Zeynep Alemdar

Until the 13th I have two other talks coming up but the #NATODefenseCollegeFoundation was quick in posting! Honored.

A UK conservative MP lost his seat and went to Ukraine to fight at the frontline. What a story.

The Times: Jack Lopresti, 56, lost his UK Conservative MP seat in 2024. 0/

Hepimize akil sagligi, umut ve yasama sevinci diliyorum..

Mısır, BAE ve Bahreyn, Çin ile güneş enerjisi üretim projesi anlaşması imzaladı Gazete Oksijen

Mısır, BAE ve Bahreyn, Çin ile güneş enerjisi üretim projesi anlaşması imzaladı gazeteoksijen.com/dunya/misir-...

What the hell is wrong with our governments and 'civilisation' to have allowed this to happen... and continue to happen?

Hamas says it accepts proposal for Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages Deal would include 60-day halt to military operations and exchange of half of living Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners

Hamas has accepted a ceasefire deal by Egypt and Qatar which would include releasing half of the remaining living Israeli hostages in exchange for 60 days of stopping the war, as part of a phased final end of the war.

I suspect Netanyahu will reject it

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

About last year.. too much to ponder. Grateful for friendships🍀

Working on the #MiddleEast for a while now- and here is the first report- with @ntanriverdi for #EDAM- How #TurkishForeignPolicy is evolving vis-a-vis the region and the #Gulf countries

Cleaning the library- look at this cover and dig yourself into despair.. year is 2010!

Çünkü bu “onların” hikâyesi - Platform 24 Epstein skandalının iki-üç boyutu var. İlki erkeklik ve zenginlik denen varoluşların en çirkin bileşimlerini anlamak için deney niteliğinde

Bu, Epstein meselesine dair, 6 yıl önce ne bulunabiliyorsa neredeyse hepsini içeren, 23 bölümlük (evet, 23!) bir yazı dizisi. Roman gibi biraz. Bu ilk yazının altında ötekilerin hepsinin linki var. Olay ilginizi çekiyorsa >

Çünkü bu “onların” hikâyesi - Platform 24 platform24.org/cunku-bu-onl...

The fact that the political cycle of the NDPP will come in 2027 and “trajectory and balance of spending under this plan will be reviewed in 2029, in light of the strategic environment and updated Capability Targets” prove that this urgency is recognized. #NATOSummit www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...

Now that we are all on our ways to different locations- the primary message I leave with from this summit is the need for speed: The urgency to act in all core tasks, to “harness emerging technology and the spirit of innovation”#NATOsummit www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...

Finally, what is going on in the ME is mentioned at the #NATOsummit. NATO is exposed but there is no strategy- says Emile Hokayem.

“Turkey has a very strong defense industry that is close to the UK, Norway and EU- let’s not build fences in front of the country” says Marc Rutte, SG of NATO at the #NATOsummit @edamorg.bsky.social

Bizim için asıl rahatsız edici olan, İsrail ve ABD'nin İran'da bir rejim değişikliği senaryosunu hayata geçirmeleri olacaktır. İran'ın çözülmesi ve istikrarsızlığa düşmesi Irak ve Suriye'ye benzemez. Sonuçları ve insani boyutta tetikleyeceği olumsuzluklar çok daha ağır olur.

Hadi bakalım.. Trump gelecek mi gelmeyecek mi..

Too familiar..

İsrail bu sefer yalnız değil | EDAM

İsrail bu sefer yalnız değil başlıklı #EDAM blog yazısını ilginize sunarız.

edam.org.tr/blog/israil-...

Happening today at 17h at the oiip!

With Andrea Pető, @zeynepalemdar.bsky.social, Ljiljana Kolarski & @cengizgunay.bsky.social

Join this panel on 16/6:

How to Defend Equality in Times of Authoritarianism and Anti-Gender Politics: The Role of Women’s Movements in Turkey, Serbia, and Hungary

With Andrea Pető, @zeynepalemdar.bsky.social, Ljiljana Kolarski & @cengizgunay.bsky.social

Register: www.oiip.ac.at/events/how-t...

Israel announces major expansion of settlements in occupied West Bank The biggest such move in years is condemned by the Palestinian presidency as a "dangerous escalation".

Exactly as expected. West Bank has a much bigger and older place in Israeli
imaginations than Gaza.. www.bbc.com/news/article...

As I recall, just five or ten years ago, it was not nearly as common to include the Golan Heights in maps of Israel as it is today. Nowadays it seems like it happens on every other map.

Fast track back to the EU? Why temporary EFTA membership is the UK’s quickest and best route back to the single market and rejoining the EU

Why temporary EFTA membership is the UK’s quickest and best route back to the single market and rejoining the EU.

Brazil’s President Confronts a Changing World Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Trump, Putin, and a collapsing global order.

Brazil’s Lula alikens Trump to anarchists of Italy and Brazil at the beginning of the century, calling for a society without institutions, a society where the empire of capital rules. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

“Wars are heritable” as #simonkuper writes in the FT, and we have to remember that this generation does not have the recollection of the WWII.

Sırrı Süreya Önder’in gitmesi de çok acıttı..ülkeyi sevmek için de sevmeyi bilmek gerek. espirili, alçakgönüllü, içte dışta barış isteyen, bir de biraz okumuş yazmış, biraz edebiyat bilen siyasetçilerimiz olsa.

İstanbul Planlama Ajansı: İstanbulluların yüzde 77,2’si Kanal İstanbul Projesi’ni desteklemiyor İstanbul Planlama Ajansı İstanbul’daki yurttaşların yüzde 77.2’sinin Kanal İstanbul Projesi’ni desteklemediğini belirtti.

İstanbul Planlama Ajansı: İstanbulluların yüzde 77,2’si Kanal İstanbul Projesi’ni desteklemiyor
www.birgun.net/haber/istanb...

Why Turkey’s democratic future matters for the world My arrest in the government’s attempt to crush dissent shows how important the stability of my country is

Through global supply chains reconfigurations, Turkey’s geography and industrial base potential can only be realised if the country is governed by credible, transparent and rules-based economic policies. on.ft.com/4ifsscf
Turkey’s democratic future matters for the world

Perfect cover @newyorker.com as always