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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

… who bear no responsibility for producing that violence, while the actual machinery of structural violence remains untouched and is, in both cases, protected precisely by this redirection.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I argue that, in both cases, anti-gender discourse redirects the affect generated by real, prevalent, impunity-enabled violence onto symbolic targets — feminist and LGBTQ+ communities — …

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

What emerges is a shared underlying mechanism despite very different structures: a top-down, state-orchestrated criminal selectivity in Turkey, and a diffuse complicity between shadow powers and the state in Mexico.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

For this, I use family resemblance (Wittgenstein) and cultural translation (Spivak) to put Turkey and Mexico in relation to one another, translating a concept I developed for the Turkish case — masculinist entrenchment — into the Mexican context.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I deploy a relational Global South perspective that resists reading Turkey and Mexico through a hegemonic Northern perspective or reducing them to the same restrictive Global South template, but reads them alongside one another.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Presented my paper "Beyond Fatalistic Normalisation and Panoramic Gestures: Understanding Anti-Genderism in Turkey and Mexico from a Relational Global South Perspective" at the ECPR General Conference 2026 in Krakow, on the panel "Anti-Gender and Anti-Feminism in Contemporary Politics."

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Bu makale Türkiye’deki güncel siyasi gelişmeleri takip ederek, mevcut iktidarın yargı silahı ve kriminal seçicilik üzerinden otoriter‑popülist tahayyülünü nasıl pekiştirdiğini tartışıyor. CHP’ye yönelik son yargı müdahalesi bu tahayyülün nasıl çalıştığına dair çarpıcı bir örnek oldu.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I argue that contemporary Turkey’s political trajectory is shaped by mutually reinforcing mechanisms of lawfare and criminal selectivity, which together consolidate a gendered sense of power for authoritarian populist imagination despite declining popular support for the regime.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

My article published today examines how lawfare and criminal selectivity reinforces an authoritarian‑populist imagination in Turkey. Judiciary’s move against CHP (main opposition) happening on the same day offers a vivid reminder of how that imagination operates in practice.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

...the development of counter‑narratives. To address this gap, I foreground internalised oppression and domination that shape men’s positionalities and explore how these dynamics constrain their capacity to imagine and enact alternative political‑ethical stances.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Existing literature on men’s relationship to anti‑genderism largely centres on their role as supporters, often framed through narratives of emasculation, victimhood, or “gender ideology.” Yet we know far less about how men might resist anti‑genderism, and what prevents...

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

In this paper, I explore gendered violence through intricate dynamics of internalised oppression and domination within contexts where anti-genderism has arisen.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

My new article, “Navigating Masculinities: The Role of Internalised Oppression and Domination in Gendered Violence Amidst Anti‑Gender Politics,” is now published in the Journal of Men’s Studies. It’s open access via: doi.org/10.1177/1060...

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Most importantly, it calls for a transformative political imagination that can dismantle authoritarian populist logic and build pathways toward social justice. This can be useful for anyone working on #gender, #populism, political imaginations, #socialjustice #genderedviolence, and #antigenderism.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I explicate how gender-based needs are held hostage by paternalistic social policies, and how masculinist entrenchment normalises punitive violence under the guise of masculinist protection.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I argue that authoritarian populism as a political imagination not only operates through its polarising logic but also paralyses thought processes for alternative imaginations and entraps people in its mind-confusing maze, which I reveal as #slowviolence

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I introduce a nuanced analytical framework that explores gendered violence, anti-gender politics, and authoritarian populism through a relational lens - not as isolated issues, but as deeply intertwined forces shaping everyday life.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

My new article in Frontiers in Political Science reframes how we can understand gendered violence and anti-genderism in relation to each other within authoritarian populist imagination. #openaccess here: doi.org/10.3389/fpos...

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I deploy the #capabilities approach through continuum thinking for a more comprehensive understanding of gendered violence within top-down #anti-gender politics in #Turkey, building on the concept of 'masculinist entrenchment' we published last year: doi.org/10.1016/j.ws...

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

My new article on possibilities and challenges of engaging men in resisting #antigenderism toward #genderequality and #socialjustice for lasting social transformation is published in Humanities & Social Sciences Communications @springernature.com #openaccess here: rdcu.be/eyoBH

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TristanBridges.bsky.social @tristanbridges.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Trump’s AI-generated Superman post isn’t just a meme. It’s gendered propaganda. When real masculinity falters, political fantasy fills the gap. New post on visual exaggeration and "crisis masculinity" discourse and performance. inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/s...

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Superman Trump and the Crisis of Masculinity by Design

On July 10, 2025, the official White House X account posted an AI-generated image of Donald Trump as Superman. He’s shown in the red-and-blue suit, cape flowing, mid-flight. The caption reads: “A T…

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canan coskan @canancoskan.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Helin: "Emniyet’in ağır bir yaptırımı var...Kalabalık sokakta özellikle trans kadınları durdurup GBT yapıyorlar. Kalabalığın içinde özellikle beni çağırması kötü hissettiriyor. Kapatılan evlerde ailesiyle görüşmeyen, kalacak başka yeri olmayan insanlar var." kaosgl1.org/haber/izmir-...

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İzmir’de evine kapatma kararı verilen trans kadın Helin: Yatalak arkadaşlarımız var, ne yapacaklar şimdi?

İzmir Bornova Sokağı’ndaki 14 daire hakkında kapatma kararı verildi. Evi hakkında kapatma kararı verilen trans kadınlardan Helin, KaosGL.org’a konuştu.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

The urgent story of how an explosion of misogyny is driving a surge of mass & far-right violence throughout the West—from an internationally recognized extremism expert & media commentator. Man Up is out in two months, on September 16. Preorder yours: hubs.ly/Q03jyDHx0 @milleridriss.bsky.social

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Sheffield Migration Research Group @sheffieldmrg.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

We have an online panel discussion on climate migration coming up in the Sheffield Migration Research Group. Monday 16 June 2025 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm GMT. Please join us! Details here: www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-re...

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Panel discussion: Climate Migration and Displacement

Panel discussion on Climate Migration an DisplacementPluralising Climate Mobilities: Moving Beyond the North–South DivideAbstract: Climate mobility represents one of the most complex challenges of our...

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Fortunately, it is not regarded as a privilege but a right, as it should be so.

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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

"Father Moses is championing a form of virile, unapologetic masculinity. Skinny jeans, crossing your legs, using an iron, shaping your eyebrows, and even eating soup are among the things he derides as too feminine." www.bbc.com/news/article....

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Orthodox Christianity: Young US men joining 'masculine' Russian churches

A religion with traditions dating back centuries is attracting young American men.

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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

📣 Call for Papers: Workshop “Ancestral Citizenship in Motion: Migration and the Politics of Extraterritorial Belonging” Abstract Submission Deadline: June 15, 2025 Workshop Dates: October 13–14, 2025 (Hybrid) Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands 🔗 ace.hypotheses.org/1123

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Call for Papers – Workshop “Ancestral Citizenship in Motion: Migration and the Politics of Extraterritorial Belonging”

In an era marked by shifting migration policies, contested identities, and global reckonings with historical injustice, this workshop interrogates the growing significance of ancestral citizenship as ...

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Rola El-Husseini @rola-husseini.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

I’m pleased to share that I’ll be co-directing (with Nadine Sika, Sarah Anne Rennick and saloua zerhouni) a workshop this summer for APSA-MENA, focusing on decolonization and intellectual extractivism. The deadline is in a week. Distribute widely and apply! web.apsanet.org/mena/wp-cont...

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

In Turkey, HudaPar, which is part of the ruling alliance, has proposed law amendments that target LGBTQ individuals and restrain the sexual lives of many others based on their Islamic beliefs.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Unfortunately, it is under embargo right now, but I can send a version in a dm.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

There is a need to embrace discomfort and build spaces for intersubjective dialogue. I believe the ongoing democratic resistance in Turkey can facilitate (intersubjective) recognition between different contexts, which can pave the way for alternative political imaginations across the globe.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Using Turkey as a case study, I show how authoritarian populism operates and how public resistance demonstrates the potential for alternative political imaginations.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Resisting authoritarianism requires "negative capability"—tolerance for uncertainty and openness to new possibilities. I argue for "indistinctive boundaries", fostering mutual recognition and dismantling rigid divides.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I would like to share my latest article in the Journal of Psychosocial Studies on authoritarian populism as a political imagination rather than merely a strategy, with implications for democratic resistance through the case of Turkey: doi.org/10.1332/1478...

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Çağsı @bild.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Ane Brun canceled her concert to support Turkish protesters because the organizing company was pro-government.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Özgür Özel announced that 2.2 million people attended the rally in Maltepe to protest the incumbent authoritarian regime’s crackdown on the opposition.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

A survey conducted by KONDA reveals that 73 percent of the public believes protests are justified. Specifically, 21 per cent consider protests fully justified, while 52 per cent find them acceptable, provided they do not disrupt public order.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The leader of the ultranationalist party, which is a leading partner of the incumbent government in Türkiye, accused protesters of being “fascist” supported by external agents. This proves how authoritarian populist imagination works through projections.

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