Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer for European Politics and History at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement.
Also to be found at @APHClarkson
https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
Jalel Harchaoui @jalel-h.bsky.social Analyst focusing on #Libya security & political economy.
OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social Open Caucasus Media — the Caucasus with depth. News, commentary, and multimedia from the North and South Caucasus.
Zaur Shiriyev @zaurshiriyev.bsky.social Nonresident scholar @carnegieendowment.org Senior Associate Research Fellow at ISPI. Scholar-practitioner on the Caucasus & Türkiye; energy & regional security. Literature & nonfiction enthusiast, no hierarchy.
Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social Senior Fellow at @brookings.edu. Previously Chief Economist at IIF and Chief FX Strategist at Goldman Sachs.
EngelliWeb @engelliweb.com 2008'den beri Türkiye'de erişime engellenen web sitelerini, haber ve sosyal medya içeriklerini takip ediyor ve İnternet sansürünü raporluyoruz.
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MLSA @mlsaturkey.org MLSA is an Istanbul-based organization focusing on free speech. We give pro-bono support to journalists accused on the basis of their profession, monitor free-speech trials and support journalists and the lawyers who protect them through training programs.
Expression Interrupted @exint24.bsky.social İfade ve basın özgürlüğü gelişmelerini takip eder / Fact-based information on freedom of expression cases in Turkey. expressioninterrupted.com/tr
Mert Kartal @mertkartal.bsky.social * Associate Prof. of Political Science, St. Lawrence University
* Transparency International Consultant
* International organization; the European Union; good governance & corruption (control) in Europe, and a bit of Turkey
* 💛💙Fenerbahçe💛💙
Murat Somer @muratsomer.bsky.social Prof. Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler, Istanbul ve Budapeşte: https://faculty.ozyegin.edu.tr/muratsomer/. For posts in English: muratsomer-eng.bsky.social
Gideon Rachman @gideonrachman.bsky.social FT columnist. Also have podcast. Author of three and a half books. Four kids. Two cats. One wife. Numerous friends. Fulham fan.
Karel Valansi, PhD @karelvalansi.bsky.social PhD in International Relations | Researcher | Lecturer | New to Podcasting | Middle East | Security Studies | OSS | Author of “The Crescent Moon and the Magen David”
Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com Researcher and analyst looking at Lebanon, Syria and the wider neighborhood. Senior @cipolicy.bsky.social Fellow. Former @tcfdotorg.bsky.social @crisisgroup.org. "Jamajem" means ☠️.
www.abujamajem.com
Rengin Arslan @renginarslan.bsky.social 
Alican Uludağ @alicanuludag.bsky.social Gazeteci / Yargı Muhabiri
Cagil M. Kasapoglu @cagilkasapoglu.bsky.social Journalist at BBC World Service (and sometimes makes documentaries) Eyes on 🌍and⛵️(Fastnet-bound sailor)
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Burcu Karakas @burcuas.bsky.social Gazeteci - Journalist based in Istanbul
Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social Eastern Mediterranean Energy & Geopolitics | Maker of Soup | PhD, VTSPIA | Husband, Father, Jerusalemite, Veteran (not exclusively in that order) | Substack: https://gabimitchell.substack.com/
Timuçin Köprülü @timucinkoprulu.bsky.social Criminal Lawyer, Expert on USSR, DDR, Occultism, Secret Cults, Iceland history, American Literature, and Vegan Diet. Sherlockian and a huge fan of Vonnegut. Unutmadan PhD. No TV shows btw
Ayça Alemdaroğlu @makrevis.bsky.social sakin sakin... Sociologist | Program on Turkey @ Stanford | MERIP Edcomm | PRIO Global Fellow | 🎾⛵️🚲
Galip Dalay @galipdalay.bsky.social Oxford University, Senior Consulting Fellow @ChathamHouse & NR Senior Fellow @ME_Council
Çınar Livane Özer @cinarozer.bsky.social 
Burcu Baykurt @baykurt.bsky.social media studies, STS, cities, ethnography at UMass Amherst
bbaykurt@umass.edu | https://baykurt.org/ | https://itallhappenedbefore.substack.com/
Ceren Bayar @crnbyr.bsky.social Gazeteci, Parlamento Muhabiri, Gazete Duvar
günsu durak @gunsudrk.bsky.social "suyum ben adımı unutmadım"
Cem Çakmaklı @cemcakmakli.bsky.social Economics Department at Durham University and Koc University
Ethos Economics and Consulting,
formerly at University of Amsterdam
,
ITU MnEng.'02, IEL'97
Barış Altıntaş @barisalt.bsky.social Journalist
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan @kalemli-ozcan.bsky.social Mom, Economist, Professor, Avid reader, Researcher, Writer, Women+Education
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EMRE KIZILKAYA @emrekizilkaya.bsky.social Ph.D. in Media & Communication | '24-'25 Carr-Ryan Center Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School | Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow '19 | IVLP Alumnus | IBM Certified AI Developer https://www.linkedin.com/in/emre-kizilkaya #Media #Humanities #AI #Data #Ethics
Andy Wilks @andywilks61.bsky.social Turkey-based hack. Posting on anything that catches my eye or gets my goat. Views arbitrary
Selin Girit @selingirit.bsky.social Senior Journalist @BBC | Covering Turkey, ME and beyond @BBCWorldService | Previously BBC Turkey Bilingual Correspondent | Instagram: selingirit
@06jank.bsky.social @06jank.bsky.social 
Thomas de Waal @tomdewaal.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe, all things Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Black Sea. Also Russian poetry. 
Rachel Hagan @rachelhagan.bsky.social Award-winning freelance foreign news reporter, broadcaster and producer with a focus on foreign news for BBC World, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times and others.
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) @swp-berlin.org SWP is a Berlin-based research institute advising political decision-makers on foreign and security policy. http://bit.ly/SWP_PrivPol / Netiquette: http://bit.ly/SWP_Net_en
İlker Aytürk @ilkerayturk.bsky.social 
@nebahattanriverdi.bsky.social @nebahattanriverdi.bsky.social Research Analyst Africa and North Africa, Middle East, Turkish Foreign Policy 
Taylan Bilgic @taylanbilgic.bsky.social Bloomberg News editor in Turkey. Opinions are my own, reposts do not mean endorsement. Veteran of Human Wars!
Lara Villalón @laravillalon.bsky.social Periodista | Freelance journalist in Turkey
laramvillalon@gmail.com
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Durrie Bouscaren @durriethekid.bsky.social correspondent for hire, Istanbul
Sound and words @NPR.org, @TheWorld.org
https://www.durriebouscaren.com/
Ezgi Basaran @ezgibasaran.bsky.social Journalist + social scientist. Interested in the politics of the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. From Istanbul, based in Oxford. MPhil, DPhil, Oxon. 
Jonathan Brown @jonathaneebrown.bsky.social Ukraine Deputy Bureau Chief @afpnews.bsky.social
Patrick Sykes @patsykes.bsky.social Energy and Middle East news at Bloomberg in Istanbul.
Views mine. RT ≠ endorsement. psykes5@bloomberg.net
Begüm Başdaş @begumbasdas.bsky.social Regional Researcher @ Amnesty International
Functions better under the Sun 🌞 Based in Berlin. she/her. All views my own.
@reubensilverman.bsky.social @reubensilverman.bsky.social https://reubensilverman.wordpress.com
Hurcan Asli Aksoy @hurcanasliaksoy.bsky.social Head, Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS), German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). Specialized in TurkeyStudies I I Turkey in the MENA&Africa I regional and global order I democratization & autocratization I civil society
Nicole Tung @nicoletung.bsky.social Photographer | Member of @viiphoto
Based in Istanbul
Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social Senior EU climate reporter at POLITICO.
Recovering news editor, former Istanbul correspondent. Brussels-based. She/her. DM for Signal. ✉️ zweise@politico.eu
Kristina Jovanovski @kjovanov.bsky.social Canadian. Journalist. On-Air/Video/ Print/Radio. Berlin-based, covering EMEA, esp. Germany & Turkey. Previously based in #Turkey, #Ukraine, Hungary, London and Toronto. Past newsrooms: CBC, CTV, Sky kjovanov@gmail.com
Samuel Doveri Vesterbye @samueljsdv.bsky.social Director of European Neighbourhood Council | Author of Security Threats along EU’s 🇪🇺 Eastern Flanks (Palgrave: London) | #CentralAsia #Caucasus #Türkiye #MENA | Independence | Danish 🇩🇰🇪🇺 & Italian 🇮🇹🇪🇺|
Kadri Tastan @kadritastan.bsky.social Senior Fellow @gmfus.bsky.social Brussels | Former @CATS_Network - @SWPBerlin | Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, Climate and Energy (EU, Turkey, Mediterranean, Middle East and beyond).
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.
@woutermassink.bsky.social @woutermassink.bsky.social 
Bilge Yabancı—Peace & Justice for Palestine 🇵🇸 @bilgeyabanci.bsky.social PhD in Politics | Ikerbasque Science Foundation | Former Marie Curie Fellow | Former Open Society Fellow | Website: www.bilgeyabanci.com
Omar Kadkoy @omarkadkoy.bsky.social Foreign Policy, Security, and Migration Program Coordinator @heinrichboelltr| Member @GAR_Dernek | IR Alumnus @METU_ODTU | Glory @ManUtd | My views & opinions
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Cihan Tugal @cihantugal.bsky.social Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley
Working on a book on right-wing populism
https://sociology.berkeley.edu/faculty/cihan-tugal
Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social Co-Executive Director, Access Now
Journalist
Bosphorus Observer @yoruk.bsky.social Obsessive ship-spotting by the Bosphorus -.-. .-. .. -- . .- / .. ... / ..- -.- .-. .- .. -. . 50501
Sinan Ulgen @sinanulgen.bsky.social Former Turkish Diplomat, Director of Istanbul based EDAM think tank, senior fellow at Carnegie Europe
The Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association @andottoman.bsky.social OTSA
Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social Historian; Author, NYT Bestseller Strongmen; Publisher, Lucid, a Substack newsletter on authoritarianism and threats to democracy; Film & TV Consultant
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
Ioannis N. Grigoriadis @ingrigoriadis.bsky.social 
Meghan Bodette @meghanbodette.bsky.social Director of Research, Kurdish Peace Institute
Céline Pierre-Magnani @cpm7.bsky.social Journalist - Gazeteci #Ankara #Turkey - @lemondefr / @RFI / @lalibrebe @RTSinfo / @medyascopetv - membre du collectif La Fourmilière
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social Telegraph Senior Foreign Correspondent | Marie Colvin Award Winner | Posts: 🌍🌏🌎🎹🎶🥃🍜🧘🏻♀️| Now: IST Then: TPE PEK HKG TYO NYC DCA HNL
Alper Coşkun @iacoskun.bsky.social Senior Fellow @Carnegie Endowment DC
Adjunct Prof. @Georgetown University
Former diplomat @MFA Türkiye
Nigar Göksel @dibanigar.bsky.social International Crisis Group, Turkey/Cyprus Director.
@crisisgroup
Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social Global affairs columnist @NewYorker.com. Dad. Victoria concordia crescit.
Kenan Cruz Çilli @kenancruzcilli.bsky.social London-based writer & analyst | Interested in history, languages, cultures of Ottoman Empire & Turkey 
Selin Nasi @selinnasi.bsky.social Never judge a book by its cover
Umit Akcay @umitak.bsky.social Political economy of development & growth models | Dependent financialization and central banking | Political economy of new authoritarianisms | Turkey | @ipeberlin.bsky.social | https://www.ipe-berlin.org/en/institute/members/uemit-akcay/
Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social Syria, Middle East politics, and Mediterranean security at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). Associate fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). Occasional freelance writer.
Nimet Kıraç @nimetkirac.bsky.social Journalist covering Turkey and beyond.
Rémi Banet @remibanet.bsky.social Turkey correspondent | Agence France-Presse
Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social @Reuters deputy US foreign policy editor. Eye on State Department. Before: London, Cairo, Dubai & Turkey. @columbiajourn @kocuniversity alum. Personal account.
Gönül Tol @gonultol.bsky.social Director of Middle East Institute's Turkish Program / Author of Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria.
Ulas Bayraktar @ulasbayraktar.bsky.social Kültürhane emektarı/Co-founder
Sosyal bilimler esnaf ve zanatkarı/Social Scientist in Turkey
#KentRasathanesi/#urbanobs
Kent politikaları, yerel yönetimler, müşterekler, kültür politikaları
urban politics, local governments, commons, cultural policies
Nataliya Vasilyeva @nataliyavasilyeva.bsky.social Freelance reporter @nytimes.com Past: Jerusalem and Moscow, ex-Telegraph, AP survivor. Shortlisted for 2024 UK Press Awards Foreign Correspondent of the Year.
Osman Sert @osmansrt.bsky.social PanoramaTR/Ankara Enstitüsü Araştırma Direktörü / Research Director
Karar Daily METU IR’20
Vedat Demir @vedatdemir.bsky.social Prof. Dr.| @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Institut für Publizistik-und Kommunikationswissenschaften
| @humboldt-foundation.de Philipp Schwartz alumnus | @einsteinberlin.bsky.social guest researcher
| Journalism PR Political communication Public diplomacy
Andrés Mourenza @andresmourenza.bsky.social Juntando letras desde 2005. Turquía, Chipre, Grecia, Oriente Próximo, Cáucaso. Autor de "La democracia es un tranvía" (Península) y "Sínora" (La Caja Books)
Seren Selvin Korkmaz @selvinkorkmaz.bsky.social Siyaset Bilimci | Political Analyst & Commentator | Co-founder and Co-director of IstanPol Institute | Mercator-IPC Fellow at Sabancı Uni. | Policy Advisor | Previously at Yale, GMF, Middle East Institute, Stockholm Uni.
https://serenselvinkorkmaz.com
Yıldız Tar @yildiztar.bsky.social Gazeteci/Journalist
George Skafidas @georgioskafidas.bsky.social Journalist, Athens, Greece
Kathimerini.gr
Amynanet.gr
Wilson Dizard @wilsondizard.bsky.social Journalistic Services / Gazetecilik Hizmetleri
Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int Media and comms advisor @ the 46-nation Council of Europe
@coe.int + #ECHR = "The most effective human rights protection mechanism in world history" (Shami Chakrabarti)
🔎 https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-cutting-coe/
⚠️ CoE/ECHR ≠ EU
Erik Meyersson @meyersson.bsky.social Chief Emerging Markets Strategist at SEB. Macro, markets, and geopolitics. Personal account, views are my own.
László Szerencsés @szerlasz.bsky.social Researcher at SUITS in Stockholm ▪️ Former Mercator-IPC Fellow ▪️ PhD from University of Graz ▪️Turkey's foreign policy
Kerem Altıparmak @keremaltiparmak.com Hukukçu
https://www.keremaltiparmak.com/
Wolf Piccoli @wolfpiccoli.bsky.social Director of Research at Teneo's geopolitical advisory service
Politics & economics in the EU/EZ & Turkey
Usual disclaimers apply
British Institute at Ankara @thebiaankara.bsky.social Internationally renowned for conducting world-class research and collaborations in #Türkiye and #BlackSea region in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Peter Cherry @peterjcherry.bsky.social Assistant Director, @thebiaankara.bsky.social |Author&researcher: gender,migration,Turkish&UK literature&culture |Co-presenter Heritage Türkiye podcast |Chair of Adults with Dyscalculia Advisory Board, @dyscalculianetwork.bsky.social |all views my own
Dimitar Bechev @dimitarbechev.bsky.social Director of the Dahrendorf Programme
St Antony's College, Oxford and Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe
Author: Rival Power: Russia in Southeast Europe and Turkey under Erdoğan (Yale)
Sinan Ciddi @sinanciddi.bsky.social Associate Professor, Security Studies Marine Corps University, CSC | Non-Resident Senior Fellow on Turkey @FDD | Adjunct Professor @georgetownsfs
@tashecon.bsky.social @tashecon.bsky.social Economist, geopolitical thinker. I write a lot about Ukraine and Turkey. LUFC.