Mark
Passion for coffee, open water swimming, entrepreneurship, human destiny & unfolding history
@jodemocracy.bsky.social
The Journal of Democracy: The smartest analysis on democracy and authoritarianism around the world. Reposts ≠ Endorsement. https://linkin.bio/jodemocracy
@brynntannehill.bsky.social
Parent, husky-mom, doomsayer, aviator, general PITA. Views are my own.
@al-monitor.bsky.social
Independent and trusted coverage of the Middle East, providing unique insight on the trends & events shaping the region from top journalists in the region
@jannes-t.bsky.social
Head of Istanbul Office, Stiftung Mercator | Alumnus of Istanbul Policy Center, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, University of Cologne, Sabancı University
@joakimparslow.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Middle East Studies/ modern Turkey at the University of Copenhagen, but primarily employed by two little kids. Turkish law, STS, intellectual history.
@yanikdag.bsky.social
Professor of History and Global Studies | Studies the late Ottoman Empire and early Turkish Republic | Emotions and Masculinities | The Ottoman First World War | First generation college grad.
@berileski.bsky.social
Journalist in Istanbul. Words in @washingtonpost @nytimes and others. PGP: 33F8 FC29 D6AA 984C 03F5 FA26 6473 1BD4 5401 8332
@bianet.org
Bağımsız İletişim Ağı resmi hesabıdır. bianet English: @bianet-eng.bsky.social bianet Kurdî: @bianet-kurdi.bsky.social bianet.org
@onurisci.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History and International Affairs at Kadir Has University in Istanbul. onurisci.academia.edu
@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
@ziyameral.bsky.social
Lecturer @SOAS, Senior Associate Fellow @RUSI & the European Leadership Network.. Middle East/Turkey, international security, defence, diplomacy, climate security.. Belfast resident.. Posts likely to include poetry, baking and pics of Rathlin Island.
@nickashdown.bsky.social
Canadian journalist/writer in Brussels writing mostly about Turkey. New Lines Magazine, LA Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Foreign Policy, Globe & Mail, etc. Selected clippings: https://nickashdown.weebly.com/selected-published-works
@stevenacook.bsky.social
Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Views are my own.
@cagdasungor.bsky.social
Fellow @SWP-CATS, Berlin, Professor@Marmara University, Istanbul. Interested in China, Cold War, Sino-Turkish relations, media and propaganda
@jamesinturkey.com
Turkish politics and elections website. Written by @michaeldaventry.com
@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.
@gulayturkmen.bsky.social
Sociologist, researcher, writer, editor, teacher, academic nomad https://www.gulayturkmen.com/
@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/
@achristiemiller.bsky.social
Journalist/writer, formerly based in Istanbul, now Norfolk. ‘To the City’ published by William Collins in UK and Pegasus in the US. All posts have grammatical/spelling errors.
@nicholasdanfort.bsky.social
@turkeyrecap.bsky.social
The independent, reader-supported newsletter on Turkish politics & foreign affairs. Pun-tification included. Türkçe için: @trturkce.bsky.social
@janvoemel.bsky.social
Global History, History of Modern Turkey and Indonesia, Islamism, nativist movements, religions, gender, intellectual history Occasionally: golden age rap, food, travel, and other fun things PDFs of my articles: https://uni-konstanz.academia.edu/JanVomel
@liselhintz.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. at Johns Hopkins SAIS. Studying identity, FP, authoritarianism, protest, pop culture, other media. Turkey focus.
@vhtroyansky.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, UC Santa Barbara. Historian of migration, refugees, Middle East, Caucasus. Author of Empire of Refugees (Stanford UP, 2024)
@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
@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.
@iamhurst.bsky.social
Columnist on 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 for The Guardian @theguardian.com / GENERATION DESPERATION (Jan 2026) from Hodder & Stoughton / Hachette (🇬🇧), Goldmann / PRH (🇩🇪) Rep by @agentbal.bsky.social
@aphclarkson.bsky.social
Lecturer for German and European Studies at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement. Also to be found at @[email protected] as well as @APHClarkson https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
@canokar.bsky.social
Who knows what I’ll write about here but maybe less Turkish politics? Or maybe more…
@bbbayh.bsky.social
Researching authoritarian politics| Freelance writer| Focus on Turkey and post-Soviet countries | Previously PhD at Coventry| Views my own.
@johnkampfner.bsky.social
Author, journalist website: www.jkampfner.net newsletter: https://johnkampfner.substack.com/ Berlin, London
@bilgeyesil.bsky.social
Professor, Media Culture @CUNY CSI // Middle Eastern Studies @CUNY Graduate Center. All things global communication, geopolitics, popular culture, surveillance, censorship, Middle East, Turkey, and food.
@heissenstat.bsky.social
Laurentian Associate Professor of History, St. Lawrence University. Non-resident scholar, Stockholm University, Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS) Focused on Turkey and the Middle East. Unlikely to argue on-line. Blocks dumb, annoying, or noisy.
@t24.com.tr
T24 resmî Bluesky hesabı 📢 https://www.youtube.com/@T24 📢 https://www.instagram.com/t24comtr
@paultlevin.bsky.social
Director of the Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies. Managing Director Consortium for European Symposia on Turkey. Docent (Assoc. Prof.) of and pontificator on international relations. Opinionated. Painter.
@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.
@brianklaas.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Global Politics @UCL. Author of “Fluke." Writer @TheAtlantic. Host, Power Corrupts podcast. The Garden of Forking Paths Substack.
@joannahunsmann.bsky.social
PhD Student at LMU Munich • Clinical Psychology • Transdiagnostic mechanisms • Repetitive negative thinking • Loneliness • EMA
@atrupar.com
Independent journalist and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
@istanbultelaviv.bsky.social
Associate Prof Brooklyn College; Author of Jews and Palestinians in the late Ottoman era: Turkish, Israeli/Palestinian affairs; working on a new book focusing on a post-Oct 7 historical narrative of Palestine/Israel. Also writes for Haaretz and more.
@euroopanrajalla.bsky.social
#Turkey & neighbouring regions, human rights, politics, political violence | #HJK & Finnish football | Dogs | Tea, not coffee | EN, FI, TR.
@nateschenkkan.bsky.social
Personal account. For your freedom and ours! Opinions are mine and do not represent anyone else.
@sinemadar.bsky.social
Associate (CATS/SWPBerlin & CATS Network), Co-Head of the Autocratisation Thematic Group @SWP. Views personal. Writes in EN/TR
@claudmajor.bsky.social
Head of @SWP_IntSecurity; Security & Defense, NATO, Europe, 🇫🇷&🇩🇪; via: @CSS_Zurich @sciencepo @EU_ISS @unibirmingham; mom of 3, 🇫🇷 knight, here personal capacity.
@bachmannrudi.bsky.social
Professor of Economics at University of Notre Dame, Transatlanticist, Economics and Academia
@andersaslund.bsky.social
Economist & author, specializing in the economics of Eastern Europe, especially Russia & Ukraine.