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@cagdasungor.bsky.social

Professor@Marmara University, Istanbul. Interested in China, Cold War, Sino-Turkish relations, media and propaganda

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A feminist couldn't have climbed LDP's ladders anyway.

05.10.2025 10:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Once a rock drummer, Sanae Takaichi is set to become Japan's first female PM Sanae Takaichi has won Japan's Liberal Democratic Party's leadership contest and is likely to become the country's first female PM. Here's what we know about her.

"Rock drummer" sounds better than "bigot"...I guess... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

05.10.2025 09:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Make America Contagious Again

04.10.2025 18:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

04.10.2025 18:21 — 👍 6312    🔁 3864    💬 215    📌 530
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Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi » Makale » New Regionalism Beyond Asia-Pacific: South Korea’s Multidimensional Approach to the Eastern Mediterranean

Third article from our special issue on "China and the Asia Pacific Century in International Politics" is just published! dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/uider...

03.10.2025 14:33 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Guest editor: yours truly.

03.10.2025 14:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi » Makale » New Regionalism Beyond Asia-Pacific: South Korea’s Multidimensional Approach to the Eastern Mediterranean

Third article from our special issue on "China and the Asia Pacific Century in International Politics" is just published! dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/uider...

03.10.2025 14:33 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Istanbul metropolitan area earthquake plan:

(Daytime) Panick, flock to the street, hang around outside.
(Night) Watch people discuss geological fault lines on TV.

02.10.2025 14:16 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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China's new K visa beckons foreign tech talent as US hikes H-1B fee China's new visa programme aimed at attracting foreign tech talent kicks off this week, a move seen boosting Beijing's fortunes in its geopolitical rivalry with Washington as a new U.S. visa policy prompts would-be applicants to scramble for alternatives.

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

01.10.2025 19:14 — 👍 33    🔁 14    💬 2    📌 3
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China Opens ‘Arctic Express’ Shipping Route to Europe The Istanbul Bridge is expected to make the journey to the U.K.'s port of Felixstowe in a record 18 days.

It's ironic that the vessel which took the new Arctic route -hence rendering the Bosphorus even more peripheral to China-Europe trade - is called the "Istanbul Bridge".

www.newsweek.com/china-opens-...

28.09.2025 16:11 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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A ‘bridge’ pushed to the periphery?: Turkey’s geopolitical significance in the Asia-Pacific century This study scrutinizes the common wisdom concerning Turkey’s crucial geopolitical significance and central physical location against the backdrop of four global transformations that are taking plac...

More on this from me. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

28.09.2025 16:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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China Opens ‘Arctic Express’ Shipping Route to Europe The Istanbul Bridge is expected to make the journey to the U.K.'s port of Felixstowe in a record 18 days.

It's ironic that the vessel which took the new Arctic route -hence rendering the Bosphorus even more peripheral to China-Europe trade - is called the "Istanbul Bridge".

www.newsweek.com/china-opens-...

28.09.2025 16:11 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Post image 28.09.2025 07:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

😅😅

28.09.2025 05:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sunday 8 am messages from academics, LOL :)

28.09.2025 05:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It's been 5 weeks and @deutschebahn.com is still trying to locate the 58 Euros in their own bank account. For the love of God, EU people shouldn't worry about China's rise or American hegemony. Just accept the reality and move on!

27.09.2025 08:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bye Bye!

26.09.2025 14:14 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Turkey deploys warning plane to Lithuania under NATO measures after Russian airspace violations Turkey temporarily deployed a warning and control aircraft to Lithuania as part of NATO security measures, the defence ministry said on Thursday, following repeated airspace violations by Russian drones.

Also see: Turkey deploys warning plane to Lithuania under NATO measures after Russian airspace violations | Reuters share.google/OyW97VjVoY0u...

25.09.2025 17:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Or maybe he is totally clueless :)

25.09.2025 14:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just a few days after Bahçeli's proposal to ally Turkey with Russia and China :)

20.09.2025 15:39 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

Sosyal medya fenomeni olup da kara para aklamayan yok gibi anlıyorum.

25.09.2025 14:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Commission opens investigation into possible anticompetitive practices by SAP regarding maintenance and support services for its popular business management software The European Commission has opened a formal investigation to assess whether SAP may have distorted competition in the aftermarket for maintenance and support services related to an on-premises type of

We are left with one major IT company in Europe. Let's show them :) ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

25.09.2025 14:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Great scholar here 👇

22.09.2025 13:42 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Türkiye, ABD menşeli ürünlerdeki ek vergileri kaldırdı Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’ın imzasıyla yayımlanan karar ile, ABD menşeli bazı ürünlerin ithalatında uygulanan ek mali yükümlülükler yürürlükten kaldırıldı.

Here we go. www.cnbce.com/haberler/tur...

22.09.2025 05:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just a few days after Bahçeli's proposal to ally Turkey with Russia and China :)

20.09.2025 15:39 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

Now that its coalition partner actually proposes an "axis shift" in Turkey, we will see how AKP people will go back to giving a warm embrace to Washington/NATO.

19.09.2025 09:46 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

21. yüzyılda çekilmiş en kadın düşmanı yapıtlardan biri. İzlerken kendiliğinden feminist oluyor insan :)

19.09.2025 10:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Now that its coalition partner actually proposes an "axis shift" in Turkey, we will see how AKP people will go back to giving a warm embrace to Washington/NATO.

19.09.2025 09:46 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

No appetite left.

18.09.2025 13:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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