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Marc David Baer

@marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social
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Professor and Head of Department of International History, London School of Economics, author of The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs

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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Turkey arrests dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists
The arrests are an escalation in the Turkish government's campaign targeting LGBTQ+ community and activists.
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Chinese version of The Ottomans coming soon!
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Die deutsche Ausgabe meines Buches ist erschienen
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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🎧The EI Podcast: Muslims and Jews' shared inheritance @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social speaks to EI’s @paullay.bsky.social about his new book 'Children of Abraham: The Story of Jewish-Muslim Relations', and the deep historical connection between two faiths. engelsbergideas.com/podcast/musl...
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Muslims and Jews' shared inheritance
Marc David Baer speaks to EI’s Paul Lay about his new book 'Children of Abraham: The Story of Jewish-Muslim Relations', and the deep historical connection between two faiths, bound by common roots.
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
churchtimes.co.uk
Book review: Children of Abraham: The story of Jewish-Muslim relations by Marc David Baer
Fitzroy Morrissey looks at relative levels of anti-Semitism in history
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I was interviewed by Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio this morning. m.youtube.com/watch?v=0g5G...
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Israel-Palestine Conflict Just A 'Blip' |  The History Of Jewish-Muslim Relations Explained
YouTube video by Times News
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
My new book out April 2
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
www.thetorah.com/article/hasi...
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Hasidic-Muslim Relations in Ottoman Palestine - TheTorah.com
In the wake of the Hasidic aliyah in the 18th and 19th centuries, Hasidic masters reflected on the positive experience the local Jews had with their Muslim neighbors, as well as the importance of lovi...
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
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'Surround the polls': ICE will patrol elections, ex-Trump aide says
President Trump has called for the Republican party and the federal government to take control of local elections as polls show Democratic gains.
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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Analysis: When Trump makes election threats, it’s best to believe him | CNN Politics
When President Donald Trump looks like he’s gearing up to meddle in an election, still-raw history suggests he should be believed.
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
m.youtube.com/watch?v=GDaP...
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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time.com
Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30,000: Local Officials
According to two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health who spoke with TIME.
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover | Francine Prose
This is the news we should be paying attention to. At least for the moment, everything else is a distraction
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Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
US government rhetoric is textbook authoritarian. During the Gezi protests, Turkish police shot 14-year-old Berkin Elvan in the head with a teargas canister while he was out buying bread. He died after a months-long coma. TR officials called his family terrorists and his mourners necrophiles.
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
theguardian.com
Jewish klezmer-dance band Oi Va Voi: ‘Musicians shouldn’t have to keep looking over their shoulders’
After 20 years playing around the world, the group had two UK gigs cancelled this year after protests from activists. It’s made them feel targeted for who they are, the band say
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
theguardian.com
A swim for unity at Bondi beach, the scene of Sydney’s darkest day. But on land tensions fray
Jewish voices say an attack of this kind was entirely predictable given the surge in antisemitic attacks in Australia since 2023
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Thrilled that my book, Children of Abraham: The Story of Jewish-Muslim Relations, will be published by Profile (UK) in April 2026
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In a time of hate and rancour, two Jews sought to pray – and were killed. Let Manchester be a turning point | Jonathan Freedland
This was a horror but with so much intolerance and antisemitism, no one can say it was a surprise. There are lessons to learn, and that must start now, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Mosse Lectures @mosselectures.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
[reminder] – Morgen, 19:15 Uhr: Die #MosseLecture von @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social mit dem Titel »Children of Abraham: The Story of Muslim-Jewish Relations« im Senatssaal der @humboldtuni.bsky.social. – mit Ulrike Freitag Anmeldung unter: info@mosse-lectures.de Bis morgen, wir freuen uns!
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Mosse Lectures @mosselectures.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
[save the date]: Nächsten Freitag geht es bereits weiter mit unserer Reihe zum #Zionismus: Dann wird @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social unser Gast bei den #MosseLectures an der @humboldtuni.bsky.social sein. — mit Ulrike Freitag Anmeldung unter info@mosse-lectures.de Bis dahin, wir freuen uns!
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Looking forward to speaking in Berlin www.mosse-lectures.de/en/program/
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Program – Mosse Lectures
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
www.zendalibros.com/otomanos-los...
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Otomanos, los últimos romanos - Zenda
Ángel Carlos Pérez Aguayo escribe acerca de 'Otomanos', una obra de Marc David Baer publicada por Desperta Ferro.
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
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Trump exploiting antisemitism fears to undermine rule of law, warns Jewish coalition
A coalition of Jewish groups warns that the Trump administration stripping international students of visas under the guise of fighting antisemitism actually makes Jews less safe and undermines the rul...
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
mi libro en traducción al español
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Turkey’s young ‘hope of millions’ held in jail as Erdoğan cracks down on protests
Popular student demonstrator Berkay Gezgin, 21, snatched off street by police outside office of detained Istanbul mayor
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bianet @bianet.org · 27/03/2025
🔴 Cevahir AVM önünde üniversitelilere gözaltı Cevahir AVM önünde Maçka Parkı'na yürümek için toplanan çok sayıda üniversite öğrencisi, ablukaya alındıktan sonra gözaltına alındı. 🗞️ Ali Dinç'in haberi
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Cevahir AVM önünde üniversitelilere gözaltı
Cevahir AVM önünde Maçka Parkı'na yürümek için toplanan çok sayıda üniversite öğrencisi, ablukaya alındıktan sonra gözaltına alındı.
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
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bbc.co.uk
BBC statement on detention and deportation of Mark Lowen
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
medyascope.tv/2025/03/26/n...
medyascope.tv
Nuray Mert'e "terör örgütü üyeliği" suçlamasıyla dava açıldı - Medyascope
Nuray Mert'e "terör örgütü üyeliği" suçlamasıyla dava açıldı. İddiaya konu olay, 2014'te Suriye'de çekilen bir fotoğrafa dayanıyor.
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
theguardian.com
Eight journalists covering anti-government protests held in Turkey
Arrests condemned as ‘unlawful’ by press freedom groups, highlighting growing repression amid demonstrations against President Erdoğan
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Journalists among more than 1,100 arrested in Turkey crackdown
Authorities ask X to block accounts as tens of thousands take to streets in largest anti-government protests in years
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
bianet.org/haber/bianet...
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bianet’in X hesabına sansür
bianet’in 365 bin takipçili X hesabı, İBB Başkanı Ekrem İmamoğlu’nun gözaltına alınıp tutuklanmasına ilişkin devam eden protestolarla ilgili geçtiği haberler sonrasında erişime engellendi.
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...
bbc.co.uk
Turkey latest: Huge protests across the country after president's main rival jailed
Thousands of people have been protesting since Istanbul's mayor was detained on Wednesday.
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
theguardian.com
Istanbul mayor jailed on day of likely presidential nomination
Ekrem İmamoğlu, rival of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, placed in pre-trial detention along with dozens of staff and officials
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Dictator clinging to power in desparate measure www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Istanbul mayor arrested days before likely presidential nomination
Key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan detained a day after university invalidated his diploma, in move seen as politically motivated
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Sinan Ciddi @sinanciddi.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Istanbul University annuls Ekrem Imamoglu's university degree Stunning as it may imperil Imamoglu's campaign-being a college grad is a prerequisite to be president Worth noting that Erdogan is not a grad and relied on forged documents since 2014
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Turkish school annuls diploma of Erdogan rival in blow to opposition
Istanbul University said on Tuesday it annulled the diploma of Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival over irregularities, in a blow to the opposition days before it was set to pick him as its presidential candidate in the next elections.
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Ahora en Espanol
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
www.duvarenglish.com/turkish-oppo...
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Turkish opposition points to parliament for resolving Kurdish issue following Öcalan’s call
Turkish opposition parties have given mixed reactions to Öcalan’s call for the disarmament and dissolution of the outlawed PKK. While some parties pointed to the parliament as the medium for resolving...
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Will Erdogan free all jailed politicians now? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Jailed Kurdish leader calls for PKK to disarm – in shift that could shake up region
Abdullah Öcalan’s message, which follows four decades of guerrilla warfare, will have far-reaching implications
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
www.ozgurpolitika.com/haberi-parla...
ozgurpolitika.com
Parlamentoda Kürt temsiliyet arttı
Federal Parlamento seçimlerinde Die Linke, önemli bir başarıya imza atarak 64 milletvekiliyle Federal Meclis'e girmeyi başardı.
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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forward.com
Elon Musk is doing everything conspiracy theorists accuse George Soros of
Elon Musk is doing what conspiracy theorists have long accused George Soros of: trying to establish influence over global politics and media.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QXQ...
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President Musk
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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👻Notorischer User dieser Plattform🎃 @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
«By moving fast and breaking things, DOGE forces a collapse of the system where unanswered questions are met with technological solutions. Shifting the conversation to the technical is a way of locking policymakers and the public out of decisions and shifting that power to the code they write.»
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Mutlu Civiroglu @mutludc.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Kurdish mother who received her son's body in cargo box is sentenced to 6 years prison by a Turkish court buff.ly/4huNXGo
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Kurdish mother who received her son’s body in cargo box is sentenced to 6 years prison
The Kurdish mother Halise Aksoy, whose son's body was delivered to her in a cargo box, was sentenced to 6
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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
As someone who has studied autocratization elsewhere, I can tell you that you need to keep your eyes on THIS. Changes to the partisan balance of bodies overseeing elections or changes to the electoral system is key to how wannabe autocrats become actual autocrats. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/u...
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Federal Election Commission Chair Says Trump Has Moved to Fire Her
Ellen L. Weintraub, who has served as a commissioner for the nation’s top elections watchdog since 2002, said she did not recognize a letter from President Trump relieving her from her post as legally...
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Someone better tell President Musk www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Mandatory jail for Nazi salutes under new Australia laws
The new laws come amid a wave of high profile antisemitic attacks which have become a heated topic of debate.
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Time for US students to do same www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Serbia’s students are showing the world how to restore democratic hope | Adriana Zaharijević
An authoritarian regime has been rocked by an anti-corruption movement generating society-wide anger and indignation, says philosopher Adriana Zaharijević
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Marc David Baer @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
politico.com
Judge orders nationwide injunction against Trump’s birthright executive order
Trump’s order, set to take effect in two weeks, was already temporarily paused.
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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Germans (here filmed in the eastern city of Leipzig) engaging in mass protests against the passage of an anti-immigration law by an unprecedented joint vote of the center-right CDU and the neo-fascist AfD.
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