My new article in Frontiers in Political Science reframes how we can understand gendered violence and anti-genderism in relation to each other within authoritarian populist imagination. #openaccess here: doi.org/10.3389/fpos...

Resisting anti-gender politics means engaging everyone—especially men. Read the recently published #openaccess article here: doi.org/10.1057/s415... #Feminism #MenAsAllies #GenderSky

My new article on possibilities and challenges of engaging men in resisting #antigenderism toward #genderequality and #socialjustice for lasting social transformation is published in Humanities & Social Sciences Communications @springernature.com #openaccess here: rdcu.be/eyoBH

Trump’s AI-generated Superman post isn’t just a meme. It’s gendered propaganda. When real masculinity falters, political fantasy fills the gap. New post on visual exaggeration and "crisis masculinity" discourse and performance. inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/s...

Helin: "Emniyet’in ağır bir yaptırımı var...Kalabalık sokakta özellikle trans kadınları durdurup GBT yapıyorlar. Kalabalığın içinde özellikle beni çağırması kötü hissettiriyor. Kapatılan evlerde ailesiyle görüşmeyen, kalacak başka yeri olmayan insanlar var." kaosgl1.org/haber/izmir-...

The urgent story of how an explosion of misogyny is driving a surge of mass & far-right violence throughout the West—from an internationally recognized extremism expert & media commentator. Man Up is out in two months, on September 16. Preorder yours: hubs.ly/Q03jyDHx0 @milleridriss.bsky.social

We have an online panel discussion on climate migration coming up in the Sheffield Migration Research Group. Monday 16 June 2025 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm GMT. Please join us! Details here: www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-re...

Fortunately, it is not regarded as a privilege but a right, as it should be so.

"Father Moses is championing a form of virile, unapologetic masculinity. Skinny jeans, crossing your legs, using an iron, shaping your eyebrows, and even eating soup are among the things he derides as too feminine." www.bbc.com/news/article....

📣 Call for Papers: Workshop “Ancestral Citizenship in Motion: Migration and the Politics of Extraterritorial Belonging” Abstract Submission Deadline: June 15, 2025 Workshop Dates: October 13–14, 2025 (Hybrid) Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands 🔗 ace.hypotheses.org/1123

A 'contributions-based' citizenship model is not a citizenship model, but a form of selective club membership. news.sky.com/story/new-en...

In #Turkey, CHP President Ozgur #Ozel punched in the face. Some will point out that this is an isolated gesture, but it is part of a wider context of criminalisation and demonisation of the main Turkish opposition party by the ruling bloc.

I’m pleased to share that I’ll be co-directing (with Nadine Sika, Sarah Anne Rennick and saloua zerhouni) a workshop this summer for APSA-MENA, focusing on decolonization and intellectual extractivism. The deadline is in a week. Distribute widely and apply! web.apsanet.org/mena/wp-cont...

In Turkey, HudaPar, which is part of the ruling alliance, has proposed law amendments that target LGBTQ individuals and restrain the sexual lives of many others based on their Islamic beliefs.

I would like to share my latest article in the Journal of Psychosocial Studies on authoritarian populism as a political imagination rather than merely a strategy, with implications for democratic resistance through the case of Turkey: doi.org/10.1332/1478...

Le président du Parti des travailleurs de Turquie (TİP, le parti fondé par Nazim Hikmet), Erkan Baş : "Nous devons poursuivre cette lutte jusqu'à ce que nous libérions la Turquie dans son ensemble." ankahaber.net/haber/detay/...

The Swedish government must take a stand! Support democracy in Turkey! Sign the petition and spread the word! #svepol #joakimmedin #turkiet #ekremimamoglu secure.avaaz.org/community_pe...

Ane Brun canceled her concert to support Turkish protesters because the organizing company was pro-government.

Özgür Özel announced that 2.2 million people attended the rally in Maltepe to protest the incumbent authoritarian regime’s crackdown on the opposition.

A survey conducted by KONDA reveals that 73 percent of the public believes protests are justified. Specifically, 21 per cent consider protests fully justified, while 52 per cent find them acceptable, provided they do not disrupt public order.

The leader of the ultranationalist party, which is a leading partner of the incumbent government in Türkiye, accused protesters of being “fascist” supported by external agents. This proves how authoritarian populist imagination works through projections.

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Here is Erdogan's biggest problem. According to a poll conducted by KONDA, one of the most prestigious polling companies in Turkey, %73 (%21 supports unconditionally, %52 supports so long as they don't violate the order) thinks that the demonstrations are right. Only %27 thinks that demonstrations+

The Turkish media watchdog, RTÜK, is taking action against media outlets that live-broadcasted Özgür Özel's rally. RTÜK has inflicted a 10-day broadcast suspension on Sözcü TV and issued fines to several other outlets, including Halk TV, Tele 1, and NOW TV. t24.com.tr/haber/rtuk-t...

BBC correspondent Mark Lowen has been deported from Turkey after being arrested in Istanbul on Wednesday www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There was a Pikachu that escaped from the police, during last night's demonstrations in Antalya . Protests and police intervention continue across Turkey triggered by the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu. . Historic days, different photos... x.com/HaberReport/...

"European leaders should keep in mind a lesson of the last two decades: that a more openly authoritarian regime in Turkey, like in other states on the borders of the continent, will lead to far less security," writes Freedom House's @nateschenkkan.bsky.social.

Protesters in Turkey were defiant on Wednesday despite a crackdown and nearly 1,500 arrests as they marked a week since the start of the country's biggest street demonstrations against the rule of President Erdogan since 2013 ➡️ u.afp.com/Swtz

CHP leader Özgür Özel criticised British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's stance on the protests in Türkiye in an interview with the BBC . He says that UK PM Starmer’s silence on the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu is unacceptable. @bbcturkce.bsky.social

Could Erdogan's position be greatly weakened by the operation against Imamoglu? For Mehmet Ogutcu, 4 factors are likely to be decisive: 1) the possibility of an amplification of the protests and a lasting unification of the opposition, 2) the crumbling of internal ++ yetkinreport.com/en/2025/03/2...

Resistance for democracy in #Turkey… #Manchester

Sixth day of protests. University students all over Turkey start an academic boycott on their campuses, start encampments. bsky.app/profile/birg...

The anti-fascist bloc was in Florence’s Santa Maria Novella Square yesterday, protesting the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu and his friends, symbolizing the future of modern Turkey. All the accusations are BASELESS. We demanded government instruments to be neutral and respect the will of ordinary people.

Humanity of March 24: Turkish revolt against arbitrariness

Protests all over the country in Turkey tonight, no longer just confined to Istanbul. Riot police out in force.

Incredible views from the anti-regime protest in Istanbul on day 5 of the #Turkey protests. İmamoğlu shared the video with the following message: “I send my greetings to the millions who demand justice tonight in Saraçhane and in the squares all around my country.”

Yeah, I think this was the miscalculation. They didn’t learn after 2019 that even non-CHPs are outraged by power grabs (except against HDP/DEM). And the timing worked internationally, but it also provided a focal point for millions. Older people who might not protest but would show up to vote.

On the same day Imamoglu is put behind bars, CHP members and voters cast their vote in the party's primary to elect their presidential candidate. Long lines are reported from all over Turkey to vote for Imamoglu in a show of solidarity! bsky.app/profile/birg...

It seems like they are going with the jail decision against Imamoglu. If the gov. holds early elections and the opposition remains undivided around Imamoglu’s place holder, this tactic can backfire. That is a big “if” but not impossible given the underdog appreciation in Turkey.

Turkey orders trial for Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu, opposition presidential candidate frontrunner, whose terrorism, corruption arrest sparked large protests

The prosecutor’s office requested the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu within the scope of corruption and terror investigations

Reporters without Borders (RSF) also denounced the "heavy-handed and completely arbitrary" police violence in İstanbul (Türkiye) against journalists, demanding those responsible be "severely punished"- AFP - Via France24 #EkremImamoglu www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

What #İstanbul looks like on the fourth night of the #Turkey protests. Tens of thousands of people showed up to demonstrate their support for İmamoğlu.

Scenes from #Ankara on day 4 of the #Turkey protests. Thousands have gone on the streets again today despite the ban on demonstrations and harsh crackdowns.

Here is the coverage of the latest developments in Turkey in The New York Times with my contribution. I explained to them why this moment is a turning point for Turkish democracy. I also explained the rhetoric of the current situation in Turkey: Whereas Erdogan wants www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/w...

The people from across Turkey, including the cities known as pro-government and socially conservative, participated in the protest against the authoritarian crackdown. This development disenchants age-old sociological cliches predominantly put forward by conservative, nationalist politicians.

Hundreds of people participating in protests in Turkey have been detained.

Arrests and protests in Turkey come at a historic turning point in Europe that also includes discussions on whether a new positive alliance with Turkey is possible.. Back too seeing Turkiye as ‘bare minimum’ engagement on relevant portfolios..

Access to 43 social media accounts who reported about the #Turkey protests were blocked