 43 percent of the Turkish people oppose İmamoğlu's arrest as opposed to only 26 supporting it, despite the heavy control of the media. The results also highlight the importance of polarized and partisan perspectives to make sense of the arrest and ongoing protests.
March 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
According to KONDA, 43 percent of the Turkish people oppose İmamoğlu's arrest as opposed to only 26 supporting it, despite the heavy control of the media. The results also highlight the importance of polarized and partisan perspectives to make sense of the arrest and ongoing protests.
A passage from my recently published book, The Authoritarian Divide, where I talk about asymmetric polarization that favors the opposition over the incumbent populist leader. It pretty much summarizes my view on recent developments in Turkish politics.
undpress.nd.edu/978026820807...
undpress.nd.edu/978026820807...
March 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A passage from my recently published book, The Authoritarian Divide, where I talk about asymmetric polarization that favors the opposition over the incumbent populist leader. It pretty much summarizes my view on recent developments in Turkish politics.
undpress.nd.edu/978026820807...
undpress.nd.edu/978026820807...
Despite the cancellation of his university diploma and the subsequent arrest on bogus corruption charges, millions of Turkish citizens are participating in the presidential primaries to vote for Ekrem İmamoğlu. İmamoğlu's wife and son are among the ones who participated in the democratic process.
March 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Despite the cancellation of his university diploma and the subsequent arrest on bogus corruption charges, millions of Turkish citizens are participating in the presidential primaries to vote for Ekrem İmamoğlu. İmamoğlu's wife and son are among the ones who participated in the democratic process.
I know this platform is more American politics focused but you'll should pay more attention to what's going on in Turkey as millions of people are defending their right to change the government through free and fair elections.
March 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I know this platform is more American politics focused but you'll should pay more attention to what's going on in Turkey as millions of people are defending their right to change the government through free and fair elections.
As the words "fascism" and "dictatorship" are easily thrown around nowadays, it is important to study different levels of democracy and authoritarianism globally to give us some perspective on our assessments. @economist.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
As the words "fascism" and "dictatorship" are easily thrown around nowadays, it is important to study different levels of democracy and authoritarianism globally to give us some perspective on our assessments. @economist.com
Happy to share that I have received tenure and been promoted to Associate Professor at Luther College!
Türkçesi: Doçent oldum!
Türkçesi: Doçent oldum!
February 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Happy to share that I have received tenure and been promoted to Associate Professor at Luther College!
Türkçesi: Doçent oldum!
Türkçesi: Doçent oldum!
It was great having dinner with @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social and discussing the challenges to democracy in the US ahead of her MLK Day Lecture at Luther College. During the lecture, she talked about the fight for racial justice despite the originalist interpretations of the U.S. Constitution.
January 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
It was great having dinner with @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social and discussing the challenges to democracy in the US ahead of her MLK Day Lecture at Luther College. During the lecture, she talked about the fight for racial justice despite the originalist interpretations of the U.S. Constitution.