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...