Proofs of Turkey, Geopolitics & the Age of Populist World-Making are now back with Routledge. Reading them reminded me how demanding book writing is but also how urgent its central questions remain-how populist world-making reshapes domestic & international politics www.routledge.com/Turkey-Geopo...

What does repression look like when it becomes routine? My latest Substack essay reflects on Pantelis Voulgaris's Happy Day, a remarkable film about Makronisos, memory, political violence & human dignity. Still urgently relevant nearly 50 years later. spyrosasofos.substack.com/p/happy-day-...

The voiding of the 2023 CHP congress & the presidential decree shutting down İstanbul Bilgi University reveal a growing hostility toward spaces of dialogue, plurality & democratic coexistence in Turkey #Bilgi #CHPÖzgürÖzel #postkemalism #Erdoğan #İmamoğlu open.substack.com/pub/spyrosas...

#Erdoğan's closure of İstanbul #BilgiÜniversitesi reflects the #populist remaking of Turkey’s institutional landscape & the narrowing space for autonomous institutions. My thoughts & solidarity are with my friends, colleagues & their students at Bilgi bianet.org/haber/istanb...

Thrilled to share the news that my "Turkey, Geopolitics, and the Age of Populist World-Making: Remapping Regional Orders" book will be out this September. www.routledge.com/Turkey-Geopo... #Turkey #populism #geopolitics #internationalorder

Israel’s Lebanon bombing after the US–Iran ceasefire highlights its reshaping the region by • weakening states • cultivating tensions - and putting fragile Islamabad talks at risk @sfufass.bsky.social @sfuhumanities.bsky.social @ccms-sfu.bsky.social doi.org/10.64628/AAM...

Earlier today at 12:00, I was on CBC’s BC Today discussing the recent, and still elusive, ceasefire in the Middle East. You can catch my segment from 6:00. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Israel’s strategy is actively exacerbating & reshaping regional faultlines. From the Eastern Med (Greece–Cyprus–Turkey) to the Red Sea (Somaliland–Somalia–Turkey) it a dual logic: • weakening states • cultivating regional tensions Read @ca.theconversation.com theconversation.com/israel-isnt-...

Turkey, Geopolitics, and the Age of Populism After many sleepless nights, Populist World-Making and the Remapping of Regional Orders is now with my publisher. Glad to have it there - looking forward to what comes next. #populism #revisionism #geopolitics

📖 From the Shah to today’s crisis (in Greek). In my article in TA NEA Int, I analyse Iran’s trajectory from the Shah’s regime to the present conjuncture & explore the deeper social & geopolitical dynamics that have shaped the Iranian state & its current contradictions. #Iran #politics #MiddleEast

Πώς φτάσαμε από τον Σάχη στη σημερινή κρίση στο Ιράν; Νέο άρθρο μου στο TA NEA Int για τη διαδρομή, τις ρήξεις και τις αντιφάσεις της ιρανικής πολιτικής. #Iran #Ιράν #Geopolitics

Why is Reza Pahlavi popular among Vancouver’s Iranian diaspora? I discuss w/ CBC’s Early Edition Stephen Quinn touching on exile politics, leadership, Israel's weaponization of diaspora politics & the Iranian opposition's internal contradictions #Iran #Diaspora #MiddleEast www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

While Iranians endure domestic repression & external militarism the "opposition" abroad cheer & send praise to Trump. Nazanin Shahrokni asks: who speaks for “the People,” from where & with what responsibility toward those who must live with the consequences? spectrejournal.com/who-speaks-f...

Μπορεί η νίκη του Τουφάν Ερχουρμάν στη Β.Κύπρο να ανοίξει τον δρόμο για την επανένωση του νησιού; Άρθρο μου στο Inside Story Ένα θέμα που παραμένει κομβικό στην Αν. Μεσόγειο & που συζητώ στο βιβλίο μου Turkey, Geopolitics & the Age of Populism (Routledge 2026) insidestory.gr/article/mpor...

My new @ca.theconversation.com article asks Can a pro-federation win in Northern #Cyprus revive the island’s stalled reunification? theconversation.com/can-a-pro-fe... A timely issue in East Med politics also explored in my forthcoming book Turkey, Geopolitics & the Age of Populism (Routledge 2026)

Tufan Erhürman was elected TRNC President with nearly 63%. A moment of truth for the the Republic of Cyprus, which will reveal whether it chooses to align with Erdoğan in undermining prospects for peace - or finally put their money where their mouth is & support genuine reconciliation.

イスラエルによるカタール攻撃が中東の平和と米国の影響力を蝕む」と題した私の記事が『ニューズウィーク日本版』に日本語で掲載されました！ www.newsweekjapan.jp/stories/worl...

📤 Interested in applying to the @sfu.ca Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellowship in the Humanities? Join us at the virtual Q&A information session on September 25 moderated by Clint Burnham from @sfuenglish.bsky.social along with a former Shadbolt Fellow. Register at: tinyurl.com/3486c9ph

One more piece of mine on Israel's (and Netanyahu's) militaristic revisionism and its perils that might be of interest to members of this group. This time exploring the implications of its Qatar bombing. theconversation.com/how-israels-...

My piece for the @LSEMiddleEast blog: “Syria as a Battleground: How Israel & Turkey Are Shaping a Fragmented Middle East” discussing how #Syria’s northern & Southern neighbours are reshaping the country's & the region's future #Israel #Turkey #revisionism blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2025/08/...

We are thrilled to welcome our incoming Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellows! They were chosen from an outstanding pool of candidates, and we can’t wait to see the impact their fascinating projects will make.

This Saturday's IDF raid on southern Syria—violating the UN ceasefire—had nothing to do with humanitarian concern & everything to do with Netanyahu’s Machtpolitik and the strategic fragmentation of Syria. #Syria #Israel #Netanyahu #MiddleEast #Druze theconversation.com/israels-atta...

Israel’s aggressive revisionism seeks to violently reshape the Middle East. This is my second piece in The Conversation on its escalating strikes in Syria, its claim to protect the Druze, and the broader fallout in the Middle East. 🔗 theconversation.com/israels-atta...

My recent @ca.theconversation.com piece on Israel's revisionist Machtpolitik stresses its role as an active architect of a fragmented regional future remapping of Syria & the wider Middle East through the putative protection of local actors such as the Druze theconversation.com/how-israels-...

My “Populism at Home, #Revisionism in the World” in Frontiers in Political Science|#Turkey’s #peacemaking in #Somalia shows how populist logic extends to #internationalpolitics challenging liberal norms & projecting sovereignty & anti-institutionalism #populism www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...

"I believe the world is watching the convergence of a domestic political crisis & a profound strategic shift as Israel evolves into a more aggressive entity in a fragmented international order"| My article in the Conversation Canada | theconversation.com/how-israels-...

Today on TheConversation Canada my two cents on the convergence of a domestic political crisis & a profound strategic shift as Israel evolves into a more unchecked aggressive actor in a fragmented international order @sfuhumanities.bsky.social @sfufass.bsky.social theconversation.com/how-israels-...

From my forthcoming "Populism at Home, Revisionism in the World": Populist rule knows no borders. In Erdoğan’s Turkey, peacemaking becomes a tool of global disruption—fusing humanitarianism with anticolonial rhetoric & sovereign assertion. #Turkey #Populism #Revisionism #Somalia

Thrilled to share that my book Turkey, Geopolitics & the Age of Populism, exploring Turkey’s populism & international revisionism will be published by Routledge in early 2026 Based on research at @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social & @sfufass.bsky.social & supported by @peacerep.bsky.social & SSHRC.

Nisan'da Avrupa Popülizm Çalışmaları Merkezi'nden Selçuk Gültaslı ile Türkiye'nin devam etmekte olan siyasi dönüşümü ve otoriter popülizmin daha geniş etkileri hakkında konuşma fırsatım oldu. 📷 Watch now → 📷 populismstudies.org/dr-sofos-the...

“Erdoğan rejimi ne kadar katılaşırsa, o kadar kolay kırılabilir.” Türkiye’deki güncel siyasal gelişmeleri @PopulismCentre için değerlendirdim. #Türkiye #Erdoğan #Popülizm #Otoriterlik #ECPS 👉 www.populismstudies.org/dr-sofos-the...

I spoke to Selçuk Gültaşlı from The European Center for Populism Studies about Turkey’s current political trajectory. Read the interview 👉 populismstudies.org/dr-sofos-the... #Turkey #Erdogan #Populism #Authoritarianism #ECPS

Sami Zubaida was an intellectual giant, a kind soul & a true bon vivant. His brilliant mind shaped Middle Eastern studies & his passion for food & lively conversations brought people together. He challenged imperialist narratives with nuance & humanity. You will be missed Sami!

📢 New Article Newsweek Japan! 🇹🇷📰 I explore the peace process between Ankara & the Kurdish movement, political stakes & what it means for the region’s future newsweekjapan.jp/stories/worl... #Turkey #KurdishIssue #Peace #NewsweekJapan @sfufass.bsky.social

📢 Newsweek日本版に掲載！ 🇹🇷📰 アンカラとクルド運動の和平プロセスについて分析し、その政治的影響と地域の未来への意味を探ります。 日本語での記事はこちら👇 newsweekjapan.jp/stories/worl... #トルコ #クルド問題 #和平プロセス #中東 #NewsweekJapan #政治

"Erdoğan is once again engaging with Kurdish political forces—but is this a real shift or just another power play? What’s at stake for Turkey’s future?" 🇹🇷 🔗 Read my latest in The Conversation: theconversation.com/whats-behind... #Turkey #KurdishIssue #Erdoğan #Politics #Kurdishissue

New in theconversationca.bsky.social: My latest piece explores Erdoğan’s overtures to Kurdish political forces—genuine shift or strategic power play? 🇹🇷 🔗 Read here: theconversation.com/whats-behind... #Turkey #KurdishIssue #Erdoğan #Politics

From a memorable and thought provoking Materialities of Populist Politics Conference - Leuphana Institute for Advanced Studies (LIAS) in Culture and Society Leuphana University Lüneburg

If you are interested in the complexities of Turkish politics, populism, and mass mobilisation, check out my *Turkish Politics and the People* book. Now out in paperback too. Only £19.99 @waterstones.bsky.social www.waterstones.com/book/turkish...

ECPS - Mapping Global Populism Panel XVII: The Rise and Reign of Autocratic Populism and Islamist Nationalism in Turkey

If you are interested in the complexities of Turkish politics, populism, and mass mobilisation, check out my *Turkish Politics and the People* book. Now out in paperback too. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-turkish...