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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

TGRT Haber izliyorum, sormayın neden, yargıda CHP VESAYETİ diyorlar. Gerçek bu kadar bükülemez.

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

This is not to say Netanyahu's government can survive until Nov 2026 as is. Current forces are pushing Israel to make concessions that the fascist far-right party won't agree on. I won't be surprised if Netanyahu survives by getting Gantz to re-join his gov instead of Otzma l'Israel.

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Netanyahu's other lie was that his coalition partners would bring the government down if the war ended before its goals were realized. In reality, Smotrich-Ben Gvir's exit threats were never credible, given polls showing them crashing in case of election. A ceasefire was signed, and they stayed in.

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Netanyahu's big lie was that we need to continue fighting in Gaza to return the hostages, when all along the reality was that he needed to agree to stop the war to have the hostages returned... within 72h.

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Arkadaşlar, gerçek dünyada siyasi manevralar Marvel filmi gibi büyük prodüksiyonlarla yapılmıyor.

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I served 4 years as an officer in a combat unit in the IDF and 8 more years as an officer in the reserves. I can assure you that the IDF is not, by any stretch of imagination, the most moral army in world.

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I do bot read the crazies on Twitter but from experience, hello! Turkish political scientist here, they will.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

(I assume this was largely authored by Danny Finkelstein, who has still not retracted his claim that those who describe Israel's actions as genocidal are simply antisemitic trolls, and that there is no evidence that would convince him that Israel is deliberately killing children.)

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

And in shocking news, all the transphobes who are all about "protecting women sports" are not supporting them.

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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

This strips antisemitism of any meaning, weaponizes Jewish safety for fascism, and actually makes Jews less safe.

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

The answer is always: “yes, it is for political reasons.”, “yes, it is censorship.”, “yes, it is the groundwork for media capture”. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/u...

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Lawmakers Question Whether CBS Canceled Colbert’s Show for Political Reasons

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Also, the fact that not only the general public but the liberal opposition’s silence about trans rights is frustrating. We know the saying “they came for the…” Whatever an autocrat wannabe is doing to the most vulnerable and least protected is just an exercise; soon it will be “you”.

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I am constantly triggered by the path (re)taken by Trump & Co. dismantling the institutions. In theory, there is not a problem with this story. However, I, now, know it is nothing but a smoke screen into autocracy. It is maddening. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/u...

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Trump’s War With Powell Throws a Little-Known Planning Board Into Scrutiny

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

I am seeing my American liberal friends writing about the Epstein files and trying to tell MAGA voters about the hypocrisy of all. From someone who has been living through it for 23 years, I can tell you: The voters will look the other way if you are lucky. In reality, they will just be okay.

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Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

There's a lot going on in Turkey's politics right now. The repression rate is ratcheting up. I aim to provide insights with a new dataset on populist audiovisual strategies. Please join me at IPC this Thursday at 11am. Honored to be hosted by @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social forms.gle/6BRkXR3439LKV7…

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Yetenekli Bay Fahrettin… Ah yetenekli Bay Fahrettin.

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

If you approach a brown, Arab, Palestinian, and/or Muslim person and demand they confirm they aren't antisemitic and won't harm Jews - you are a racist.

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Florian Hollenbach @fhollenbach.org · 18/06/2025

💸CBS-Princeton in Money in Politics conference starting in ~12 hours 💸

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Aziz Abu Sarah @azizabusarah.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

You don’t show your support for palestine by Harming innocent people. This is not activism. It’s not resistance. It’s not bravery. It’s cruelty, and it only leads to more pain, more fear, and a deeper divide.

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Taipei taksileri ile Fatih taksileri nasıl aynı kokuyor arkadaşlar.

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

I will die on this hill and be a broken record, but I cannot deal with seeing all the mistakes the opposition made in Turkey again in the States now. You can criticize your party’s leader, and you should.

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Yes!!! All the way to the yes!!

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

I find it difficult to talk about Biden and his stupidity when these things are happening now. Also, I find talking about “democrats pushed trans rights” a lot naive, if not harmful, when these people are signaling very loudly who they are and what they would do. Cassandra was right!!

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

The only disturbing fact is that they do it now when they know Trump does not back Musk. This is a so-so kind of speaking truth to power. Yes, better than nothing.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

false equivalence style reasoning helped destroy scientific and cultural literacy here. i’m so sick of it.

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

This. SO MUCH THIS. Also, while Trump’s people were lauding all his crazy, autocratic, and democracy-eroding stuff, we, the liberals, are criticizing whether progressive policies were too much. I really am triggered. This is my trauma. I cannot deal with democratic backsliding.

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

If you have ever been to Taipei, please send me your recommendations!

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Well, once again, I am reminded of Turkey’s descent into authoritarianism. Media, self-righteously, attacking everyone but the autocrat.

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Erkek arkadaşta Ekrem Başkan çıtası

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Standing up for what you believe is right and being courageous about it is dignified. The same cannot be said about the institution that granted me a doctorate.

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

For some foreseeable future this is the last entry for Adam’s incredibly educating and important diary. thahnk you asl always, @adamprz.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/adamprze...

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WEEK 13

Wednesday, May 7

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Hande Kuday @handekuday.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Mansur Yavaş yedek hesabını Ekrem İmamoğlu’na tahsis etmiş. Bilmeyen biri rahatlıkla bu süreç boyunca canını dişine takıp mücadele ettiğini sanabilir. Ambulans arkasına takılıp kendine yol yapan araba gibi ilerliyor hedefine.

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Every week I read this, and every week I am fascinated by the clarity of Adam’s thought process. Thank you @adamprz.bsky.social for still continuing to teach me open.substack.com/pub/adamprze...

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WEEK 12

Wednesday, April 30

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Sigh. OK, muting replies on that thread because it has gone the way of all bluesky threads about grading and evaluation. Will reiterate my core point: students are better, more motivated, more honest, and more interested than that New Yorker article describes them as being.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/05/2025

"Woke" -- changing norms through social pressure -- is not, contra the reactionary centrists, another form of tyranny. It's the *alternative* to tyranny. It's new norms winning through the marketplace of ideas. The alternative is what we see now: enforcing norms via the threat of state violence.

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Sana da barış borcumuz var artık Sırrı Abi. Yerinde dinlen.

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Also, very true. Her grudge is palpable when she writes about “due process” in #MeToo and Title IX cases.

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

From Jill Lepore’s the New Yorker piece “They refused to denounce the illiberalism of speech codes, the lack of due process in the #MeToo movement and Title IX cases, mandatory D.E.I. affirmations as a condition of employment, and the remorseless political intolerance of much of the left.”

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 29/04/2025

This is straight up nazi shit. The nazis published propaganda on Jewish crime. If this were blackcrimeuk or immigrantcrimeuk everyone would see it for the bigoted shit that it is.

Screenshot of a tweet from the verified account of J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling), posted at 12:52 PM on April 28, 2025. The tweet contains only a hyperlink: "transcrimeuk.com". The tweet has 2,057 views.

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

As a political scientist who is not only studying but also a nerd on the topic; I was enraged when they were clueless of political science and money in politics. Econ people should start knowing better. hhttps://podcasts.apple.com/tr/podcast/capitalisnt/id1326698855?i=1000682400884e

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How Big Money Changed The Democratic Game, with Daniel Ziblatt

Podcast Episode · Capitalisn't · 02/01/2025 · 50m

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Ayla Albayrak @aylushka.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Happening in Turkey: Saturday morning wave of police operations against politicians and officials, tens of people have been detained in Istanbul, Ankara and Tekirdağ in Western Turkey tr.euronews.com/2025/04/26/i...

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İBB'ye yeni operasyon: İSKİ Genel Müdürü dahil 47 kişi gözaltında

Polis ekipleri sabah saatlerinde İstanbul, Ankara ve Tekirdağ'da çok sayıda adrese eş zamanlı baskınlar düzenledi. İBB'de üst düzey yöneticilerin de aralarında bulunduğu gözaltı kararı verilen 53 kişi...

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Today, CHP took to the streets as part of 35+ day protests against Imamoglu’s arrest. The police barricaded the streets from the founding parliament to Ataturk’s mausoleum. Mahmut Tanal, an incredibly colorful and resilient opposition figure, cut the barricade bracelet using pliers.

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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Yıkım olmadan bütün şehir kilitlendi.

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