Mathew Nicolson @eyjarskeggi.bsky.social Did a PhD in Scottish island political & constitutional history, now working in public sector. Shetlander.
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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social The professional journal of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), publishing contributions written by and for the political science community.
Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social Change won’t happen by itself. We need fresh voices, disciplined organising, and a spirit of solidarity. Join us in this crucial effort.
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social 👩🏾💻 A political science blog site from ECPR, the European Consortium for Political Research.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk 💚 Real hope. Real change.
greenparty.org.uk
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
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Tim Haughton @timhaughton.bsky.social Professor of Comparative & European Politics, University of Birmingham
Parties & campaigning in Central & Eastern Europe & Beyond
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/gov/haughton-tim
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Matt Edwards @greenmattbfd.bsky.social 💚 Leader of Green Party on Bradford Council and Councillor for Tong Ward | 🐶🐶 Basset Hounds | 🏳️🌈
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Community of Democracies @communityofdem.bsky.social Community of Democracies (CoD) is a global coalition of states dedicated to promoting, defending, and strengthening democracy worldwide.
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European Democracy Hub @europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu 💡 Your one-stop-shop for expertise on European democracy support, bringing together analysts and policymakers.
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Torkil Sørensen @torkilsoerensen.bsky.social Historian interested in #Worldcommunism esp. in Germany and Denmark.
Danish Refugee Council 1986-2000. Nordic Council 2000-2017.
(Re-)posting about history-in-the-making and #history. Now and then photos. Posting in (not perfect) English / German / Danish
Katrin Antweiler @drkatrinantweiler.bsky.social Feminist mom | Postdoc @UniBremen | Research Associate @Wits |
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Ariana Hashtrudi @ahashtrudi.bsky.social Middle East News Editor at https://Maghrebi.org, a non-partisan MENA news site
Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social Travel writer | Guidebook Author | Obsessed by deserts, mountains & finding the perfect hummus | Ex-Lonely Planet Türkiye & Egypt author | Lives in a cave | Posts mainly about: MENA, travel, books I like, & my stupid cats | Working on a novel.
Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social Yorkshire-based journalist. York Press, The Line of Best Fit and News Associates.
Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social Studying terrorism and extremism. Opinions are my own and RT ≠ endorsement.
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social GEO-POWER-EU🇪🇺 focuses on strengthening the security dimension of the EU’s policies in the Eastern Neighbourhood and the Western Balkans.
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Richard Wallace @richardjwallace.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics, IR, Peace & Conflict Studies | Focus on Politics, Religion, Violence in MENA & South Asia | Substack (The Old Quarter): https://bit.ly/46kjJ5X
Iris Duane MSP 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @irisduane.bsky.social Green MSP for the Glasgow Region 💚
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Sevinç Öztürk @ozturksevinc.bsky.social Political Scientist at Çukurova University and Visiting Fellow at the University of Glasgow.
Minority political behaviour, authoritarianism , Turkish politics.
https://sevincozturk.github.io
Dr. Gudrun Wacker @gudrun-wacker.bsky.social Research Division Asia, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
trying to make sense of China and the Indo-Pacific or life, the universe and everything
News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social Predicting the unpredictable!☯➔ Founded by a small group of purged academics, http://newsaboutturkey.com offers critical news, views, reports & media commentary regarding #Turkey. Op-eds are welcomed.
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Colleen Kennedy-Karpat @cbkenkar.bsky.social Assoc Prof, adaptation, Agnès Varda, amateur video essayist. Not necessarily in that order. Trying my best to pay attention.
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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org A voice for the persecuted.
https://www.indexoncensorship.org/
Phil Dorroll @phildorroll.bsky.social Religious Studies professor in South Carolina; research on Islamic and Orthodox Christian theology in Turkish and Arabic; supports 🇺🇦
Michael Hall @mishahall.bsky.social Bostonian expat living in New York. Human rights. Academic freedom. Languages/linguistics. Russia, Central/Inner Asia. Politics of memory/commemoration. Books. The occasional lighthouse. Personal account, views expressed are my own. Repost≠endorsement. 🇺🇦🍉
GEOPOLIST - Istanbul Center for Geopolitics @geopolist.bsky.social Predicting the unpredictable!☯ Founded by http://newsaboutturkey.com, GEOPOLIST is your premier source for comprehensive analysis of global & regional geopolitical developments. Op-eds are welcomed. ➔ https://geopolist.com/submit-an-op-ed/
Yaşar Usta @yasarustaemek.bsky.social Emek Portalı | Hak gaspları, işten çıkarılma, mobbing, iş cinayetleri, iş yerlerinizdeki tüm sorunlar için mesaj atabilirsiniz.
Mehmet Yegin @drmehmetyegin.bsky.social Research Director at ARL | Former SWP & USAK Researcher| Bilkent & UofCincinnati Alumni |Turkey, NATO, American Politics, https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=KxZyXu0AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate, www.youtube.com/@drmehmetyegin
Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social A journal of the International Studies Association (ISA). Publishes cutting-edge research on global security and global aspects of debates in security studies.
Lida Vackova @lidushacheca.bsky.social Human rights practitioner | Global affairs | Turning ideas into action | Capturing the world through a lens
Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social Laurentian Associate Professor of History, St. Lawrence University.
Non-resident scholar, Stockholm University, Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS)
Focused on Turkey and the Middle East.
Unlikely to argue on-line. Blocks dumb, annoying, or noisy.
Jennifer Hattam @jenhattam.bsky.social Freelance journalist in Istanbul covering enviro, social, urban issues + art/culture/food/travel: https://www.jenniferhattam.com
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H. Ege Ozen @leftgeist.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. of Political Science, CUNY CSI, anti-capitalist, marathoner, Olivia’s dad, cancer survivor, free-Palestine 🇵🇸
European Centre for Press and Media Freedom @ecpmf.bsky.social Our mission is to ensure that the truth is always told.
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Natalie Martin @drnataliemartin.bsky.social Ex-BBC, now @NottsPolitics. Democracy and security inc. disordered information in TR, GB and EU. Journalism is NOT a crime. “Her yer Taksim, her yer direniş"
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Mehmet Mars Seven ♞ @mehmetmars7.bsky.social Lecturer @kcl-spe.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Game Theory, Econ & CS, Pol-Econ, Sport
Chess ♟️
Game Theory Corner at Norway Chess
Studied in Istanbul -> Paris -> Bielefeld -> Maastricht
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Riccardo Gasco @riccardogasco.bsky.social Ph.D. Candidate in #IR at Unibo 🇮🇹 | Visiting Research Fellow at Istanbul Policy Center 🇹🇷 | SOAS Alumni 🇬🇧 | FP Program Coordinator at IstanPol | Turkey, FP, Security | gasco66@gmail.com | https://riccardogasco.phd.sh/
Candan Badem @candanbadem.bsky.social Osmanlı, Rusya ve SSCB tarihi doçenti, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi İşletme 1992 mezunu.
https://independentscholar.academia.edu/CandanBadem
Mehmet Ali Gasseloglu @gasseloglu.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Architecture at ITU
Visiting Researcher at TU Delft
Mihra Rittmann @mihrarittmann.bsky.social Senior Central Asia Researcher / Human Rights Watch
Can Candan @cncndn.bsky.social Belgesel Sinemacı/Boğaziçi Akademisyeni/BÜLGBTİ+ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Akademik Danışmanı•Documentary filmmaker/Academic at Boğaziçi U./Faculty advisor of BULGBTİ+ 🚵♂️ Mila'nın insanı/Mila's human 🐕🦺 - Born @ppm 324.62
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Media Defence @mediadefence.bsky.social We provide #legal defence for #journalists under threat for their reporting. We work across 120 countries, wherever the need is greatest. Each year we help 100's of independent journalists and media outlets report freely.
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Sivil Alan @sivilalan.bsky.social http://sivilalan.com, sivil toplumdaki tüm paydaşlar için bir iletişim ve haberleşme platformudur. WhatsApp https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va6dF5j9WtC3qY6jRK1j
Alex MacDonald @alexjaymac.bsky.social Middle East Eye, reporter/commentator. Mainly talk about Iraq, Iran, Israel-Palestine, UK and Turkey. Folk musician. He/him. DM any story tips!
Barış Altıntaş @barisalt.bsky.social Journalist
Umut Eldem @umuteldem.bsky.social Akademisyen / Türkiye Kant Topluluğu / Pratik Felsefe
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buketkara.bsky.social @buketkara.bsky.social Lecturer & mental health researcher on a mission to tackle inequalities. Working with young people, families, schools, VCSEs, local authorities, NHS.
Also, loves playing boardgames and reading feminist science/fantastic fiction.
Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Global Security Challenges https://css.leeds.ac.uk/profiles/harrison-swinhoe/
Co-Host of Insecure: A Security Studies Podcast https://t.co/SMlJtQ6wRS
Review of Democracy @revdem2020.bsky.social The online journal of @ceudeminst.bsky.social, to discuss and develop solutions to the challenges to democracy worldwide. Follow us and stay connected!
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Şiyar Dicle @diclesiyar.bsky.social Freie journalist/ @IFJGlobal
The International Federation of Journalists(IFJ) / Das Netzwerk freie Literaturszene Berlin / Political cinema /Politisches Kino
Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social Istanbul University Faculty of Political Science, professor |
global intellectual history | Marxism | Lukács
Will not follow back anonymous accounts.
https://atesuslu.com/en
World Politics Review @wpr.bsky.social In-depth news and expert analysis on global affairs. Subscribe here: https://wpr.pub/subscribe
Alexander Christie-Miller @achristiemiller.bsky.social Journalist/writer, formerly in Istanbul, now Norfolk. ‘To the City’ (William Collins/Pegasus). All posts have grammar/spelling errors. Retweets usually = endorsements. Opinions not my own unless stated otherwise, and even then probably still not my own.
Zeynep Yanasmayan @zyanasmayan.bsky.social social scientist |(forced) migration | citizenship | legal status | solidarity | Head of Migration Department @DeZIM
Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social Cambridge for Europe is a cross-party, collaborative group campaigning to secure the UK’s place in Europe, and for the UK to rejoin the EU.
Erik O’Barr @erikcharlemagne.bsky.social Columbia Ph.D. // Ottoman and Iranian History // Other Random Stuff
Nick Ashdown @nickashdown.bsky.social Canadian journalist/writer in Brussels writing about Turkey and Europe. New Lines Magazine, LA Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Foreign Policy, Globe & Mail, etc.
Selected clippings: https://nickashdown.weebly.com/selected-published-works
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social Lecturer at SOAS. Studying identity, foreign policy, grand strategy, authoritarianism, resistance. Often through a media lens. Often in/on Turkey.
Marc Edward Hoffman @mehoffman.bsky.social Writer, wit, and bon vivant; scholar manqué; or laconic recluse. Depends on my mood and whom you ask.
Based in Istanbul. Before that Russia, Philly, Hawaii, and more.
History, political economy, food
Buff 'n Blue, Boola Boola
Heiner Salomon @heinersalomon.bsky.social [On Hiatus]
Doctoral researcher at the research cluster for Global Social Policy Dynamics at @unibremen.bsky.social. Interested in quantitative social sciences, social protection, anti-racist and climate activism and cycling (not in that order).
Aysenur Deger @degeraysenur.bsky.social Social Scientist. Comparative Political Behavior. Inequality, Polarization, Persuasion. Surveys and Experiments. Political Science PhD Candidate @MaxwellSU
Ayça Çubukçu @aycacu.bsky.social Author / Associate Professor at LSE Human Rights & LSE Sociology / Co-Editor, Humanity Journal & LSE International Studies Series at Cambridge University Press / Own Views / Rep: DGA Literary Agents
https://www.lse.ac.uk/people/ayca-cubukcu
Jorge García Castaño @jorgegc.eurosky.social Veo las encuestas pasar.
Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social Everything is Connected.
Journalist, novelist, screenwriter. Always looking for stories. LDN, NYC, LA
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social Ukrainian patriot. Advisor to Internal Affairs Minister (2021-2023). Support my team of volunteer translators: http://patreon.com/TwitterAG
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop.
Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.
New podcast: Collateral Damage
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Fabian Schmidt @fabschmidt.bsky.social Political economist // Industrial policy for future // Brussels // Rail ultra
Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) | CEPA’s mission is to ensure a strong and democratic transatlantic alliance for future generations. Media inquiries: press@cepa.org
Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social Prof of Media and Communication at the University of Edinburgh. Based in Politics/IR. Researching #AI, #Journalism and #Public Service Media. Views own. She/Her
Ricardo Gutiérrez @molenews1.bsky.social General Secretary of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the largest journalists' organisation in Europe. Senior lecturer at ULB. Member of the Executive Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).
www.europeanjournalists.org
Shota Hintsagty @hintsagty.bsky.social Interested in religion and nationalism, gender and queer politics, and media and democracy, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. Doctoral researcher at Lund University. https://linktr.ee/hintsagty
Özgür Öğret @ozgurogret.bsky.social Individual. Freelance journalist. Turkey Representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists/CPJ.
Ayla Albayrak @aylushka.bsky.social Journalist; STT news agency in Finland, mostly foreign news. Previously in Istanbul, Turkey with The Wall Street Journal / Yle / Helsingin Sanomat in Istanbul. Third culture kid. Posts in English, Finnish, Turkish
Müge Uğuz @mugeuguz.bsky.social Political Science PhD Student at George Washington University
MA @CEU @BilkentIR
Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social Market Design Economist gone rogue | Director at WAGE & EIC ✨ Social Policy at NYU Paris | One of those academic types who prefers books over people✌🏾Elaine Benes of economics 🙋🏽♀️
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Ben Gidley @bengidley.bsky.social Sociologist, dad, attenuated Jew, nervous anti-fascist, rootless cosmopolitan, drum and bass fan, out of practice salsa dancer, asphalt botaniser, glutton, insomniac, hearing impaired, union member, living in London
Hanife Şahan @hanifesahan.bsky.social 
Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social Researching, teaching & training. Geopolitics, Foresight, Foreign Poliy, MENA & Turkey. Back at @UABBarcelona
Devrim Yavuz @devrimyavuz.bsky.social Sociologist @CUNY @
Lehman College, author of Democracy and Capitalism in Turkey, currently spending savings from quitting smoking on records, films and olive oil
Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social Religion Prof. Islam, South Asia, Middle East. Fascinated by religious actors & movements in modernity. Two books on Islamic da'wa (mission, propagation). Other words in sundry other places. Opinions my own; not speaking for my employer.
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Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social Journalism, media, politics, culture, technology…and other stuff.
Elif @eeeliiif.bsky.social Wine nerd.
📍 Bristol-Bath 🇬🇧
I travel and I sell & talk -a lot- about wine & spirits 🥂
Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social Marc Lynch. GW Professor, POMEPS commander, Brewers fan. The one true Abu Aardvark. AMERICA’S MIDDLE EAST. Find me at https://abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io
Turing Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 @dov.bsky.social tebūna mūs polėkiai kilnūs.
he/him
Paul Kenyon @paulkenyontv.bsky.social BAFTA winning journalist. Author of Dictatorland and Children of the Night. Films for BBC, C4, PBS America. London, Bucharest, Kyiv. Either writing or on a frontline.
Kseniya Oksamytna @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social Reader (Associate Prof), City St Georges, University of London. IOs, international inequalities, international security (including Russia's war against Ukraine), peacekeeping. http://kseniya-oksamytna.com
Turgut Dedeoğlu @turgutdd.bsky.social DİSK Basın İş Sendikası Genel Başkanı
Selahattin Demirtaş @selahattindemirtas.bsky.social Siyasi rehine