OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social Open Caucasus Media — the Caucasus with depth. News, commentary, and multimedia from the North and South Caucasus.
Zeyyat Bandeoğlu @zeyyatbandeoglu.bsky.social Academic in Security Studies | PhD in National and International Security Strategies (Turkish War Colleges) | MA in European Studies (UBC) | BA in Public Administration (Istanbul University, Turkey) | Diyarbakır native & Galatasaray Fan.
Ege🇵🇸 @tongaege.bsky.social Gazeteci/Journalist
Bogazici University&Université de Bordeaux
Member of IFJ
Louis Fishman لوي فيشمان לואי פישמן @istanbultelaviv.bsky.social Associate Prof Brooklyn College; Jews and Palestinians in the late Ottoman era: Turkish, Israeli/Palestinian affairs; working on a book focusing on a post-Oct 7 historical narrative of Palestine/Israel. Haaretz and more; Website: https://louisfishman.com/
Chatham House Africa @africaprog.bsky.social @chathamhouse.org’s Africa Programme is a world-leading centre for independent policy research on African politics.
Website🔗: chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments/africa-programme
Podcast🎙️: soundcloud.com/chathamhouse/sets/africa-aware
Claire Sadar @clairesadar.bsky.social Reading/Writing
Boston/Turkey
Religion/Society
Science/Journalism
ClaireSadar.com / ksj.mit.edu
Laure Bretton @laurebretton.bsky.social #TeamLibé
Blandine Lvgn @blandlvgn.bsky.social Journaliste reporter. Ex-correspondante Géorgie/Arménie @liberation.fr. Désormais entre @france3 et les routes du Sud-Caucase. Membre du @collectifsources.bsky.social
Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social Political Violence • Sahel Politics • Editorial Board of afriquexxi.info • Libération (Chroniques du Sahel) https://www.liberation.fr/auteur/yvan-guichaoua/ • Public appearances and interventions in media: https://bit.ly/2J4mT5I • FR & ENG
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.
CHP @herkesicinchp.bsky.social Türkiye’nin Birinci Partisi
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
Sarya Toprak @saryatoprak.bsky.social BirGün Gazetesi/ saryatoprak@birgun.net
Jonathan Spicer @jonathanspicer.bsky.social Journalist and Reuters bureau chief in Turkey. Native of Canada. 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)
Gallia Lindenstrauss @glindenstrauss.bsky.social Following #Turkey #Azerbaijan #Kurds #Greece #Cyprus and their relations with #Israel
posts are my own and represent only my opinion
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”
Nicolas Gastineau @nicolasgast.bsky.social Journaliste à Revue21 (https://revue21.fr/)
ngastineau@revue21.fr
Wolf Piccoli @wolfpiccoli.bsky.social Director of Research at Teneo's geopolitical advisory service
Politics & economics in the EU/EZ & Turkey
Usual disclaimers apply
David Cogan @davidcoganbooks.bsky.social Writer | Forthcoming biography of Sindika Dokolo, Franco-Danish-Congolese businessman, art collector & aspiring politician
https://davidcoganauthor.mailerpage.io/
Piero Castellano 🇪🇺 @pierocastellano.com He/him
Photojournalist, biker, reader, writer: street photography, heritage, rights and struggle for them. Food&wine and their history. Italy, Mediterranean, Europe. 🧿
https://linktr.ee/PieroCastellano
Euroopan rajalla? @euroopanrajalla.bsky.social #Turkey & neighbouring regions, human rights, politics, political violence | #HJK & Finnish football | Dogs | Tea, not coffee | EN, FI, TR.
Jerome Drevon @jeromed.bsky.social Associate at Graduate Institute Geneva. Interested in armed groups. Books on Jihad in Egypt and Syria (openaccess). Last book on HTS's rise to power in Syria, Transformed by the People
Senem Aydın-Düzgit @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social Professor of International Relations, Sabanci University; Director, Istanbul Policy Center; Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute for European Policy Making at Bocconi University
Necati Mert Gümüş @alterpolitik.bsky.social MD, SciencesPo Lyon
PhDs, political science, Aix-Marseille University,
Lecturer, SciencesPo Grenoble
Turkish and French politics, Political participation, Democracy.
Fight : Biz Yurttaşlar, Yerel Reform Girişimi
Daniel Thorpe @daniel-b-thorpe.bsky.social Journalist based in Istanbul
Mohanad Hage Ali @mohanad.bsky.social MENA politics
Zeynep Ertugrul @zepertug.bsky.social SSC Postdoctoral Fellow - Columbia University
Intellectuals, propagandists - early republican Turkey
Jack Hewson @jackhewson.com Al Jazeera English Correspondent reporting from Iraq | Past lives in: Ukraine, Africa, South-East Asia | RTS '26 | DuPont '23 | http://jackhewson.com/showreel
James Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social Executive Director, Middle East Research and Information Project (www.merip.org | @merip.bsky.social). Adjuncting at Rowan University. Historian interested in Turkey, Prodigal Son of Philadelphia. Usual caveats.
Joshua Kirby @joshualeokirby.bsky.social Journalist with Dow Jones and the WSJ. Barcelona-based, previously in Paris, Jakarta
Sam Harshbarger @samharshbarger.bsky.social Writer and researcher interested in the history and politics of Eurasia.
Liz Cookman @lizcookman.bsky.social 🖋️Correspondent: Ukraine, Turkey, Middle East
📍 Kyiv and Istanbul
🏆Best Print & Best Specialist Journalist, Freelance Journalism Awards 2024
🏆Amnesty Gaby Rado award 2023
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Bosphorus Observer @yoruk.bsky.social Obsessive ship-spotting by the Bosphorus -.-. .-. .. -- . .- / .. ... / ..- -.- .-. .- .. -. . 50501
Beril Eski @berileski.bsky.social Journalist from Istanbul, currently Goren fellow at NYU. Words in @washingtonpost @nytimes and others.
PGP: 33F8 FC29 D6AA 984C 03F5 FA26 6473 1BD4 5401 8332
Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social Human rights expert. Global authoritarianism, transnational repression, Turkey and Eurasia, academic freedom. Entirely personal account.
Ghazal Golshiri @ghazalgolshiri.bsky.social Journalist at Le Monde. Eyes on the Middle East. From #Ekbatan #Tehran
Jean-Noël Barrot @jnbarrot.bsky.social Ministre de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères 🇫🇷
Paul Gogo @paugog.bsky.social Journaliste basé à Moscou. Ex corres en Ukraine.
Correspondant Ouest-France, la Libre Belgique, BFM... en Russie.
"Moscou parano" aux éditions du Rocher le 11 mars
paulgogo2@gmail.com
Jeune Afrique @jeuneafrique.com Pour suivre toute l'info en #Afrique : un mensuel, un site web, des applis mobiles et désormais un compte Bluesky !
Rendez-vous sur notre site : jeuneafrique.com
Claire Bargeles @clairebargel.bsky.social Landaise en vadrouille mais n'a pas perdu de vue l'océan. Journaliste à #Johannesbourg notamment pour @RFI, et garde un œil sur la douce #Gambie.
Marie Boëton @marieboeton.bsky.social Grand reporter @LaCroix
Chronique "Regarde le monde" @FranceInter
Membre de la Commission des droits de l'homme @CNCDH
Chroniqueuse aux Midis @FranceCulture
Berk Esen @berkesen.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science & Doçent @ Sabancı University, PhD @Cornell'15 #Turkish politics #populism #democratic backsliding
Roj Girasun @rojgirasun.bsky.social Rawest Araştırma Direktörü||Araştırmacı
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
Durrie Bouscaren @durriethekid.bsky.social correspondent for hire, Istanbul
Sound and words @NPR.org, @TheWorld.org
https://www.durriebouscaren.com/
Deniz Ünal @denizunalcepii.bsky.social Économiste au CEPII
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
Alex Sakalis @alexsakalis.bsky.social Writer. Words in BBC, The Guardian, Daily Beast, New York Times
https://www.instagram.com/sakalisalex/
Tuba Torun @tubatorun.bsky.social Biz burada adalet kovalıyoruz sinyorita!
basel @kanirbasel.bsky.social kuru fasulyeli pilav severim
AZGIN ÇOĞUNLUK
@06jank.bsky.social @06jank.bsky.social 
Stüdyo recap @studyorecap.bsky.social Stüdyo recap, bağımsız ve okuyucu destekli bir haber platformudur.
Türkiye siyasetine ilişkin özgün içerikler için bizi takip edin!
www.studyorecap.com
Kayhan Ayhan @kayhanayhan.bsky.social Gazeteci
BirGün
kayhanayhan@birgun.net
Revue21 @revue21.fr Le média de l'investigation et du grand reportage.
Sur Revue21.fr, en librairie, en kiosque et sur abonnement.
Ragıp Soylu @ragipsoylu.bsky.social Journalist
Julien Cecillon @cecillonjulien.bsky.social French diplomat Ankara'da 🇫🇷🇪🇺🇹🇷 previously in BXL. Neighbourhoods from all kind. From Montpellier
Bradley Secker @bradleysecker.bsky.social Photojournalist & portrait photographer in Istanbul. Brit. Covering migration & LGBT rights, politics, culture, news & features. Nat Geo Explorer. Rep by Panos Pictures. bradleysecker.substack.com / bradleysecker.com
François Chagnaud @handle.invalid en ondes @radiofrance.fr | derrière @backseat-fr.bsky.social + EuroGuessr @artefr.bsky.social | en podcast : Rédemptions | avant à (feu) France Bleu et @afpfr.bsky.social | politique+addictions
https://linktr.ee/francoischagnaudradio
bianet English @bianet-eng.bsky.social Independent Communication Network delivers rights-focused news coverage from Turkey.
Türkçe: @bianet.org Kurdî: @bianet-kurdi.bsky.social
https://bianet.org/english
bianet @bianet.org Bağımsız İletişim Ağı resmi hesabıdır.
bianet English: @bianet-eng.bsky.social
bianet Kurdî: @bianet-kurdi.bsky.social
bianet.org
medyascope @medyascope.tv Doğru haber. Derin analiz.
Bağımsız ve nitelikli gazeteciliğe destek olun:
http://patreon.com/medyascopetv
Claudia Liebelt @claulie.bsky.social Social anthropologist @FU_Berlin, member of @queer_anthro, sensory ethnographer, Berliner by choice
Ruth Michaelson @ruthmichaelson.com Observer Middle East correspondent based in Turkey.
Bylines @theobserveruk.bsky.social & seen in @theguardian.com, sometimes others.
ruth.michaelson@observer.co.uk
ruth.michaelson@guardian.co.uk
ruth@ruthmichaelson.com
www.ruthmichaelson.com
William Armstrong @williamarmstrong.bsky.social Istanbul-based with BBC Monitoring. Founder, presenter, hype-man with Turkey Book Talk (@turkeybooktalk.bsky.social). I have no views.
https://turkeybooktalk.com
https://turkeybooktalk.substack.com/
Kilian Vivien @kilianvivien.bsky.social French Diplomat in Ankara 🇫🇷🇹🇷
Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social Writer & Political Commentator | Making ground-level documentaries on the people, movements and events reshaping Britain & beyond.
Who are Britain’s new far right? Watch our first film 👇
https://youtu.be/ii7UIibLYW4?si=mWxs14s8Ol1T1dMN
Yavuz Baydar @yavuzbaydar.bsky.social Journalist. Podcaster. Blogger. Author.
https://yavuzbaydar.substack.com (Eng)
https://yavuzlamola.substack.com (TR)
Music broadcaster. Movie buff. Social Media Influencer.
Knight-Wallace and Shorenstein Fellow.
2014 European Press Prize Laureate.
Gülay Türkmen @gulayturkmen.bsky.social Sociologist, researcher, writer, editor, teacher, academic nomad
https://www.gulayturkmen.com/
Célia Faure🍉 @celiafre.bsky.social Human rights & humanitarian advocate.
Currently in Afghanistan
Eyes on 🇺🇦
Arthur Sarradin | آرثر سري الدين @arthursarradin.bsky.social Journaliste 🇱🇧 Correspondant Proche-Orient de @Liberation.fr, @RadioFrance.fr, TF1-LCI, Paris Match, Radio-Canada
📻✍️📺 Documente Liban et
révolutions.
📰 Ex-coordinateur du magazine 6mois
📽️ Documentaires Arte & LCP
Juliette Delage @juliettedelage.bsky.social Journaliste Libération | membre de la Presse judiciaire | j.delage@liberation.fr
Christophe Bourdoiseau @cbourdoiseau.bsky.social Correspondant de @liberation.fr à Berlin
Célian Macé @celianmace.bsky.social Journaliste à Libération
Sonia Delesalle-Stolper @soniastolper.bsky.social Chief foreign editor, cheffe du service international à Libération @libe Entre Paris et Londres
Anaïs Moran @anaismoran.bsky.social Journaliste @liberation.fr
Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Politics, Illinois State University, autocratization, religion, social movements & mobilization. Turkey, Israel. Istanbulite, Normalite. Anti-fascist. He/him.
Siyaset Bilimi. Akademisyen. İnsan. Baba.
Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social Researcher at SOAS • Autocratisation and Militarisation • Turkey • Iran • Brazil • Author of "Guardianship and Democracy in Iran and Turkey" (EUP 2024) • https://www.karabekir.net/ 
Jennifer Hattam @jenhattam.bsky.social Freelance journalist in Istanbul covering enviro, social, urban issues + art/culture/food/travel: https://www.jenniferhattam.com
(You may know me as TheTurkishLife on Twitter)
Subscribe to my arts+culture newsletter: https://istanbuletcetera.substack.com
Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social Damascus-based New Yorker obsessed with Cape Breton (and Syria)
Author of This Week in Northern Syria newsletter, regular open sourced updates on northern Aleppo and SDF-controlled eastern Syria:
https://akmckeever.substack.com
Sonia Chabane (she/her)| سنية @soniachabane.bsky.social Doctoral researcher, ULB & ex Brown Fellow | 🔎 humanitarian organisations in the Anthropo/Ecocene, disaster management | 👀 on Turkey, the Mashreq, Maghreb & EU-Med | obvious nerd ~ sci/cli-fi for better futures
now 📍 Brussels, 💚 in Istanbul & Beirut
Elcin Poyrazlar @elcinpoyrazlar.bsky.social Novelist-Journalist
BirGün Gazetesi @birgun.net BirGün Gazetesi resmi Bluesky hesabı.
BirGün'ü takip edin: instagram.com/birgungazetesi • facebook.com/birgungazetesi • youtube.com/c/birgunmedya • https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VajDhFbCnA7vwSF8Jv32 • twitter.com/BirGun_Gazetesi
Ekonomim.com @ekonomimcom.bsky.social İlkeli ve bağımsız gazeteciliğin gururu ile Türkiye'ye ekonomiyi sunuyoruz ekonomim.com
Jérôme Godefroy @godefroy.bsky.social Ancien speaker à la TSF.
Journaliste depuis 1978.
Boomer but not doomer. 
Le Figaro @lefigaro.fr La culture de la liberté depuis 1826
Société du secteur des médias et de l'actualité.
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Benjamin Roger @benjaminroger.bsky.social Journaliste @lemonde.fr - Service Afrique @lemondeafrique.bsky.social
Nicolas Bourcier @nicolasbourcier.bsky.social Le Monde, correspondant/muhabir @ Istanbul. German-born, France-raised, auteur, ex corr. @ Rio de Janeiro, dernier ouvrage paru "Les Amazoniens en sursis" aux Editions HD. Proverbe turc : "qui se brûle avec le lait, souffle sur le yaourt"