Many thanks to Nilantha Ilangamuwa of the Sri Lanka Guardian for having a virtual sit-down with me about history and politics, strongmen and resistance, and the legacies of mass violence. The full interview was published here: slguardian.org/interview-ho...

İsrail medyasında Erdoğan hakkında ilginç bir haber: Eski bir hastane sözcüsü, birkaç yıl önce Erdoğan'ı kanserden kurtarmak için İsrailli bir doktorun gizlice Türkiye'ye gönderildiğini iddia etti. Öne çıkan alıntı: "Bugün Yahudileri tehdit eden adam, bir Yahudi sayesinde hayatta ve nefes alıyor."

Interesting story circulating today in Israeli media about Erdoğan: a former hospital spokesman claims an Israeli doctor was secretly sent to Turkey a few years ago to save Erdoğan's life from cancer. Quote driving coverage: "The man who today threatens Jews is alive and breathing thanks to a Jew."

Der Münchner Merkur hat eine deutsche Version meines Foreign Policy-Beitrags zum NATO-Gipfel und Erdoğan veröffentlicht: www.merkur.de/politik/erdo...

My take on the NATO summit and Erdoğan in Foreign Policy: "Whatever the expectations for the July 7-8 NATO... Erdoğan is all but guaranteed to emerge the winner—if NATO summits can have winners at all..." foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/06/e...

A big thank you to Roy Karadag for a fantastic, deep-dive conversation about my new book, Germans and Turks—A Forgotten History of Europe (Bloomsbury Publishing Plc). Our episode for the InIIS InSIGHTS podcast at the University of Bremen is now available on Spotify. open.spotify.com/episode/5T3c...

I hope I won't lose my Armenians friends over my op-ed in Haaretz, but the matter is a bit too cynical for my taste... Israel's Armenian Genocide Recognition: A Right Move, for Very Wrong Reasons—Stefan Ihrig www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026...

"Germans and Turks—A Forgotten History of Europe" adlı kitabım bu hafta çıkıyor! Basılı kopyalar sınırlı olduğundan; dijital inceleme kopyası isteyen eleştirmen, podcaster, akademik blog yazarı veya meslektaşlarım bana DM ya da yorumlardan ulaşabilir. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/germans-a...

My "Germans and Turks—A Forgotten History of Europe" is out this week! Physical review copies are limited. If you’d like a digital copy (for reviewers, podcasters, academic bloggers, or colleagues), drop a DM or comment below. Promising an interesting read! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/germans-a...

Mein Buch "Germans and Turks—A Forgotten History of Europe" erscheint diese Woche! Gedruckte Rezensionsexemplare sind limitiert. Bei Interesse an digitalem Exemplar (für Rezensent:innen, Podcaster, Blogger:innen oder Kolleg:innen) gerne per DM/Kommentar melden. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/germans-a...

I am arguing in Foreign Policy that "Orban's Defeat is Being Dangerously Misread" and talk about what's next for strongmen like Erdoğan: foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/19/o...

"Erdogan has no exit strategy from power and that is dangerous" is the title Athens Voice gave their interview with me about my Erdogan biography www.athensvoice.gr/politismos/v...

My take on Israel/Turkey at the moment, in Haaretz: "We seem to be sleeping through a historic opportunity. Who is definitely not sleeping? Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hakan Fidan, his foreign minister." tinyurl.com/bdyxrdhr

FP: The Iran war was obviously a mistake. Why not say so? "What if Trump just admitted that he’d made a mistake?" foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/28/t...

The Russian State University for the Humanities is hiring a researcher to investigate Putin’s ancestry. Seems like a hazardous task and can’t wait to discover how the Putin family embodied the finest traditions of hard work, patriotism and upward social mobility!

The parallel universe of Miri Regev Roni Fantanesh Malkai: "In Miri Regev’s parallel reality, public transportation may already be free, but in the reality of the Israeli public, we will continue to pay a heavy price." blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-parallel...

Vor zehn Jahren erkannte der Deutsche Bundestag die Verfolgung und Ermordung der armenischen Bevölkerung im Osmanischen Reich als Völkermord an. Warum wir alle uns mehr mit diesen Ereignissen im Ersten Weltkrieg beschäftigen sollten, habe ich für @zeit.de aufgeschrieben ⬇️ www.zeit.de/wissenschaft...

Ευχάριστα! The first review (in Greek) of my Erdogan biography: www.liberal.gr/politismos/e...

Osman Kavala Awarded Gilel Storch Prize The Gilel Storch Prize, awarded annually since 2018 by the association "Judisk Kultur i Sverige" (Jewish Culture in Sweden), has been awarded this year to businessman and civil society activist Osman Kavala. www.agos.com.tr/tr/haber/gil...

Leader of the main opposition party, Ozgur Ozel, walking in the rain to the parliament after he was forced to leave the party HQs by Erdogan’s goons

One takeaway from my Erdogan biography is apparently that "Erdogan may have ‘overshadowed’ Ataturk." See my interview in Kathimerini (here in English) www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/int...

One takeaway from my Erdogan biography is apparently that "Erdogan may have ‘overshadowed’ Ataturk." See my interview in Kathimerini www.kathimerini.gr/opinion/inte...

David Motadel - The Shah's Great Tour Global Monarchy in the Imperial Age À paraître en octobre aux Oxford UP

My biography of Turkish strongman Erdogan is finally coming out! On 11 May in Greek first. In English soon. www.epbooks.gr/shop/biblia-...

"...more than 77 percent of registered voters had cast ballots, the highest turnout in a Hungarian election since the collapse of Communism in 1989 and the start of democracy." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...

It seems to be book week at the Haifa Center for German and European Studies: The announcement for the really fascinating-looking book of our colleague Dr. Daniel Mahla is out! Congrats! iupress.org/978025307746...

I didn't want to post about it while the war is going on, but the haters in Turkey are already running very hot... My new book, coming out in June, Germans and Turks—A Forgotten History of Europe (and it's very different from what the haters expect...) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/germans-a...