Karabekir Akkoyunlu
Researcher at SOAS • Autocratisation and Militarisation • Turkey • Iran • Brazil • Author of "Guardianship and Democracy in Iran and Turkey" (EUP 2024) • karabekir.net
- "İran’da protestolar dış güçler istediği için ortaya çıkmıyor; tersine, rejim meşruiyetini büyük ölçüde yitirdiği ve kendi halkına savaş açtığı için dış müdahaleye elverişli bir zemin oluşuyor." BirGün'e İran'daki protestolar hakkında verdiğim röportajın devamı 👇 www.birgun.net/makale/halk-...
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- I wrote an article for Brazil's Folha de S.Paulo on the significance of Turkey hosting next year's UN climate summit, COP31. www1.folha.uol.com.br/ambiente/202... Full text below.
- Contesting Autocratisation: Actors and Institutions of Democratic Resistance in a Global Perspective Edited By Bilge Yabanci, Karabekir Akkoyunlu, Kerem Öktem Available for pre-order now. www.routledge.com/Contesting-A...
- Ben buraya hala pek ısınamadım galiba.
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- "Siyaset bilimci Karabekir Akkoyunlu, İsrail - İran savaşını "Netanyahu'nun kan kumarı" olarak niteledi. Akkoyunlu'ya göre yaşananlar post-Amerika hegemonyası dönemin ürünü..." kisadalga.net/kisadalgatv/...
- Same bloody script for every country in the Middle East!
- According to US intelligence sources, "not only was Iran not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon, it was also up to three years away from being able to produce and deliver one to a target of its choosing." Israel chose to strike anyway. edition.cnn.com/2025/06/17/p...
- Waging an endless war is Netanyahu's "blood gambit". He'll gladly watch the world burn if that's what it takes to stay in power. @yusufsarfati.bsky.social and I wrote about it recently for @democratization.bsky.social. Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... DM for full text.
- I can almost hear the cartoonish evil laughter. Remember this is the president of the US. What a nightmare.
- Türkiye Küçük Amerika idi, Amerika Büyük Türkiye oldu.
- Autocratisation at lightening speed in the US.
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- "“Demirtaş serbest kalırsa İmamoğlu da bırakılır” türü hukuki tutarlılık gerektiren beklentiler gerçekçi değil. İktidar, hukuku, kendi bekasını korumak, rakiplerini tasfiye etmek ve dilediğini ödüllendirmek üzere yeniden inşa etti. Bu yapıdan geriye dönmesi mümkün değil." Kısa Dalga yazım...
- A generous review of my book, "Guardianship and Democracy in Iran and Turkey", by Soli Özel in the Mediterranean Politics. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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- Let the new Pope Leo follow the late Pope Francis like Arne Slot followed Jurgen Klopp!
- The US is bypassing autocratisation to jump straight to fascism like an Indian village skipping landlines for cell phones.
- İstanbul Etiler'de afet sonrası toplanma alanı olarak belirlenmiş eski Polis Koleji arazisine dikilmekte olan rant kuleleri. Müstakil evler ve 4-5 katlı apartmanlardan oluşan mahalleye dikilen bu heyulaların hikayesi de Türkiye yakın siyasi tarihinin bir özeti 👇
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- A 6.2 earthquake hit Istanbul this afternoon, thankfully no casualties reported so far. But: 1. Scenes of packed crowds in narrow streets all over the city highlight the lack of adequate assembly areas. 60% of assembly areas listed in the city's disaster plan no longer exist. Many were built upon.
- For Greek readers, here is an interview I recently gave to TA NEA on the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, and the subsequent protests in Turkey. www.tanea.gr/2025/04/21/i...
- As an agnostic person, I tend to feel little sympathy for religious leaders. The late Pope was an exception. An advocate of compassion in a world that is normalising plain cruelty, he will be sorely missed.
- Didn't you rename 🇫🇷🍟 to "Freedom Fries" precisely because the French stood up against your disastrous war?
- Well, that's disappointing. @bsky.app started banning accounts complying with Turkish government demands. Not the safe haven those who migrated from X was seeking, it seems.
- I've condemned Israel's campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, and I've written extensively about autocratisation, inc. in the US. Safe to say, I have ZERO intention of travelling to the US in the foreseeable future, despite the numerous academic events I had lined up. Just doesn't feel safe at all.
- Reposted by Karabekir Akkoyunlu🏆 @rollingstone.com wins the Headline of the Day Award This is how it’s done. At least someone understands the assignment. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
- The kidnapping and extortion tactics the Trump administration uses against US universities and international students are mafia-like and fascistic---reminiscent of Erdogan govt's attacks on higher education in Turkey, only much more sudden and unabashed. 1/2
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- Only in Brazil!! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
