Clément Plaisant @cplaisant.bsky.social International Relations | Diplomacy | Turkey-Syria | Et un peu d'@OL. Personal views here
Sedat Kapanoğlu @ssg.dev coder · author: @streetcoder.org · founder: @eksisozluk.com · ex-microsoft windows engineer · oldschool demoscener · guitar hobbyist · wannabe illustrator · relentless gamer · https://github.com/ssg · https://ssg.dev
📍SF bay area
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
Benjamin Thomas @benjthomas.bsky.social Political Ideologies, 20th Century Centre-Right, Neoliberalisms, Thought in Political Parties of UK & DE, Transnational discourses and the conjuncture
benjaminjthomas.net
Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com Political scientist and author of How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive. Hosting The Next Best, a politics podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@DrMarcelDirsus
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
Ata Armağan @ataarmagan.bsky.social Research Assistant & Writer at Kültürkampf. Bachelor's student of Sociology at Boğaziçi University. Writes on politics and anything it entails.
Arife Kose @arifekose.bsky.social PhD. Visiting Research Fellow at the University of East Anglia-UK. Interested in the investigation of different political forms, political theory of authoritarianism, democratic political theory, rhetoric and political speech.
Phil Dorroll @phildorroll.bsky.social Religious Studies professor in South Carolina; research on Islamic and Orthodox Christian theology in Turkish and Arabic; supports 🇺🇦
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/
Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social marketing professor @ESSEC, ex-Turkey, UK, USA. Sport / politics / digital transformation / countering disinformation / “unsung hero of BlueSky” / 🐶
Western suburbs of Paris
Illiberalism Studies Program @illsp.bsky.social Illiberalism Studies Program at @ieres-gwu.bsky.social at GW. Studying the different faces of illiberal politics and thought in today’s world
Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of GW University
Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social Co-Executive Director, Access Now
Journalist
Erik Meyersson @meyersson.bsky.social Chief Emerging Markets Strategist at SEB. Macro, markets, and geopolitics. Personal account, views are my own.
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Rik Worth 👻 @rikworth.bsky.social Author of…
📚Pets Tell Tales Series 🐈⬛📜
📚Eisner-nom’d HOCUS POCUS👻🔮
Comics oik. Sci Comm.
Working class. Union man.
Servant of the secret flame.
Jordan Collver @jordancollver.bsky.social Eisner-nominated comic artist with a science communication MSc. Posting about HUMAN ART / comics / illustration / science / nature / history. www.jordancollver.com
Books:
PETS TELL TALES - https://shorturl.at/Ydbqk
HOCUS POCUS - https://shorturl.at/nYyXd
Marga Zambrana @zambranamar.bsky.social Periodista, ahora en Turquía y Oriente Medio, antes en China
https://www.elespanol.com/autor/marga-zambrana/
World Inequality Lab @wid.world Illuminating the debate through data-driven research #inequalitydata✨
Hosting the World Inequality Database🌐 https://wid.world/
https://inequalitylab.world/en/
Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social Professor at EHESS & PSE
Co-Director, World Inequality Lab
inequalitylab.world | WID.world
http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/
Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social Contributing Editor at Monocle, host of Monocle Radio's The Foreign Desk and The Daily. Author of four scandalously under-rated books.
@reubensilverman.bsky.social @reubensilverman.bsky.social https://reubensilverman.wordpress.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
Sam Hirst @samueljhirst.bsky.social Historian. Bilkent University, Department of International Relations.
https://www.samueljhirst.com
Jeff Mankoff @drjmankoff.bsky.social Scholar and analyst of Russia and Eurasia at NDU and CSIS. Author of Empires of Eurasia: How Imperial Legacies Shape International Security (Yale, 2022) and Russian Foreign Policy: The Return of Great Power Politics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2012).
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Andrew FInkel @andrewfinkel.bsky.social Journalist, co-founder of P24, author of The Adventure of the Second Wife
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" 
Barry Stocker 🇺🇦🇹🇼 @barrystocker.bsky.social I back Ukraine & Taiwan. British 🇬🇧 philosopher based in Istanbul🇹🇷, working at universities here for many years. Author of the monographs: *Derrida on Deconstruction (Routledge)*, *Kierkegaard on Politics* (Palgrave), Philosophy of the Novel* (Palgra
Sam Harshbarger @samharshbarger.bsky.social Writer and researcher interested in the history and politics of Eurasia.
Ruşen Çakır @rusencakir.bsky.social Gazeteci-Journalist
medyascope.tv
rusencakir.com
Alexander Thatcher @alexthat.bsky.social American working on the Caucasus and Turkey, focusing on Armenian and Circassian issues. Yaratılışta bilgim olmadan var olan ne varsa rızam olmaksızın var.
Jan Michael Marchart @janmichaelmarchart.bsky.social Journalist at DER STANDARD
focus on terrorism, extremism, internal security and organized crime.
Sinan Ulgen @sinanulgen.bsky.social Former Turkish Diplomat, Director of Istanbul based EDAM think tank, senior fellow at Carnegie Europe
Andy Wilks @andywilks61.bsky.social Turkey-based hack. Posting on anything that catches my eye or gets my goat. Views arbitrary
Nigar Göksel @dibanigar.bsky.social International Crisis Group, Turkey/Cyprus Director.
@crisisgroup
Mert Esen @histoliart.bsky.social Istanbul Bilgi University,
Sociology/Communication
RT, FAV≠Endorsement
Critical Thinking
https://polletika.com
Behlül Özkan @behlulozkan.bsky.social Cold War
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara. Historian of migration, refugees, Middle East, Caucasus. Author of Empire of Refugees (Stanford UP, 2024)
Raziye Akkoç @razakkoc.bsky.social EU tech, trade & competition correspondent for AFP news agency via London, Ankara and Paris. Have I mentioned Turkey yet?
Nesi Altaras @nesialtaras.bsky.social Stanford phd in ottoman jewish history. diaspora montrealer. istanbul jew. Me karisheo en meseles. Eskriviendo bazen en djudio and eng, ve turkce
he/him/ijiko
Diken Gazetesi @diken.com.tr Yaramazlara biraz batar!
Jan Vömel @janvoemel.bsky.social Historian | contemporary Turkey & Indonesia | Global History, intellectual & cultural history, Islamism & revivalism | researching civilizational worldmaking in 🇹🇷 & 🇮🇩 @DÉCRIPT / Inalco, Paris
PDFs of my articles:
https://inalco.academia.edu/JanVomel
Özgür Öğret @ozgurogret.bsky.social Individual. Freelance journalist. Turkey Representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists/CPJ.
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/
Gülay Türkmen @gulayturkmen.bsky.social Sociologist, researcher, writer, editor, teacher, academic nomad
https://www.gulayturkmen.com/
Zeyno Ustun @zeynoustun.bsky.social Assistant Prof of Sociology and Digital Media& Film @StLawrenceUniversity
Sibel Sebüktekin @sibelsebuktekin.bsky.social 🇳🇱 Founder RB&W || Public Safety & Security ||Openbare Orde & Veiligheid|| Defending Social Democracy & Justice
RTs & Likes are not endorsement
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
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
Euroopan rajalla? @euroopanrajalla.bsky.social #Turkey & neighbouring regions, human rights, politics, political violence | #HJK & Finnish football | Dogs | Tea, not coffee | EN, FI, TR.
Capulcu Tonella @capulcutonella.bsky.social I love humanity. I hate people. Fuck the patriarchy.
Mutlu Civiroglu @mutludc.bsky.social Kurdish Affairs Analyst | Tracking #SDF #Afrin #Kobane #Rojava #Yazidi #KRG #Turkey #Syria #Iran | #PressFreedom | Your Gateway to the Kurds 🌍
JamesInTurkey.com @jamesinturkey.com Turkish politics and elections website. Written by @michaeldaventry.com
Begum Zorlu @begumzorlu.bsky.social Interested in contentious politics, gender and the dynamics of solidarity. Based at the Department of International Politics at City, St. George's University of London.
Axel Bertamini-Corluyan @axelcorlu.bsky.social Scholar, historian, analyst, editor.
Many things to many people.
audentes fortuna iuvat
Steven A. Cook @stevenacook.bsky.social Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Views are my own. 
Can Okar @canokar.bsky.social Who knows what I’ll write about here but maybe less Turkish politics? Or maybe more…
Gürkan Özturan @obefintlig.bsky.social ⭕ Digital Democratic Transformation
Digital Rights
📰 @ecpmf.bsky.social Media Freedom Monitoring Officer
✒️ @freedomhouse.bsky.social Freedom on the Net rapporteur
🇹🇷 🇪🇺 Turkey-Europe Foundation board member
✍ Opinions are personal...
🇩🇪Leipzig�
Onur Özgöde @ummodern.bsky.social Economic sociologist working on governance & techno-politics | Writing book on systemic risk & the Fed for MIT Press
Assistant Professor of Public Policy @ Bilkent Political Science
Columbia Soc Alum | Former Senior Fellow @ Harvard STS
Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social Professor of Middle East and Islamic Studies @Rutgers Newark History | Ottoman Empire, Balkans, migration. Author: The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe: https://sup.org/books/title/?id=33140
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
Didem Türkoğlu @didem-turkoglu.bsky.social Sociologist. Political Sociology/ Social Movements. 
Dr. Elif Sari Genc @elifsarigenc.bsky.social Visiting Scholar at the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, Stanford University—Studies Elections, Parties, Representation, Identities & Autocratization in Turkey, Europe & MENA.
Femicide is political.
#istanbulsözleşmesiyaşatır
Hetav Rojan @hetavrojan.bsky.social Lecturer of Int’nat’l Security at University College Copenhagen. Guest analyst @diis.dk.
• Tracking how armed groups govern & manage political violence.
• Training practitioners in the security sector.
Priors: @ECFR.eu, Deloitte
Avlaremoz @avlaremoz.bsky.social Temelde antisemitizme ve her türlü ayrımcılığa karşı, Türkiye'de azınlıklar ve tüm dünyada Yahudilerle ilgili çoksesli haber ve fikir platformu
https://www.avlaremoz.com/
@nebahattanriverdi.bsky.social @nebahattanriverdi.bsky.social Research Analyst Africa and North Africa, Middle East, Turkish Foreign Policy 
Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social Ukraine correspondent. British-Lebanese conflict journalist & filmmaker. Director of The Battle For Kyiv. Interested in human rights. RTs ≠ endorsement.
https://ko-fi.com/ozkaterji
bianet @bianet.org Bağımsız İletişim Ağı resmi hesabıdır.
bianet English: @bianet-eng.bsky.social
bianet Kurdî: @bianet-kurdi.bsky.social
bianet.org
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
Can Dündar @candundar.bsky.social I Can
Yaman Akdeniz @cyber-rights.org Academic, cyber-rights activist, and trouble-maker :) AYM tescilli "kamu gözcüsü" 
Aykut Öztürk @aykutozturk.bsky.social Political scientist at the University of Glasgow. Studies comparative political behavior, democracy and authoritarianism, Turkish politics, online survey methods.
https://aozturk.net
Ingrid Woudwijk @ingridwoudwijk.bsky.social 📰📻📸 freelance journalist in Istanbul for @trouw.nl and others
Ebru Erdem 🧿 @eerdem.bsky.social Political science, education research, Turkish politics and cats. 
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
Jared Malsin @jmalsin.bsky.social WSJ journalist based in Istanbul. Former Middle East bureau chief for TIME. Turning and turning in the widening gyre.
https://www.wsj.com/news/author/jared-malsin
Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social Professor.
Author of Talking Back to the West.
ICA & NCA Best Book Award recipient.
Dağhan Irak @daghanirak.com Çok eskiden düşlerde gülerdi, şimdi onun da geçmişi var...
Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social Just thinking out loud.
Evrensel Gazetesi @evrensel.net 7 Haziran 1995'ten beri emeğin sesi, gerçeğin habercisi
#EvrenselSeninleGüçlü...
Oku okut, e-gazeteye abone ol!
https://abone.evrensel.net/
Mavrody, Ника @mavrody.bsky.social “The Sixth Sense” (M. Night Shyamalan Harris) & “Bright Room Called Day” (Kushner, Tony) #sifi
Brian Michael Bendis @brianmbendis.bsky.social Comics Creator/ Special thanks Jinxworld.com @darkhorse.com
#Phenomena @abramscomicarts.bsky.social
Co-creator #MilesMorales #IronHeart #JessicaJones #Powers #Jinx #Masterpiece #Murderinc. #Pearl #TheOnes jinxworld.com
Rep: Jim Ehrich of RBEL
Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social Comics as thinking. Eisner winner. Unflattening from HarvardUP (http://bit.ly/1vENIO7). Former Detroiter/NYer/YYC/now assoc prof SFSU-Comics Studies!
https://spinweaveandcut.com/
Tags #comics
#Unflattening #Nostos
Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social Author, musician. Co-founder and co-host of the Stadio football podcast. musaokwonga.com
Ayse Cavdar @aysecavdar.bsky.social “We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
- James Baldwin
Daniel Siemens @danielsiemens.bsky.social Professor of European History at Newcastle University | Private account | EN/DE
Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social Professor of Russian Politics, King's College London. Political sociologist. Progressive. Co-author, Putin v the People. 🇬🇧/🇺🇸
Michael Brill @michaelpbrill.bsky.social PhD candidate in Near Eastern Studies @princeton.edu | Faculty Specialist @umdpublicpolicy.bsky.social | Analyst for Red Sea Futures | Former Non-Resident Fellow at Institute for Future Conflict & @wilsoncenter.org
Evren Balta @evreki.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Özyeğin University, Turkey; specializing in global order, citizenship, populism and conflict. Visiting Scholar at Harvard's Weatherhead Center.
Gonca Tokyol @goncatokyol.bsky.social Freelance journalist based in İstanbul, editor-at-barge
@turkeyrecap | overlok makinesi g.tokyol@gmail.com
Claire Berlinski @claireberlinski.bsky.social Elite creds. Interesting jobs. Writes books. Good-looking. If you like my feed, you'll love the Cosmopolitan Globalist: http://claireberlinski.substack.com
scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social Understands comics… mostly… Now on sale: THE CARTOONISTS CLUB, co-created with the legendary Raina Telgemeier! https://bit.ly/CartoonistClub And I'm also working on a massive book about visual communication; learn more at scottmccloud.com.
Onur Isci @onurisci.bsky.social Historian. Boğaziçi University.
Maximilian Hess @maxhess.bsky.social Founder - Enmetena Advisory, Fellow @FPRI & @IISS_org. Eurasia, political economy, sanctions, international affairs, debt & sovereignty.
Buy my book Economic War: Ukraine & The Global Conflict Between Russia & The West:
https://linktr.ee/EconomicWar
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
Meduza in English @meduza.io Breaking news in Russia, investigative reports, interviews, and opinions. In English. You’re welcome. https://meduza.io/en