Dersu Ekim Tanca

A self-coup happening in Turkey! Istanbul mayor and the man to beat Erdoğan--Ekrem İmamoğlu--is arrested. Social media restrictions and ban on demonstrations in place... Threatened by surging opposition, Erdoğan is taking advantage of geopolitics & going full authoritarian! 1/2

19.03.2025 07:38 — 👍 466    🔁 262    💬 14    📌 24

A commonly held notion is that Germany's far-right party AfD is especially successful in the country's more rural areas. However, a look at the party's election results in over 10,000 municipalities suggests that the link between rurality and AfD support is rather diffuse. A simple thread. 🧵👇

20.12.2024 09:48 — 👍 220    🔁 74    💬 7    📌 9

Like many other European social democratic parties, Labour is moving right on immigration, certainly driven by the recent success of Reform. We have researched this question for years now. There is an abundance of evidence of why this isn't a good strategy. A thread summarizing some of our research

02.12.2024 11:30 — 👍 630    🔁 318    💬 21    📌 65

EU is concerned in @bsky.app too

22.11.2024 05:49 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Wake up, Neo… #Bluesky

18.11.2024 00:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0