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Seckin Sertdemir

@seckinsertdemir.bsky.social
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Author of Civic Death in Contemporary Turkey: Mass Surveillance and the Authoritarian State, Cambridge University Press (January 2025) www.cambridge.org/core/books/civic-…

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James Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
This from @makrevis.bsky.social on the long AKP campaign to sculpt higher ed in its own image is essential reading in light of the closing of Bilgi University this week.
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Seckin Sertdemir @seckinsertdemir.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
An insightful workshop with brilliant speakers 👇🏼
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Seckin Sertdemir @seckinsertdemir.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
🚨 Call for Contributions! 🚨 The ‪Political Studies Association‬’s Turkish Politics Specialists Group is organising a special issue workshop. 📝 Deadline for abstracts: 8 September 2025 ‪@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social‬ psaturkishpolitics.uk/2025/07/16/c... #AcademicWorkshop #SpecialIssue #CallForPapers
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Call for Papers: Turkish Politics in Transition – New Perspectives on State, Society, and Foreign Policy
The Political Studies Association’s Turkish Politics Specialist Group invites contributions for an upcoming online workshop and a prospective special issue on the evolving landscape of Turkish poli…
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LSE Middle East Centre @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
With great sadness we announce the passing of our colleague, Professor Fulya Atacan, following her extended illness. Fulya was internationally recognised for her scholarship on Middle Eastern politics and Islamic movements, and will be dearly missed. blogs.lse.ac.uk/condolences/...
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In memory of Professor Fulya Atacan (1962- 2025) - Condolences
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear colleague, Professor Fulya Atacan, following an extended period of illness. In January 2023, Professor Atacan was appointed as an LSE ...
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Seckin Sertdemir @seckinsertdemir.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
cok uzucu... tum sevenlerinin basi sagolsun...
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Jenny White @whitejenny.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Clear-eyed look at food devastation in Turkish life, including lack of access to nutritious food, including not only meat, but also fruits and vegetables, and pesticide contamination. Particularly damming, given Turkey’s great agricultural potential.
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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
📣 Call for Papers: The Authoritarian Eco-System 📣 We are launching a new policy brief series w/ the Westminster Foundation for Democracy on authoritarian politics! Deadline: 3 October 2025 Submit abstract (500 words) researcher’s profile, and CVs to: arc.psa.sg@gmail.com Details? Read the call &🧵
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Ylenia Gostoli @yleniagostoli.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
#Turkey is accelerating its use of facial recognition to detain and prosecute protesters - often with little or no evidence. I’ve been investigating how #AI is contributing to the erosion of the rule of law & supercharging authoritarianism 🧵 newlinesmag.com/spotlight/tu... @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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Turkey’s AI-Powered Protest Crackdown
Documents show that Ankara is expanding facial recognition policing while circumventing legal safeguards, charging demonstrators with little to no proof of wrongdoing
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LSE Middle East Centre @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Our Kurdish Studies Conference (11-13 June) will close with a screening of All The Mountains Give, followed by a Q&A with Director Arash Rakhsha. The film offers a powerful account of the Kolbari covert goods traders along the Kurdish border between Iran and Iraq. 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6nR...
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Seckin Sertdemir @seckinsertdemir.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Very much looking forward to my virtual book launch tomorrow! Here is the registration link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Dr. Seckin Sertdemir’s Book Launch. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Dr. Seckin Sertdemir’s Book Launch. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Yaprak Gürsoy @ygursoy.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
#LSETürkiye has two events coming up this week. 1. Thu, 05/06 @selvademiralp.com lecture on inflation 2. Sat, 07/06 BATAS symposium on foreign policy & displacement Register to both events: www.lse.ac.uk/contemporary... Keeping busy during #eid @lsects.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social
34th BATAS Spring Symposium Event PosterPoster: Prof Selva Demiralp talk on Inflation and Institutions: Turkiye, the United States, and the Politics of Price Stability
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Natalie Martin @drnataliemartin.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🔜🎓34th @BATAStweets Symposium @LSEEI 🇹🇷Turkish Politics and Society in Flux 📅7 June, Saturday 🌍Foreign policy | 🏠Identity & Displacement 🎙️Incl @EmelAkcali777 @TugceBSyed @Basakkale @kndmrsl @mmkutlay @digdemsoyaltin @elftok @OZihnioglu www.lse.ac.uk/contemporary...
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Turkish Politics and Society in Flux: Identity, Policy, and Transnational Dynamics
The 34th BATAS Spring Symposium
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Şenay Aydemir @senayaydemir.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Otuz yıllık onurlu direniş! #CumartesiAnneleri30Yıl
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Seckin Sertdemir @seckinsertdemir.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
please sign the petition 👇
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Seckin Sertdemir @seckinsertdemir.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
here is the recording of my book launch at LSE Middle East Centre 👇
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
A social sciences and humanities reading list on AI in education 🧵
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zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Why did Grok suddenly start talking about “white genocide in South Africa” even if asked about baseball or cute dogs? Because someone at Musk’s xAi deliberately did this, and we only found out because they were clumsy. My piece on the real dangers of AI. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/o...
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Sertaç Sehlikoglu, Doç Dr @sertacsehlikoglu.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Please consider joining us with our new and exciting open-access book project titled "The Dawn of the Dark Subject: Realms of Comfort and Privilege at Times of Crisis" (ed w/) @erolsaglam.bsky.social (We're keen on opening the editorship for invested candidates.) www.academia.edu/129244974/Cf...
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Cf Chapters Dark Agency latest version
Cf Chapters Dark Agency latest version
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I’m off to Istanbul today - my first ever visit to Turkey. Looking forward to sharing some killjoy solidarity & meeting in defiance! I shared a few thoughts on my newsletter, which includes a link to the livestream for the lecture on Wed with the title, No! open.substack.com/pub/feminist...
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Meeting in Defiance
Some thoughts on “no” before travelling to Istanbul
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Lecturer Chris Hogg of @royalholloway.bsky.social found the question of using #AI to create #art troubled his students so deeply, they walked out of the class. Here’s how the moment led to deeper understanding: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/what-... #GenAI #artificialintelligence
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‘What I learned when students walked out of my AI class’
Chris Hogg found the question of using AI to create art troubled his students deeply. Here’s how the moment led to deeper understanding for both student and educator
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Seckin Sertdemir @seckinsertdemir.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
I am thrilled to launch my new book and hear feedback from Banu Bargu and Elise Massicard, two outstanding scholars! #BookLaunch #Polisky #AcademicSky @cambridgeup.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social Details are here👇
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Seckin Sertdemir @seckinsertdemir.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Such a great initiative — highly recommend this workshop 👇🏼
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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Wild stuff. The memo purports to authorize "a line officer, or any other available officer" to decide who is an "Alien Enemy," subject only to supervisor review. It does not require court approval for anything.
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Plans to break with a 40-year tradition and allow dual-use and defence-related projects to be funded under Horizon Europe have been branded “unacceptable” by leading research universities #AcademicSky #HorizonEurope
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Alarm over EU plan to use Horizon funding for defence
Concerns framework programme’s budget could be redirected to back projects with military uses ‘threatens to undermine its core purpose,’ say leading research universities
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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
I'm doing a webinar with @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social on May 7th about How to Publish a Trade or Crossover Book. If you're an academic looking to break into trade publishing, this is for you! Sign up here! courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/trad...
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Webinar: How to Publish a Trade or Crossover Book
Learn what scholarly writers need to know when trying to publish for broader readerships and markets. Webinar hosted by Laura Portwood-Stacer with guest Kate McKean, literary agent and author of Write...
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Seckin Sertdemir @seckinsertdemir.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
@evreki.bsky.social'dan Turkiye'nin siyasal gecmisi ve gelecegine dair harika bir yazi: "Türkiye’nin geleceği, bugünün geçmişten farkına ... değil, yüzleşilmiş bir hafızadan doğan, çoğul ve demokratik bir tahayyüle yaslanmalı" t24.com.tr/yazarlar/evr...
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Eski Türkiye, yeni Türkiye
Son dönemde giderek daha sık karşıma çıkan “eski Türkiye” nostaljisinin, bizi bulunduğumuz yerde sabitleme ve siyasal tahayyülümüzü sınırlama riski taşıdığını düşünüyorum. Bugün ana meselemiz kimliğim...
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PSA Turkish Politics Specialist Group @psaturkish.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Started the conference with the presentation of the paper: “Are Exclusionary Attitudes on the Rise Among Political Science Students? The Turkish Case” from Prof. Funda Gençoğlu, Dr. Asuman Özgür Keysan, and Dr. Zelal Ozdemir. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @psaturkish.bsky.social #Psa2025
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Nurhan Suerdem @nurhansuerdem.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Dün Afganlı maden işçisi Nourtani’yi yakanlara ödül gibi ceza verildi. Kısa zamanda özgür de kalacakları kesin Yoksuldu üstelik mülteciydi. Davasını takip eden güzel insanlar vardı. Biz de buradan sesi vermeliyiz. #NourtaniSuçlularıYenidenYargılansın
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Gülay Türkmen @gulayturkmen.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
*Uzun zincir uyarisi*-> Siyaset bilimciler defaatle yazdilar ama hatirlatma olsun: Turkiye'de Venezuela, Rusya, Belarus, vb tipte bir rejim kurulabilmesi, sandiktan toptan vazgecilebilmesi cok zor. Bunun yapisal sebepleri oldugu kadar tarihsel ve kulturel sebepleri mevcut. Yapisal sebepler belli:+
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
We’ve brought all our coverage of job cuts in UK higher education together in one place. Track the latest updates here #AcademicSky #EduSky
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UK university redundancies: latest updates
As higher education institutions shed thousands of jobs, we track developments and bring together latest analysis with resources for affected staff and students
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Yaman Akdeniz @cyber-rights.org · 04/04/2025
Bluesky hareketlenmeye başladı. Bu hareketlenme yakında bu platform ile ilgili yaptırım kararlarına dönüşebilir. @engelliweb.com hesabımızı duyurular ve iletişim için mutlaka takip edin.
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Jacob Lypp @jacoblypp.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
This week, Esra Özyürek and I have an article out in print with Men and Masculinities! 🎉 1/ We critically analyse the booming field of state-funded gender pedagogy targeting Muslim men in Germany. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Taming Muslim Masculinity: Patriarchy and Christianity in German Immigrant Integration - Jacob Lypp, Esra Özyürek, 2025
This article analyzes a growing sector of state-funded pedagogies designed to reform Muslim masculinity in Germany. These programs present Muslim men as sufferi...
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Sebnem Gumuscu @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
We wrote a short piece on Turkey’s protests and how/why we arrived at this moment with Berk Esen for @jodemocracy.bsky.social We also discuss what may come next: www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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EngelliWeb @engelliweb.com · 26/03/2025
Son bir hafta içerisinde birçok kadın hakları savunucusu platformun ve feminist örgütün X hesapları millî güvenlik ve kamu düzeninin korunması gerekçesiyle erişime engellendi. ifade.org.tr/engelliweb/k...
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Ayça Çubukçu @aycacu.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I gave an interview on recent developments in Turkey Begins at 28 min: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de....
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Erol Onderoglu @erolonderoglu.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Reporters Without Borders (RSF): “Attacks against journalists show no sign of slowing. Journalists' safety and rights are being trampled. We call on the Interior Minister to put an end to these violations.” - Bianet #PressFreedom 👇 bianet.org/haber/turkey...
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Turkey detains journalists covering protests in house raids
Several journalists have been injured during police response since the protests began on Mar 19 while covering the events on site. Also, police reportely damaged journalists' equipment in some cases.
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Yaman Akdeniz @cyber-rights.org · 21/03/2025
İmamoğlu’nun gözaltına alınmasından sonra, öğrenci eylemlerine dair bilgi ve içerik paylaşan 20’den fazla gençlik örgütünün X hesabı erişime engellendi. Talebin kim tarafından ve hangi gerekçeyle yapıldığı bilinmiyor. Gençlerden korkan iktidarın yanında artık X de bu işin maşası
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Seckin Sertdemir @seckinsertdemir.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
🎙️ Our podcast “The authoritarian grip on HE tightens” is now published on the LSE Higher Education Blog! Huge thanks to Lee-Ann Sequera, Tamas Dezso Ziegler, and David Swartz for their great insights. #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #Authoritarianism @lse-ei.bsky.social Listen here 👇
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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
What can stop full autocratisation now? We know from our research that you need mobilisation across the full spectrum of the socio-political opposition + transnational support on media, civil society and governmental levels. Is there space for such a united front?
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Louis Fishman لوي فيشمان לואי פישמן @istanbultelaviv.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Huge news from Turkey: Ekrem İ̇mamoğlu, Istanbul’s popular mayor and Erdogan opponent has been detained alongside a long list of his political allies. This comes hours after his decades long university diploma was revoked; today long list of alleged crimes, claiming he leads a criminal organization.
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Begum Zorlu @begumzorlu.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Happy to be listening to dear @seckinsertdemir.bsky.social present her new book, investigating the logics of authoritarian securitisation in Turkey. @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social she explores multiple dynamics including forms of punishment, self-regulation & its relationship with state survival.
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Emek Erez @emekerez.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Bir şey demeyim diyorum da devletin terörö söylemini bari sahiplenmeyi bırakın, şu ortamda terörö damgası yemeyen kendini sorgulasın zaten.
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Ayşe Zarakol @aysezarakol.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I made a meme. Americans unhappy with Trump need to accept there is not a normal to go back to.
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Seckin Sertdemir @seckinsertdemir.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Looking forward to discussing key themes from my book with fantastic colleagues Zerrin Özlem Biner, Esra Özyürek, and Katerina Dalacoura. Here are the event details 👇
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Taylan Bilgic @taylanbilgic.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
8 Turkish news organizations protest Google's algorithm change that resulted in one major news website shutting down yesterday. www.birgun.net/haber/kamuoy...
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Kamuoyuna açık mektup: Google’ın yıkıcı ambargosunu protesto ediyoruz
"Başta Rekabet Kurumu olmak üzere hem yerel hem uluslararası hukuk mercilerinde yapılacak başvurularımızla bu mücadeleyi sürdüreceğimizi ve Google’ın bütün dünya ile birlikte ülkemizde de yarattığı bu...
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Seckin Sertdemir @seckinsertdemir.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@gazeteduvar.com.tr'in kapatilacak olmasina cok uzuldum... tum calisanlarina cok gecmis olsun...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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