🌍 What’s really changing in Türkiye - and what’s staying the same? Join us for a timely conversation: Türkiye in 2025: structural continuities beneath apparent transformation 📅 Thursday 11 December 2025 ⏰ 6:00–7:30pm (Online) 🎓 Hosted by Contemporary Turkish Studies, LSE

🚨New online event #LSETürkiye Türkiye in 2025: Structural Continuities Beneath Apparent Transformation 📅 11 Dec | 6pm GMT (9pm TR time) 🎙️ Speakers: Pelin Ayan Musil, Esra Çuhadar, Işık Özel & Buğra Süsler 🔍 Review the year and explore what’s changing (and not) in TR 💻 Register via link👇

🚨New online event #LSETürkiye Türkiye in 2025: Structural Continuities Beneath Apparent Transformation 📅 11 Dec | 6pm GMT (9pm TR time) 🎙️ Speakers: Pelin Ayan Musil, Esra Çuhadar, Işık Özel & Buğra Süsler 🔍 Review the year and explore what’s changing (and not) in TR 💻 Register via link👇

📣 FINAL REMINDER: Public Event TOMORROW! 🗓 Wednesday, 12 Nov | 🕕 6PM 📍 LSE Campus | Reception to follow Panel on how marginalised refugee youth use art to participate in politics in Türkiye, South Africa & Uganda 🎤 Melis Cin, Rahime Süleymanoğlu-Kürüm, Manu Lekunze, Craig Walker

🎤 Speakers: Melis Cin, Rahime Süleymanoğlu-Kürüm, Craig Walker 💬 Discussant: Manu Lekunze 🔗 Register: lse.ac.uk/contemporary... #LSEEvents #LSETurkiye @lse-ei.bsky.social @lsects.bsky.social @lseevents.bsky.social

📣 Join us for a public event hosted by LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies! 🗓️ Wed, 12 Nov | 🕕 6PM 📍LSE | Reception to follow 🎤 Panel on how marginalised youth use art & co-production to transform exclusion into engagement in Türkiye, South Africa & Uganda.

📣 Join us for a public event hosted by LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies! 🗓️ Wed, 12 Nov | 🕕 6PM 📍LSE | Reception to follow 🎤 Panel on how marginalised youth use art & co-production to transform exclusion into engagement in Türkiye, South Africa & Uganda.

🚨New LSE Event🚨 Türkiye, South Africa & Uganda Alternative Forms of Political Participation: Youth, Co-Production and Participatory Art 🗓 Wednesday 12 Nov 2025 | 6–7.30 pm | Thai Theatre, CKK (In-person) Register to attend: www.lse.ac.uk/contemporary... @lse-ei.bsky.social @africaatlse.bsky.social

🚨New LSE Event🚨 Türkiye, South Africa & Uganda Alternative Forms of Political Participation: Youth, Co-Production and Participatory Art 🗓 Wednesday 12 Nov 2025 | 6–7.30 pm | Thai Theatre, CKK (In-person) Register to attend: www.lse.ac.uk/contemporary... @lse-ei.bsky.social @africaatlse.bsky.social

Our article, “The Frenemy Within: Populism’s Dual Role in Democratization”, with @toygarsinanbaykan.bsky.social in @democratization.bsky.social is now available on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social as a blog post blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2... @lse-ei.bsky.social

Happy first day of the Autumn Term! 🍂 This academic year is an extra special one as we are celebrating LSE’s 130th anniversary 🎂 The theme is centred around LSE’s impact, past and present. Look out for celebratory events, freebies, exciting announcements, and much more from October onwards! 🎉

My recent blog post on seeing NATO through the Turkish lens has been published by the Conflict and Civicness Research Blog at LSE. blogs.lse.ac.uk/crp/2025/08/... @lse-ei.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social

Excited to share my latest co-authored article with @toygarsinanbaykan.bsky.social in @democratization.bsky.social “The Frenemy Within: Populism’s Dual Role in Democratization” We explore how populism can both revive and erode democracy. 🔗 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lse-ei.bsky.social

More than a Bundle Story: An Interview with Emel Sevinç #LSETürkiye @lsects.bsky.social How have Turkish communities in the 60s & 70s navigated their belonging in the UK? Don't miss the display at Hackney Museum in London until 16 August. Watch the interview here: echo360.org.uk/media/d2844d...

Great panels and speaker line-up for last Saturday's BATAS Symposium at #LSETürkiye @lsects.bsky.social All-star line-up. Thank you to all the speakers and attendees for the excellent discussions and for sharing new research projects and ideas.

Great lecture by @selvademiralp.com last Thursday, followed by excellent discussions & questions by Orkun Saka & the audience. Watch this space and @lsects.bsky.social for the recording and more #LSETürkiye @lse-ei.bsky.social @kocuniversity.bsky.social

It was a pleasure to part of this daily event on Turkish politics and society organized by LSE ContemporaryTurkish Studies. I had a great conversation with colleagues, friends and wider public! @ygursoy.bsky.social @mustafakutlay.bsky.social @ozihnioglu.bsky.social @emelin777.bsky.social

#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

Amazing speakers for this Symposium on Turkish Politics at the LSE on June 7th. All welcome. Full details and registration here: www.lse.ac.uk/contemporary...

One week from now, on June 5, @lsects.bsky.social will host @selvademiralp.com to discuss inflation in the US and Türkiye. Orkun Saka will be the discussant. Don't miss this timely event and register here: www.lse.ac.uk/contemporary... @lse-ei.bsky.social

The @civica.bsky.social Global Forum took place May 6-7 on IE University's campus in Madrid, where our Professor Yaprak Gürsoy @ygursoy.bsky.social @lsects.bsky.social offered an overview of recent developments in the #Turkish #highereducation sector. 🔗 Find out more: info.lse.ac.uk/staff/divisi...

📆Thursday, 5 June 🕕18:00 📢 Lecture by @selvademiralp.com 🍷 followed by a drinks reception 🎟Don't forget to register via our website: lse.ac.uk/contemporary-t… @lse-ei.bsky.socia#LSETürkiyeye

Turkish Politics and Society in Flux 📍 LSE Campus | 7 June | 10am to 5pm A full-day symposium on identity, foreign policy, diaspora and political change in Türkiye Hosted by LSE and BATAS 🎟 Free event 🔗 More: www.lse.ac.uk/contemporary... #LSETürkiye

🎙️ Inflation & Institutions: Türkiye, the US & Price Stability 📍 LSE Campus | 🗓 5 June | 🕕 6pm Prof. Selva Demiralp on politics, credibility & inflation control. 🍷 Reception after 🎟️ Free & open to all: www.lse.ac.uk/contemporary...

Thank you @ieuniversity.bsky.social for hosting the @civica.bsky.social Global Forum. Excellent line up of speakers and panels to discuss how to collaborate against challenges in the European Higher Education sector. Proud to be a part of the LSE team and the CIVICA alliance @lse-ei.bsky.social

We closed the conference with the session “National Security and Social Polarization.” We would like to thank all of our panelists and the audience for an engaging conversation! #psa25 @semuhi.bsky.social @ygursoy.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Hello, Bluesky! We're excited to be here! Follow us for the latest news and research from our faculty, upcoming public events, and more! You can also catch us on👇 💼 www.linkedin.com/company/1041... 🫂 www.instagram.com/lseeuropeani... 🎬 www.youtube.com/c/LSEEuropea... Help us spread the word! 🦋

Are you a scholar interested in drawing attention to important issues in higher education? Could you share your specialist insights with a global audience? The LSE HE Blog Fellowship could be for you! Application details here - blogs.lse.ac.uk/highereducat... - closing date 10 March. Please share!

🎥 Recap: Media, Politics & Academia 🌍 On Nov 29, 2024, LSE's Contemporary Turkish Studies hosted a workshop diving into media freedom, AI’s role in journalism, and their ties to politics in Türkiye. 📝 Full report in our bio/Linktree! #MediaAndPolitics #Türkiye #AIInMedia #LSEWorkshop

If you missed Selçuk Şirin's talk on "Youth in the Digital Age" at LSE, you can now download the podcast or watch the video: open.spotify.com/episode/3AuD... richmedia.lse.ac.uk/europeaninst... A big thanks to @selcuksirin.com for sharing his academic wisdom & advice @lsects.bsky.social

🎥 Watch "Youth in the Digital Age: Global Trends with a Focus on Türkiye" now! With: 👨‍🏫 Prof. Selçuk R. Şirin (NYU) 🎙️ Chair: Prof. Yaprak Gürsoy (LSE) 📲 Watch here: media.rawvoice.com/lse_european... #LSEEvents #DigitalAge #GlobalTrends #Türkiye #YouthInFocus

My department is hiring! This is a junior position, preferably, though not necessarily, with a focus on CP or IPE fields. I am not on the committee but feel free to reach out to me if you have questions. jobs.ku.edu.tr/open_positio...

Happening now... Listening to @karabekir.bsky.social explain his fascinating book on Turkey and Iran, and the concept of "guardianship". @evreki.bsky.social and @alialavi.bsky.social will contribute as discussants. Thank you @psaturkish.bsky.social for bringing everyone together.

What a wonderful way to close the day with @selcuksirin.com's lecture on youth identity in the digital age @lsects.bsky.social Follow us for the recording of this and other public events www.instagram.com/reel/DC-SdoM...

Many thanks to all workshop participants @lsects.bsky.social yesterday. Brilliant talks, engaging discussions. Lots to think about on relations btw media & academia www.instagram.com/stories/lsec...

Final reminder: Tomorrow evening (29/11 Friday) Prof Selcuk Sirin will discuss the impact of digital technologies on youth identities. Hatırlatma: Yarın akşam (29/11 Cuma) Londra LSE kampüsünde, Prof Selçuk Şirin dijital teknolojilerin gençlerin üzerindeki etkisini anlatacak. Bekleriz...

Always proud to see one of @lsects.bsky.social events featured on LSE campus screens. Hope we'll have many students attending @selcuksirin.com 's talk this Friday. It will benefit them as well as us as educators.

This... But not yet leaving X completely, it will take time for one to replace the other. We'll get there together, eventually, I hope...

Join us on December 6, 2024, 15:00 (UK time) for the launch of Guardianship and Democracy in Iran and Turkey: Tutelary Consolidation, Popular Contestation by @karabekir.bsky.social (SOAS). Discussants: •Evren Balta •Ali Alavi Joining links & more info ⬇️ psaturkishpolitics.uk/2024/11/19/v...

Merhaba Bsky! @evreki.bsky.social: tavsiyeni dinledim, ben de geldim. İlk mesajım.🤞 Haftaya, 29 Kasım Cuma, Prof Selçuk Şirin sosyal medya ve yapay zeka gibi dijital teknolojilerin gençler üzerindeki etkisini anlatacak. Londra olanları, LSE kampüsüne bekleriz. www.lse.ac.uk/contemporary...