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Salih Yasun

@salihyasun.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor of Political Science at Virginia Military Institute.

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Salih Yasun @salihyasun.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

An Uncomplicated Man www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

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Salih Yasun @salihyasun.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

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From the Enlightenment to Nolan's Odyssey (2026): Continuity and Change in the Uses of Ancient Greece

“I want to revive Athens.

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Salih Yasun @salihyasun.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

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Five Questions and Answers on CHP and Turkish Democracy

Turkey’s main opposition party, CHP, entered a major political and legal crisis after a court decision declared the party’s 2023 congress “mutlak butlan” (absolute nullity), effectively treating the l...

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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

From our August Issue: What Can We Learn about the Effects of Democracy Using Cross-National Data? by JONATHAN STAVNSKÆR DOUCETTE. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Salih Yasun @salihyasun.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Thoughts of the leading Middle East Historians on orientalism. Source: "Approaches to the History of the Middle East: Interviews with Leading Middle East Historians" (1993).

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The Lausanne Project (TLP) @lausanneproject.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

@salihyasun.bsky.social on a surprising tale of intimate kinship ties, enduring yet overlooked: thelausanneproject.com/2025/07/04/m...

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Milk Kinship Between Empires

Salih Yasun on how unexpected and intimate ties connect Kavala to Alexandria via Görükle.

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Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) @mesa1966.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Don’t miss your chance to win the Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award! If you’re completing your dissertation in Social Sciences or Humanities, submit your work by July 1, 2025! Read more: mesana.org/awards/categ...

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Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) @mesa1966.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

#Employment The Department of Political Science at The American University in Cairo invites applicants for an assistant professor position in Political Science with an emphasis on the Middle East starting Fall 2025. Read more: mesana.org/resources-an...

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Middle East Studies Association

The Department of Political Science invites applicants for an assistant professor position in Political Science with an emphasis on the Middle East starting Fall 2025.

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Bedirhan E. Mutlu (بدرهان) @bemutlu.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I do like my political science folks as well but the Middle East Studies academic community is just special.

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