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Tom Hunter @tommccraehunter.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Excited to be on a great panel on Politicization and Party Strategies in the EU @ecpr.bsky.social. Featuring @heinkelmann-wild.bsky.social , @kovarek.bsky.social , @duarteamaro.bsky.social, @saorhan.bsky.social among others. Come on down to the Polytechnic School (B 5.39)at 13:30 tomorrow (29 Aug)!

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social · 25/02/2025

I’m hearing a lot of people repeating the line that social democrats are not losing votes to the far right, so that invalidates the thesis that social democrats have lost touch with the working class and should address issues like migration. But this is missing the point

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I think he is talking about CDU here, not AfD. I think. Not sure even if he knows. Probably saw Conservative and thought welp right-wing.

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Somebody should make a joke about that high price is just market economics, a question of supply and demand and he shouldn't really complain but that person probably isn't me.

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Gabriela Greilinger @gabrielagreilinger.com · 21/01/2025

Weird take. This is not the first time the Austrian far right is in coalition talks to form a government. They also governed federally with ÖVP twice before, albeit as junior partners. Meanwhile, FPÖ currently also governs in several regional state coalitions. That 'firewall' collapsed decades ago.

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Austria’s ‘firewall’ against the far right collapsed. Could the unthinkable happen in Germany too? | John Kampfner

Events in Vienna are forcing Germany’s bickering mainstream parties to rally together. But the AfD could yet outflank the centre

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Comparative Politics at Lund University @comppollu.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

We're sharing an early Christmas present - a lovely list of incredibly talented and accomplished speakers for our spring edition of the CP Seminar Series @pollu.bsky.social. Thanks to @agustingoenaga.bsky.social and Kajsa Hansson for putting it all together and to the fantastic presenters! 👇🏼

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I don't mean to promote my stuff shamelessly, but Jusos is referred to as a 'stopping force' in this, so it's definitely on point :) Even if party actors don't protest publicly, lack of support still undermines the effort. They must buy the shift first, and then the electorate can get on board.

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How do intra-party dynamics impact the party elite’s immigration policy manoeuvres? The case of German Social Democrats - Acta Politica

This article examines the Social Democratic Party of Germany’s (SPD) approach to immigration and the role of party activists in shaping its policies. The article delves into the party’s response to th...

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I'd humbly add that 'how' they shift and the politicians' agency also matter. A lot of convincing and ideological 'reconstruction' was involved in the Danish case. If the shift is perceived as "we are doing this because we need votes," it backfires, first within the party and then with the voters.

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Incredibly interesting and insightful article! I'd venture to say that a similar trajectory awaits Socialdemokratiet in the future.

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

No Scholz is an admission of failure/responsibility. If Pistorius, why run a (potentially) winning candidate in a race that they will most likely lose? And he would need to "shift" to the right on many issues even to have a chance, which would upset the party base - why add fuel to the fire?

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

For the #dkpol users, following (like and pin) the feed below will provide you an easier access to the discussion and the hashtag(s).

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

The same goes for the Danish-German border, where Denmark has long imposed border checks. Basically, experts and data, including the police union, showed that checks were ineffective, a waste of personnel, time, and effort, and mostly worked as symbolic/gesture policies.

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Ein Jahr mit intensiver Debatte über Grenzkontrollen

Die wiederholten Verlängerungen der temporären Kontrollen an der deutsch-dänischen Grenze standen in diesem Jahr vermehrt im Kreuzfeuer der Kritik. Dies hat sich selbstverständlich auch in der Bericht...

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

May I suggest myself for the list? A considerable part of my work is about German social democrats.

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I made a feed for the upcoming federal elections in Germany. Feel free to like, pin and share.

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Could you add me as well please? My research focuses quite a lot on intra-party dynamics :)

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Only tags at the moment but I am planning to extend it to (official) party and politician accounts as it gets more widespread. Any suggestions?

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I made a feed for the upcoming federal elections in Germany. Feel free to like, pin and share.

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 08/08/2024

Off to Dublin next week for the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference! Quite excited and looking forward to presenting my paper on social democratic party leaders and their immigration discourses. #ecprgc24 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

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Navigating the Immigration Policies and Discourses: Exploring the Perspectives of Social Democratic Party Leaders

European Consortium for Political Research

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 26/02/2024

I am quite happy to announce that my article on Danish social democrats, their immigration policy shift and intra-party dynamics just got published on Party Politics. polisky journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

Kicking off the spring programme of the Aarhus University Migration & Ethnicity Workshop tomorrow (Feb 13) with a presentation by Suat Alper Orhan, Europa-Universität Flensburg! Full programme below 👇 Please join if you're aorund 🤗 polisky migcitsky

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

Out of all statuses, this is definitely my favourite.

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Stunning but familiar graph: electoral choice of Dutch voters who describe themselves as working class since 1972. Light red is social- democrat stukroodvlees.nl/ook-de-nieuwe-pvv-…

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

A month ago, PiS "won the elections" in Poland with no realistic possibility of forming a government. For my research, I interviewed a (Socialdemokratiet) politician who said, "We won the battle but lost the war" about 2015. It is definitely not enough. Makes good headlines though...

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Looking at that list just gave me one thought: waiting 60 days for a desk reject must be a very zen inducing experience.

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Somebody should really make a list of journals known to be fast. The feeling of "hope this does not take ages" is dreadful really.

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

I have one, if it is still needed

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Could it be related to the version you were using? Maybe another one works better? I have the 1.19.8 for instance, and it works fine as far as I am aware.

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

It's been a while, but I think I simply searched for a download client for Mendeley Desktop. I have the 1.19.8 version on Mac at the moment, so searching for that should work.

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

My 'solution' was to revert to the earlier version of Mendeley Desktop, which still works like a charm.

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

Just keywords. In the other place, #dkpol is used for anything and everything connected to Danish politics by politicians, academics, commentators and so on; hence, thought an encompassing one would fit the bill.

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Share, follow, like and all that applies, of course.

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

You do not need to be added; just tag your post with dkpol or dkpolsky and it would appear in the feed.

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

I just created a Danish politics feed, dkpol. Super basic, but should work fine.

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

Utah Jazz has to be the peak of this. Started in New Orleans, universally famous for jazz, then moved to Salt Lake City (Utah), well, not-so-very-famous for jazz.

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Suat Alper Orhan @saorhan.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Could you please add me as well? Cheers.

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