Faik Kurtulmus @faikkurtulmus.bsky.social Political philosopher at Sabanci University, Istanbul. Working on distributive epistemic justice, political philosophy of science & freedom of expression.
https://philpeople.org/profiles/faik-kurtulmus
Jonathan Baran @jonathanbaran.bsky.social Visual forensics reporter previously @ The Washington Post. Proud dad, humble spouse and decrepit US Army vet.
Signal tips and job leads @jonathanbaran.415
Vedatmilorunkendisi @vedatmilorunken.bsky.social Yemek yiyorum.
Jülide Etem @julideetem.bsky.social Author of Film Diplomacy: A Media History of Turkey-US Relations | Assistant Professor of Media Studies & Director of Film Studies Concentration at the University of Virginia- N Nicole Pope @nicolepope.bsky.social Nonfiction book coach, writer, editor. Former Turkey correspondent. http://nicolepope.com
Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
Candan Badem @candanbadem.bsky.social Osmanlı, Rusya ve SSCB tarihi doçenti, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi İşletme 1992 mezunu.
https://independentscholar.academia.edu/CandanBadem
Dr Dilan_Okcuoglu @dilanokcuoglu.bsky.social Kurdish. UKRI/Marie-Curie Postdoc. Fellow in IR, Sussex University, School of Global Studies; Affiliated w the Center for Global (In)Security Research; https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p648193-dilan-okcuoglu
Basak Bingol Yuce, PhD @basakbingol.bsky.social scholar of humanities, literary translator, ex-journalist ~ teaches international studies
Dr. Claire Morgan @meenakari.bsky.social Jewelry historian. #MaterialCulture. #Decorativearts. #Museums #Mughals #Ottomans. Indophile. Bhagat. Ph.D Political theory; MA Decorative Art & Design History
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
@metonyme.bsky.social @metonyme.bsky.social 
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
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).
JamesInTurkey.com @jamesinturkey.com Turkish politics and elections website. Written by @michaeldaventry.com
Gershon Baskin גרשון בסקין غرشون بسكين @gershonbaskin.bsky.social Political activists across the Israeli-Palestinian divide. Co-Head, Alliance for Two States, Middle East Director, International Communities Organisation
Mohammed Jamjoom @mohammedjamjoom.bsky.social Senior Correspondent, Al Jazeera English
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
Mark Lieberman @marklieberman.bsky.social K-12 school finance reporter for @edweek.org and proud member of @edweekunion.bsky.social.
mlieberman@educationweek.org
Signal: malieberman.25
Arie Amaya-Akkermans @dilmunite.bsky.social My book "On Contemporary Art, Archaeology & Heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean" out 2026. Thinking archaeologically about Mid East, ASEAN, Oceania.
Kenan Cruz Çilli @kenancruzcilli.bsky.social London-based writer & analyst | Interested in history, languages, cultures of Ottoman Empire & Turkey 
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.
Gökçe Şencan @gokcesencan.bsky.social Water and climate policy researcher by day, ponderer & gamer by night.
Posts in English and (mostly) Turkish. This is a personal account and all opinions are my own.
Filippo Cicciù @filippocicciu.bsky.social Italian #journalist based in #Istanbul covering #Turkey #Türkiye #Turchia for #Italy 's leading news agency ANSA and Italian Swiss public broadcaster RSI
Ali Yaycıoğlu @aliyaycioglu.bsky.social Professor of History - Stanford University. Ottoman Empire, Balkans, Mideast & Turkey. Columnist Gazete Oksijen. Draws imaginary cities and landscapes 👉🏽 instagram.com/aliyaycioglu
https://history.stanford.edu/people/ali-yaycioglu
Lizzie Porter @lcmporter.bsky.social Award-winning correspondent based in Turkey for The National newspaper. English, français, العربيّة, فارسى, Türkçe öğreniyorum. I like elegant writing, translation, textiles, and the sea. All views are my own.
Ozan Ozavci @ozanozavci1.bsky.social Historian of security, empires, diplomacy and MENA | Co-convenor of the Lausanne Project | Author of Dangerous Gifts, Oxford 2021 |
https://www.uu.nl/staff/HOOzavci
https://thelausanneproject.com
https://fighting-pandemics.sites.uu.nl
Danny Hajjar @dannyghajjar.bsky.social 🇱🇧
Journalist covering Arabic music
Co-host of the Shik Shak Shook Ones podcast
Bylines: NYTimes, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Spin, NPR, The Grammys, Billboard Arabia, GQ Middle East
https://www.dannyhajjar.com
Umar Farooq @farooqumar.bsky.social Senior journalist at Al Jazeera English. Recovering Foreign Correspondent. Formerly with Bloomberg, ProPublica, Reuters, LA Times.
umar-farooq.com
Kemal Büyükyüksel @kbuyukyuksel.bsky.social Generally, political and social science stuff. Worried about democracy, authoritarianism, inequality, discrimination and civil conflicts. Other than that, whatever I want to write on. Tweets in TR/ENG. Previously at @CEU and @SabanciUniv.
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
Abbie Cheeseman @cheesemanab.bsky.social Middle East for @washingtonpost.com in Beirut. Before: 2024 Stern fellow in DC, freelance Mid East corro/investigative reporter. Previous life at @airwars.bsky.social. Not the one on TikTok. | Signal: abbiecheeseman.58
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)
sammy westfall @sammywestfall.bsky.social 
The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org We're the largest union of journalists and media workers in North America. We've been holding power to account and defending democracy since 1933.
➡️ linktr.ee/newsguild
Zeynep Somer-Topcu @zeynsom.bsky.social Professor of Government at UT-Austin. Research on European politics, parties, elections, and voters. Close follower of everything Turkish, European and American.
Cenk Sidar @cenksidar.bsky.social CEO and Founder of EnquireAI | building an AI+human knowledge network | Istanbulite living in Washington DC | Entrepreneur, Thinker, trying to be a Doer as well
SAIS’07
Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom.bsky.social Middle East correspondent at The Economist.
Hakan Topal @hakantopal.info Art, Politics, and Other Things in Life 🚴
Artist, Engineer, Sociologist (PhD), and Professor of a few things at SUNY Purchase
http://hakantopal.info
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
Carlos Ortega Sánchez @cortegaist.bsky.social Ph.D. | Turkey, politics, religion | SP/EN/TR/AR
📍İstanbul, Türkiye
Jenny White @whitejenny.bsky.social Social anthropologist, novelist. Write about Turkish history, culture, politics, religion, gender, nationalism. Also Ottoman Empire (fiction). Emerita, live in Sweden. Love good literature, nature, science, art. jennywhite.net #Writer
Ümit Kıvanç @umitk.bsky.social documentary filmmaker, author
belgesel sinemacı, yazar
Can Dündar @candundar.bsky.social I Can
Tyler Kynn @seyahatgame.bsky.social Historian of the Ottoman Empire, Game Developer (Seyahat: A Journey to Mecca | The Hajj Trail), Teacher, Assistant Prof @CCSU, PhD @Yale
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3306180/Seyahat_A_Journey_to_Mecca/
www.hajjtrail.com/game
Kareem Fahim @kareemf.bsky.social Middle East reporter
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Niha Masih @nihamasih.bsky.social Journalist, The Washington Post
Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social Global affairs columnist @NewYorker.com. Dad. Victoria concordia crescit.
Washington Post Guild @postguild.bsky.social The union of the The Washington Post.
Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck.bsky.social Award-winning foreign correspondent. Former @washingtonpost.com staff writer. Now: London. Previously: Baghdad, Beirut, Cairo. Email me: louisaloveluck@gmail.com.
Stuart Leavenworth @sleavenworth.bsky.social Journalist, Honolulu Civil Beat | Ex WaPo, LA Times, McClatchy, SacBee, Oliveto Chef Apprentice | Banana Slug | Community Volunteer | Cyclist | Gardener
Elif @elifsozer.bsky.social Aspiring manuscript writer and cooking enthusiast.
phd @ the new school for social research, ba @ bogazici university.
İstanbul
Gonca Tokyol @goncatokyol.bsky.social Freelance journalist based in İstanbul, editor-at-barge
@turkeyrecap | overlok makinesi g.tokyol@gmail.com
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/
Ulas Doga Eralp @ulasdogaeralp.bsky.social human security, peace, war, education
Selim Koru @selimkoru.bsky.social Scholar of political ideas, Nietzsche, Turkey.
@TEPAV
Tweets in English & Turkish.
Words: @nytimes, @WarOnTheRocks, etc.
Substack: https://kulturkampftr.substack.com/
Gülay Türkmen @gulayturkmen.bsky.social Sociologist, researcher, writer, editor, teacher, academic nomad
https://www.gulayturkmen.com/
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
Liz McGehee @buffer21217.bsky.social Retired Washington Post copy editor. Washington Nationals fan (N-A-T-S, Nats, Nats, Nats, Woooo). Webb School of Knoxville, Salem College and College of William & Mary alum. Enjoyer of beer, Batman, the Beatles, Neko Case, Brandi Carlile and indie movies.
Chris Rickett @newscrickett.bsky.social Former remedial English student | Current copy editor | 👟 | he/him/his
Kelly Hevel @kellyhevel.bsky.social Meanderer. Dog whisperer. Culturally curious. Based in Istanbul. Baker of bread so frightening it went viral. Writer: Pangyrus, Hippocampus
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
Ilya Lozovsky @ichbinilya.bsky.social Writer and senior editor at OCCRP. Investigative journalism, democracy, corruption, US politics, Europe and Eurasia. More fun than this profile IRL. Currently in Amsterdam!
Isik Mater @isik5.bsky.social Director of Research @netblocks, #infosec, Internet activist, Developer, OSINT enthusiast, NewsKitten, Nerd, HDR photographer. GPG:0x0EB41110
https://twitter.com/isik5
Yusuf Can @yusufcan.bsky.social Research Associate @ Stimson Center. Formerly @ Wilson Center. All things MENA & Turkey. Alum @ Georgetown Uni. Views my own. ycan@stimson.org
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
@btken.bsky.social @btken.bsky.social 
Geoffrey Claussen @geoffclaussen.bsky.social Religious Studies/Jewish Studies Professor at Elon University. Author: Modern Musar: Contested Virtues in Jewish Thought • Jewish Ethics: The Basics • Sharing the Burden: Rabbi Simhah Zissel Ziv and the Path of Musar
Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social Human rights expert. Global authoritarianism, transnational repression, Turkey and Eurasia, academic freedom. Entirely personal account.
Euroopan rajalla? @euroopanrajalla.bsky.social #Turkey & neighbouring regions, human rights, politics, political violence | #HJK & Finnish football | Dogs | Tea, not coffee | EN, FI, TR.
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
Nicholas Danforth @nicholasdanfort.bsky.social 
Turkey recap @turkeyrecap.bsky.social The independent, reader-supported newsletter on Turkish politics & business. Pun-tification included. Türkçe için: @studyorecap.bsky.social
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)
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
Robyn Eckhardt @robyneckhardt.bsky.social Former food journalist with past lives in Asia and Italy. Author, “Istanbul & Beyond”, about Turkey’s lesser known eastern cuisines. Dogs/cats/nature. The Pacific Northwest is best. 🌧️
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
Barbara Bogosian @barbarab4.bsky.social Armenian granddaughter of genocide survivors. Old. Queer. Gardener. Socialist. Chicago.
Tucker Jones @tuckerjones.bsky.social Formerly in international development and in local government. Soon studying Eastern European Studies at LMU in Munich. Following news from Europe and especially the Balkans in German, BCMS, Turkish, English.
Tabitha H. Sanders @thistabithahope.bsky.social based in Amman • posting about south Syria/Middle East/Russia • War Studies & RHUL alum • she/her • all views my own
Esin @esiee.bsky.social 🇹🇷🇺🇸 in 🇨🇭 also goes by Sheikha Esin bint Kemal al Lafayettiyya al Ankarawiyya. Commentary/rants on #Syria #Lebanon #MENA #Turkey #US
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
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.
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/ 
Kenan Behzat Sharpe @kenansharpe.bsky.social @keymanmts.bsky.social / Assistant Professor at Sabancı University 🌆 / book on Anatolian Rock in progress 🎸 / sometimes journalist 📝 / tweets on art & culture in Turkey 🎶
Amberin Zaman @amberinzaman.bsky.social Chief Correspondent Al Monitor
Carpetblogger @carpetblogger1.bsky.social Not my circus, not my monkeys.
🇺🇦 Ï
In Nice, FR
carpetblogger.substack.com
Ingrid Woudwijk @ingridwoudwijk.bsky.social 📰📻📸 freelance journalist in Istanbul for @trouw.nl and others
Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social Prof of Middle East Politics at NYU Abu Dhabi. Tunisia, Turkey, Gulf. PhD St Antony's College, Oxford. Rhodes, Fulbright, Harvard WCFIA.
Religion & democracy. Tango & bizarre travel enthusiast. Perpetually craving Istanbul. Words in NYT, WaPo, TIME & more
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
Yaman Akdeniz @cyber-rights.org Academic, cyber-rights activist, and trouble-maker :) AYM tescilli "kamu gözcüsü" 
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/
Hasan @hasans.bsky.social Mainly posting on Turkey & Middle East. Interested in regional politics, power struggles, history & technology.
Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social About Turkey, random musing and my readings. Latvian previously in Turkey, now trotting around Brussels. Working on EU enlargement. ASU, LSE, St Andrews alumna. Views strictly mine!