A fantastic piece from @liselhintz.bsky.social, @berkesen.bsky.social and Tudor Onea
foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/19/t...
A fantastic piece from @liselhintz.bsky.social, @berkesen.bsky.social and Tudor Onea
foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/19/t...
En Turquie, malgré l’accélération du tournant autoritaire, le système reste instable : trop de fractures, trop de diversité pour un autoritarisme total. Très bon entretien avec le politiste @berkesen.bsky.social dans Le Monde pour comprendre où en est la Turquie.
15.11.2025 11:15 — 👍 2 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1
"From Competitive Authoritarian to Hegemonic: Berk Esen on the Decline of Turkish Democracy and the Prospects for Its Revival" with @berkesen.bsky.social and Ece Özbey. [3/5]
28.09.2025 07:38 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
🎙️ In Part 1 of our latest podcast in the special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @berkesen.bsky.social unpacks how Turkey’s competitive authoritarian regime is veering toward full autocracy. 🇹🇷🇹🇷
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/mw9dpb83
🎙️ In Part 2 of our latest episode in the special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @berkesen.bsky.social explains how Turkey’s opposition is pushing back against an increasingly hegemonic regime. 🇹🇷🇹🇷
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/te3m6wkr
📞 “I hope many will pick up the phone”
Who do you call if you want to speak to Europe? Call Simone, explores local democracy & power.
Nevsin Mengu & Berk Esen on Turkish mayors and #LocalDemocracy
🎧https://open.spotify.com/episode/2AGaMmzBoOjKRqfWPJotEC?si=EuLHIiikTjqHXjAIJMVKsA
#Turkey #imamoğlu
"Understanding Turkey’s political transition with @berkesen.bsky.social" hosted by @diegocupolo.bsky.social. [5/5]
22.06.2025 06:47 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Yıllarca , her olayda sadece “derin endişe duyuyorum” dediniz ama gerekeni yapmayıp, seyirci gibi koltuğunuzdan izlediniz.
Lütfen şimdi de uzaktan izlemeye devam ediniz!!!
#mutfaktakalKK
@berkesen.bsky.social 'in bu yazısı, yaşadığımız süreçte kimlerin hangi rolü oynadığı ve kiminle yanana durduğunu tarihe not düşmek açısından çok önemli
11.04.2025 08:05 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqYK...
@medyascope.tv üzerinden
@berkesen.bsky.social Hocamı dinleyin dinletin.
(galp)
Erdoğan continues to seek a new alliance with the Kurdish movement as part of the consolidation of authoritarianism
09.04.2025 16:22 — 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 1Thanks a lot, Nate!
06.04.2025 18:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I am a university professor. I write and teach about democratic erosion and autocratisation. So when such processes happen in my country, I cannot remain silent. I owe that to my students and my profession. Hopefully I'll be around in future to continue to comment on and analyse what is going on. But we'll see. A lot of people have made enormous sacrifices in this country, far more than me. A lot of people have made sacrifices for more rights and democratisation efforts elsewhere. Now it's my turn and it's the turn of many other people who are currently protesting. I am taking a lot of risks but hopefully they will have positive results.
I'm a citizen of this country. I'm deeply committed to the Republican, secular tradition of this country and would like to see my country become democratic again. I find normative and political value in this fight. When I say "fight", I'm not a politician and I'm not organising people on the street. So in that sense, I'm not leading a political fight. I'm an academic. So my fight is to get the word out, describe what is currently happening in Turkey, in Turkish and English as much as possible, and academically analyse and interpret where the events are headed. If anyone follows me, I want to make some policy and strategy suggestions for opposition activists, politicians and people who are on the street.
Berk Esen saying what needs to be said about responsibility as an academic and an expert in @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social
01.04.2025 12:01 — 👍 25 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 1Thank you, Nick! You are too kind.
06.04.2025 18:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The views of Berk Esen from Sabancı University on the ongoing boycott in Turkey
@berkesen.bsky.social
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
www.ft.com/content/2ad6...
Berk Esen ile Kritik (164): Gençler otoriter rejimden çıkışın yolunu açabilir mi?
26.03.2025 17:43 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Nasıl bir Dünya? Nasıl bir Türkiye?
Eşikteki Türkiye
🎙Şebnem Gümüşçü
🎙Berk Esen
🎤Senem Görür Yücel
🗓28 Mart, Cuma
🕘18.00
🔗https://youtu.be/PAJ71jK_lrA
With thanks to @monicamarks.bsky.social, @selimkoru.bsky.social and Berk Esen
24.03.2025 11:46 — 👍 12 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Proud to see my bestie @berkesen.bsky.social offering his views on Ekrem Imamoglu’s (from inside Turkey) arbitrary and unlawful arrest, signaling the Turkish regime’s curtailment of basic democratic norms
Berk is one of the bravest human beings I know
NEW: Syria terminates Russia's 49-year lease of Tartous port. A different era for Moscow post-Assad: www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
22.01.2025 16:03 — 👍 212 🔁 45 💬 2 📌 3
🇹🇷Turkey’s 2024 municipal elections. A turning point for democratic resilience?
Our latest with Samuele Abrami and @berkesen.bsky.social
out on Medit_Politics!
📌What led #CHP to overtake #AKP at the national level for the first time?
Find out more
⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks Howard! Still trying to figure it out.
16.10.2023 19:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0