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Karabekir Akkoyunlu

@karabekir.bsky.social
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Researcher at SOAS • Autocratisation and Militarisation • Turkey • Iran • Brazil • Author of "Guardianship and Democracy in Iran and Turkey" (EUP 2024) • www.karabekir.net

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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
"İran’da protestolar dış güçler istediği için ortaya çıkmıyor; tersine, rejim meşruiyetini büyük ölçüde yitirdiği ve kendi halkına savaş açtığı için dış müdahaleye elverişli bir zemin oluşuyor." BirGün'e İran'daki protestolar hakkında verdiğim röportajın devamı 👇 www.birgun.net/makale/halk-...
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Halk artık reform değil devrim istiyor
Bu süreç, özellikle genç kuşaklar başta olmak üzere İran toplumunda düzenin içeriden değişebileceğine dair umudu büyük ölçüde aşındırdı. Bunu hem seçimlere katılım oranlarının keskin biçimde düşmesind...
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
"İran’da protestolar dış güçler istediği için ortaya çıkmıyor; tersine, rejim meşruiyetini büyük ölçüde yitirdiği ve kendi halkına savaş açtığı için dış müdahaleye elverişli bir zemin oluşuyor." BirGün'e İran'daki protestolar hakkında verdiğim röportajın devamı 👇 www.birgun.net/makale/halk-...
birgun.net
Halk artık reform değil devrim istiyor
Bu süreç, özellikle genç kuşaklar başta olmak üzere İran toplumunda düzenin içeriden değişebileceğine dair umudu büyük ölçüde aşındırdı. Bunu hem seçimlere katılım oranlarının keskin biçimde düşmesind...
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I wrote an article for Brazil's Folha de S.Paulo on the significance of Turkey hosting next year's UN climate summit, COP31. www1.folha.uol.com.br/ambiente/202... Full text below.
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Contesting Autocratisation: Actors and Institutions of Democratic Resistance in a Global Perspective Edited By Bilge Yabanci, Karabekir Akkoyunlu, Kerem Öktem Available for pre-order now. www.routledge.com/Contesting-A...
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Contesting Autocratisation: Actors and Institutions of Democratic Resistance in a Global Perspective
While authoritarianism continues to gain ground globally, this book offers a global and nuanced perspective into how, when, and where autocratisation may be contested and sometimes reversed. Drawing o...
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Ben buraya hala pek ısınamadım galiba.
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Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
If you read one thing about Iran and Israel today, have it be this @newlinesmag.bsky.social essay on propaganda by Nahid Siamdoust. newlinesmag.com/argument/bom...
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Bombarded by Propaganda, the Iranian People Are Uniting Behind an Anti-War Message
A public mood is coalescing as narratives from both Israel and the regime of the Islamic Republic jostle for position across networks and airwaves
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
"Siyaset bilimci Karabekir Akkoyunlu, İsrail - İran savaşını "Netanyahu'nun kan kumarı" olarak niteledi. Akkoyunlu'ya göre yaşananlar post-Amerika hegemonyası dönemin ürünü..." kisadalga.net/kisadalgatv/...
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu, İsrail - İran savaşını anlattı: Netanyahu’nun 'kan kumarı'
Kemal Göktaş’ın konuğu olan İran uzmanı siyaset bilimci Karabekir Akkoyunlu, İsrail - İran savaşını "Netanyahu'nun kan kumarı" olarak niteledi. Akkoyunlu'ya göre yaşananlan post-Amerika sonrası dönemi...
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Same bloody script for every country in the Middle East!
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
According to US intelligence sources, "not only was Iran not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon, it was also up to three years away from being able to produce and deliver one to a target of its choosing." Israel chose to strike anyway. edition.cnn.com/2025/06/17/p...
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Israel says Iran was racing toward a nuclear weapon. US intel says it was years away | CNN Politics
When Israel launched its series of strikes against Iran last week, it also issued a number of dire warnings about the country’s nuclear program, suggesting Iran was fast approaching a point of no retu...
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Waging an endless war is Netanyahu's "blood gambit". He'll gladly watch the world burn if that's what it takes to stay in power. @yusufsarfati.bsky.social and I wrote about it recently for @democratization.bsky.social. Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... DM for full text.
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I can almost hear the cartoonish evil laughter. Remember this is the president of the US. What a nightmare.
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Türkiye Küçük Amerika idi, Amerika Büyük Türkiye oldu.
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Autocratisation at lightening speed in the US.
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
"“Demirtaş serbest kalırsa İmamoğlu da bırakılır” türü hukuki tutarlılık gerektiren beklentiler gerçekçi değil. İktidar, hukuku, kendi bekasını korumak, rakiplerini tasfiye etmek ve dilediğini ödüllendirmek üzere yeniden inşa etti. Bu yapıdan geriye dönmesi mümkün değil." Kısa Dalga yazım...
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Erdoğan'ın planı, muhalefetin sınavı
Erdoğan, İmamoğlu operasyonu ile iktidarını tehdit eden rakibinden kurtulurken, Türkiye'nin yumuşak karnı olan PKK meselesini eli kuvvetliyken çözmeyi ve çözüm üzerinden yeniden rıza üretebilmeyi amaç...
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Murat @belokan.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
@karabekir.bsky.social hoca her seyi tane tane anlatmis. Mutlaka okunmali. Erdoğan'ın planı, muhalefetin sınavı kisadalga.net/haber/konuk-...
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Erdoğan'ın planı, muhalefetin sınavı
Erdoğan, İmamoğlu operasyonu ile iktidarını tehdit eden rakibinden kurtulurken, Türkiye'nin yumuşak karnı olan PKK meselesini eli kuvvetliyken çözmeyi ve çözüm üzerinden yeniden rıza üretebilmeyi amaç...
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
"“Demirtaş serbest kalırsa İmamoğlu da bırakılır” türü hukuki tutarlılık gerektiren beklentiler gerçekçi değil. İktidar, hukuku, kendi bekasını korumak, rakiplerini tasfiye etmek ve dilediğini ödüllendirmek üzere yeniden inşa etti. Bu yapıdan geriye dönmesi mümkün değil." Kısa Dalga yazım...
kisadalga.net
Erdoğan'ın planı, muhalefetin sınavı
Erdoğan, İmamoğlu operasyonu ile iktidarını tehdit eden rakibinden kurtulurken, Türkiye'nin yumuşak karnı olan PKK meselesini eli kuvvetliyken çözmeyi ve çözüm üzerinden yeniden rıza üretebilmeyi amaç...
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
A generous review of my book, "Guardianship and Democracy in Iran and Turkey", by Soli Özel in the Mediterranean Politics. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Guardianship and democracy in Iran and Turkey: Tutelary consolidation, popular contestation
Published in Mediterranean Politics (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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Drewery Dyke @drewerydyke.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Sami Zubaida. www.brismes.ac.uk/news/obituar... @karabekir.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @merip.bsky.social
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Obituary | BRISMES Member Sami Zubaida (1937-2025)
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Let the new Pope Leo follow the late Pope Francis like Arne Slot followed Jurgen Klopp!
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
The US is bypassing autocratisation to jump straight to fascism like an Indian village skipping landlines for cell phones.
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
İstanbul Etiler'de afet sonrası toplanma alanı olarak belirlenmiş eski Polis Koleji arazisine dikilmekte olan rant kuleleri. Müstakil evler ve 4-5 katlı apartmanlardan oluşan mahalleye dikilen bu heyulaların hikayesi de Türkiye yakın siyasi tarihinin bir özeti 👇
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Pelin Ünker @pelinunker.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
#Şişli İstanbul’da yaşanan 6.2 şiddetindeki #deprem sonrası Şişli’nin Kanal İstanbul’u olarak adlandırılan inşaat alanına(aynı zamanda deprem toplanma alanı olan yer)giremeyen insanlar,sokak aralarında ve inşaatın yanındaki küçücük parkta bekliyor İnsanlar beklerken inşaat tüm hızıyla devam ediyor
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
A 6.2 earthquake hit Istanbul this afternoon, thankfully no casualties reported so far. But: 1. Scenes of packed crowds in narrow streets all over the city highlight the lack of adequate assembly areas. 60% of assembly areas listed in the city's disaster plan no longer exist. Many were built upon.
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
For Greek readers, here is an interview I recently gave to TA NEA on the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, and the subsequent protests in Turkey. www.tanea.gr/2025/04/21/i...
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Καραμπεκίρ Ακογιουνλού | ΤΑ ΝΕΑ
Ο καθηγητής Διεθνών Σχέσεων στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Λονδίνου μιλάει στα «ΝΕΑ Σαββατοκύριακο» για το εσωτερικό της χώρας του και τον Ταγίπ Ερντογάν
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
As an agnostic person, I tend to feel little sympathy for religious leaders. The late Pope was an exception. An advocate of compassion in a world that is normalising plain cruelty, he will be sorely missed.
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Didn't you rename 🇫🇷🍟 to "Freedom Fries" precisely because the French stood up against your disastrous war?
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Well, that's disappointing. @bsky.app started banning accounts complying with Turkish government demands. Not the safe haven those who migrated from X was seeking, it seems.
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I've condemned Israel's campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, and I've written extensively about autocratisation, inc. in the US. Safe to say, I have ZERO intention of travelling to the US in the foreseeable future, despite the numerous academic events I had lined up. Just doesn't feel safe at all.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🏆 @rollingstone.com wins the Headline of the Day Award This is how it’s done. At least someone understands the assignment. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The kidnapping and extortion tactics the Trump administration uses against US universities and international students are mafia-like and fascistic---reminiscent of Erdogan govt's attacks on higher education in Turkey, only much more sudden and unabashed. 1/2
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Emine Deniz @eminedeniz.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Yarın. Tam da #genellboykot varken.
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Oğuz Bakır @oguz-bakir.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Veri Enstitüsü'nün araştırmasına göre, halkın %69'u Ekrem İmamoğlu'nun tutuklanmasını ve ardından yaşanan olayların "keyfi" ve "adaletsiz" olduğunu düşünüyor.
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Only in Brazil!! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Turkey recap @turkeyrecap.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
📰 Sunday extras: "The Protests and Political Crisis Shaping Turkey's Democratic Future" with @karabekir.bsky.social, @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social and @gonultol.bsky.social. [1/5]
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Rethinking Democracy Ep. 7: The Protests and Political Crisis Shaping Turkey's Democratic Future
Turkey has plunged into turmoil after authorities arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, President Erdoğan's strongest opponent, on charges of corruption. Mass protests, the largest in over a decade,...
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bianet English @bianet-eng.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
X users in Turkey migrate to Bluesky amid censorship bianet.org/haber/x-user...
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X users in Turkey migrate to Bluesky amid censorship
Social media users are increasingly turning to Bluesky in response to government censorship and X’s internal content policies, though Bluesky itself may soon face similar restrictions.
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Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Seeing police snatch a Turkish PhD student off the street for writing an op-ed was horrifying. And familiar. With Turkey colleagues @heissenstat.bsky.social + @nicholasdanfort.bsky.social, we wrote about how repression functions by starting with minority groups. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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We Study Repression in Turkey. Now We See It Here.
The detention of a Tufts graduate student echoes the violation of rights in her home country.
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Türkiye ahalisi sonunda Bluesky'a göç etmeye başlamış. Hoş geldiniz sefa getirdiniz. Memleketin toksikliğinden uzaklaşmak zor, en azından X toksikliğinden arındırılmış bir tecrübe diliyorum size.
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Global Souths Hub @globalsouthshub.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Third World Quarterly's #SpecialIssue explores how political parties and #socialmovements resist autocratisation in #Africa, #Asia, #LatinAmerica, and #SoutheastEurope, with insights from Guest Editors @bilgeyabanci.bsky.social, @karabekir.bsky.social, and @keremoxford.bsky.social 🔽
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Limits of Autocratisation: Democratic Resistance and Opposition – a TWQ Special Issue - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB
While authoritarianism continues to gain ground globally, this Special Issue of Third World Quarterly, titled Limits of autocratisation: actors and institutions of democratic resistance and…
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
“Democracy may be in retreat, but resistance to autocratisation is vibrant and evolving." Our TWQ special issue on the "Limits of Autocratisation" featured on @globalsouthshub.bsky.social 👇
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Take out the pitchforks. fortune.com/2025/04/02/w...
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The world’s billionaires now hold more wealth than every country in the world except the U.S. and China—and they'd be even richer if it wasn't for tanking stocks
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg still dominate the billionaire ranks, but their fortunes have taken a hit as S&P 500 losses and boycotts chip away at their wealth.
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
There's a countrywide boycott of government-aligned businesses in 🇹🇷 -- and it's working! Intense social media campaign for Muse to postpone its Istanbul concert, organised by an AKP-linked entertainment company, has just born fruit.
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Trump, Netanyahu, Putin, Erdoğan... all cut from the same cloth, ushering in a brutal new age of "might makes right".
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
We discussed Turkey's critical juncture on the Rethinking Democracy podcast with @gonultol.bsky.social and @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social. Listen here: www.mei.edu/multimedia/p...
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Rethinking Democracy Ep. 7: The Protests and Political Crisis Shaping Turkey's Democratic Future
Turkey has plunged into turmoil after authorities arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, President Erdoğan's strongest opponent, on charges of corruption. Mass protests, the largest in over a decade,...
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
BYDs are all over Brasília, while I don't recall seeing a single Tesla in the Brazilian capital. www.ft.com/content/c97b...?
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BYD sales soar as Tesla struggles in Europe
Chinese carmaker sold just under 1mn vehicles in first quarter
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Palestine has become the ultimate litmus test of the West’s commitment to civil liberties—and many, led by the US and Germany, are failing it spectacularly.
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
It is simply astounding how, in just over two months, the US has almost caught up with two decades of democratic backsliding in Turkey.
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
My daughter (11) is subscribed to Week Junior, which is a weekly magazine that covers news for young people. The way the protests in Turkey were covered in this week's issue is much more accurate than they are covered in Turkish mainstream papers.
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