Marc Sinan Winrow @marcsinanwinrow.bsky.social Research Assistant @LSE IR. Teaching Fellow @SOAS. Interested in international and political theory and the normative and historical sources of international order with a focus on Turkey/MENA/eastern Mediterranean.
Engin Bolat @histlaw.bsky.social Historian cand. @Bilkent History, 19th century enjoyer, formerly in law school, TOBB ETU alumnus
Music critic & pianist
Cenk Saracoglu @cenksaracoglu.bsky.social https://ankara.academia.edu/cenksaracoglu
Ilker Kalin @ilkerkalin.bsky.social Researcher, Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS) & democracy.umb.sk | Interested in nonviolent resistance, state repression, gender, and military
Onur Inal @onurinal.bsky.social Senior Researcher, University of Vienna ☕️|Editor-in-Chief @germinate🌱| Middle East and North Africa 🐪| Global History 🌎| Environmental History 🌾| History of Technology 🏗| Animal History 🦋| FC St Pauli supporter 🏴☠️| Posts in 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇹🇷
Sofia Cherici @sofiacherici.bsky.social Independent investigative journalist based in Istanbul. Italian. Multimedia & narrative. Bylines: The New Arab, New Lines Mag, La Repubblica, IrpiMedia and more.
Hakkı Taş @hakkitas.bsky.social Research fellow | GIGA Hamburg
Clément Plaisant @cplaisant.bsky.social International Relations | Diplomacy | Turkey-Syria | Et un peu d'@OL. Personal views here
Anton Spisak @antonspisak.bsky.social Senior research fellow, Centre for European Reform. Likes good coffee, long runs, and the Paris Review.
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
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
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Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social Ottoman & modern Turkish literature | literary translation | @stanford Complit
Emily Rice @emilyricejohnson.bsky.social Deputy editor, economics correspondent and in-house historian at Turkey recap
Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn @michellelkahn.bsky.social Historian of far-right extremism, writing a book about German & American neo-Nazis | Also: migration, racism, & sexuality in Europe/global | Author of Foreign in Two Homelands (2024) | University of Richmond | Ask me about fascism & my 3 cats
Yıldız Tar @yildiztar.bsky.social Gazeteci/Journalist
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
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💛💙
@somnurv.bsky.social @somnurv.bsky.social - D @dogangurpinar.bsky.social @dogangurpinar.bsky.social
Charlie the Fox @sabcharlie.bsky.social YPG veteran. Interested in animal rights, antifascism, land rights, and intersectionality. I also have extremely fluffy cheeks.
Zübeyde Sarı @zubeydesari.bsky.social Journalist-Gazeteci
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Killian Cogan @killian-cogan.bsky.social Turkey correspondent for the French & Swiss press @ Libération, Les Echos, La Tribune Dimanche, La Tribune de Genève, Bilan magazine.
Based in Istanbul since 2019.
Andrew FInkel @andrewfinkel.bsky.social Journalist, co-founder of P24, author of The Adventure of the Second Wife
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/
Erol Onderoglu @erolonderoglu.bsky.social Gazeteci - Journalist, RT's aren't endorsements. Views are my own.
FionaMullenCY @fionamullency.bsky.social Fiona Mullen, #Cyprus geek: economy, fiscal, energy, #natgas, banks, #cyprob, northern Cyprus, Director Sapienta Economics https://sapientaeconomics.com/about-us/ and on Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/sapienta
Selin Girit @selingirit.bsky.social Senior Journalist @BBC | Covering Turkey, ME and beyond @BBCWorldService | Previously BBC Turkey Bilingual Correspondent | Instagram: selingirit
Cem Oyvat @cemoyvat.bsky.social Economics, University of Greenwich, Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre
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.
László Szerencsés @szerlasz.bsky.social Researcher at SUITS in Stockholm ▪️ Former Mercator-IPC Fellow ▪️ PhD from University of Graz ▪️Turkey's foreign policy
Thomas de Waal @tomdewaal.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe, all things Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Black Sea. Also Russian poetry. 
Taylan Bilgic @taylanbilgic.bsky.social Bloomberg News editor in Turkey. Opinions are my own, reposts do not mean endorsement. Veteran of Human Wars!
Tuvan Gumrukcu @tuvangumrukcu.bsky.social Reuters Correspondent based in Ankara, Turkey. All views my own, RTs and likes are not endorsements. 
Nihan Kalle @nihankalle.bsky.social Istanbul-based journalist @ BBC Monitoring
Kemal Can @yahyakemalcan.bsky.social Gazeteci
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 🇮🇹🇪🇺|
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
Murat Somer @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social Prof., Political Science, Ozyegin Univ. Istanbul & CEU Budapest: https://faculty.ozyegin.edu.tr/muratsomer/ . Polarization/depolarization, democratic erosion & oppositions, ethnic, religious & secular politics. Türkçe postlar için: @muratsomer.bsky.social
Mitra Nazar @mitrala.bsky.social Journalist, Turkey correspondent (Dutch Public Broadcaster NOS), Feminist
Ruşen Çakır @rusencakir.bsky.social Gazeteci-Journalist
medyascope.tv
rusencakir.com
Patrick Sykes @patsykes.bsky.social Energy and Middle East news at Bloomberg in Istanbul.
Views mine. RT ≠ endorsement. psykes5@bloomberg.net
Hamidreza Azizi @hamidrezaaz.bsky.social Senior Iran Analyst at the International Crisis Group
http://linkedin.com/in/hamidreza-azizi-fp
Seckin Sertdemir @seckinsertdemir.bsky.social Author of Civic Death in Contemporary Turkey: Mass Surveillance and the Authoritarian State, Cambridge University Press (January 2025) https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/civic-death-in-contemporary-turkey/898D9A2EFDC70B683667087DD11B8AEE#fndtn-metrics
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.
Fayn @fayn.press 🤝 İyi gazeteciliği abonelikle destekle: https://fayn.press/abonelik
🌎 We're an Istanbul-based independent digital news & storytelling studio.
Nigar Göksel @dibanigar.bsky.social International Crisis Group, Turkey/Cyprus Director.
@crisisgroup
Wolf Piccoli @wolfpiccoli.bsky.social Director of Research at Teneo's geopolitical advisory service
Politics & economics in the EU/EZ & Turkey
Usual disclaimers apply
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.
Jannes Tessmann @jannes-t.bsky.social Head of Istanbul Office, Stiftung Mercator | Alumnus of Istanbul Policy Center, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, University of Cologne, Sabancı University
Nimet Kıraç @nimetkirac.bsky.social Journalist covering Turkey and beyond.
Andy Wilks @andywilks61.bsky.social Turkey-based hack. Posting on anything that catches my eye or gets my goat. Views arbitrary
PSA Turkish Politics Specialist Group @psaturkish.bsky.social Turkish Politics Specialist Group of @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social.
Co-convened by Begüm Zorlu and Buğra Güngör
🔗psaturkishpolitics.co.uk
@ozgurhisarcikli.bsky.social @ozgurhisarcikli.bsky.social 
Meghan Bodette @meghanbodette.bsky.social Director of Research, Kurdish Peace Institute
Roj Girasun @rojgirasun.bsky.social Rawest Araştırma Direktörü||Araştırmacı
@reubensilverman.bsky.social @reubensilverman.bsky.social https://reubensilverman.wordpress.com
Emily Wither @emilywither.bsky.social Istanbul-based correspondent making documentaries and reporting for BBC, Channel 4 News & others.
https://linktr.ee/EmilyWither
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).
James Bloodworth @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social Author of Hired and Lost Boys (June 2025). Writing on Substack: https://www.forthedeskdrawer.com/
Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1786499797/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0
@woutermassink.bsky.social @woutermassink.bsky.social 
@journolyse.bsky.social @journolyse.bsky.social 
Zozan Pehlivan @zozanp.bsky.social Environmental Historian, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Prof @ U of Minnesota, Twin Cities/ Au: The Political Political Ecology of Violence: Peasants and Pastoralists in the last Ottoman Century/ Studying on Climate, Grasslands, Empires, and Violence.
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
@goktay.bsky.social @goktay.bsky.social 
Bruce Humes @altaicstorytelling.bsky.social Chinese-to-English literary translator, specializing in writing by & about Altaic peoples. Learning Turkish. Translated "Confessions of a Jade Lord," "Last Quarter of the Moon."Now co-translating novel set in Xinjiang, 《凿空》. 
The Lausanne Project (TLP) @lausanneproject.bsky.social Scholars with a shared interest in the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne and its legacies for peace-making in 2023 and beyond, from Turkey and Greece to the wider world.
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.
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
Jonathan Spicer @jonathanspicer.bsky.social Journalist and Reuters bureau chief in Turkey. Native of Canada. Views my own 
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
Olga Robinson @olgar.bsky.social Assistant Editor, BBC Verify and BBC Monitoring 
@maxhoffmandc.bsky.social @maxhoffmandc.bsky.social 
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
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
Selin Nasi @selinnasi.bsky.social Never judge a book by its cover
Ioannis N. Grigoriadis @ingrigoriadis.bsky.social 
Mustafa Kutlay @mustafakutlay.bsky.social Senior lecturer, City University of London; senior scholar, Istanbul Policy Center | political economy, Turkish politics and foreign policy, institutions and development in the global South, political risk analysis
https://t.co/F1cp2LYhiR
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.
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
Kenan Cruz Çilli @kenancruzcilli.bsky.social London-based writer & analyst | Interested in history, languages, cultures of Ottoman Empire & Turkey 
Sam Harshbarger @samharshbarger.bsky.social Writer and researcher interested in the history and politics of Eurasia.
reha ruhavioğlu. @reharuhavioglu.bsky.social researcher.
ruhavi.net
Behlül Özkan @behlulozkan.bsky.social Cold War
Özgün Özçer @ozgunozcer.bsky.social Journalist | Basın emekçisi | Rojnamevan. Editor. Bylines here and there. Avid reader, slothful writer. Çilli irade. Freckles ahead.
Cagil M. Kasapoglu @cagilkasapoglu.bsky.social Journalist at BBC World Service (and sometimes makes documentaries) Eyes on 🌍and⛵️(Fastnet-bound sailor)
📩cagil.kasapoglu@bbc.co.uk
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On X: @CagilKasapoglu
IG: @cagil_kasapoglu
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
İlker Aytürk @ilkerayturk.bsky.social 
Can Okar @canokar.bsky.social Who knows what I’ll write about here but maybe less Turkish politics? Or maybe more…
Ilgin Karlidag @ilginkarl.bsky.social Writer and educator. Previously with the BBC in Istanbul.
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
Dovsfriedman @dovsfriedman.bsky.social AML-CFT pro. Former Treasury. Amateur taco tour coordinator. Bear with me while I unlearn the Hatch Act.
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/
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.
Orhan Şener Deliormanlı @orhan-sener.bsky.social 📚TechEcoPol, Journ., SocSci... | studied
@gsuilt | @cityunilondon almn. | Reading notes, media, ecopol... | 🍯🦡 |
@herkesinpoppisi | Cumhuriyetçi 🇹🇷
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.
@06jank.bsky.social @06jank.bsky.social 
Hediye Levent @hediyelevent.bsky.social Daima muhabir!
Freelance journalist
@evrenselgzt.bsky.social
https://www.youtube.com/@hediyelevent
Turkish foreign policy/Syria/Iraq/Lebanon/Palestine-Israel
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