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Public Engagement

Interviews & Commentary

2025

  • Comments on Danish daily Politiken on the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu -- PDF in English (21 March)

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  • Comments on Italian daily Corriere Della Serra on the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu (20 March)

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2024

  • Interview on Mediascope TV about my new book "Guardianship and Democracy in Iran and Turkey" (17 December)

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  • Interview on Turkish daily Cumhuriyet on the geopolitical repercussions of the tension between Israel and Iran (11 October)

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  • Comments for BBC Türkçe on the implications of the growing tension between Israel and Iran on Turkey (4 October)

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  • Interview on BBC Newshour onTurkey's decision to severe trade ties with Israel (3 May)
     

  • Comments for the Brazilian daily Estadão on the technical and economic aspects of Iran's military capacity (1 May)
     

  • Comments for the French daily Libération on explaining Turkey's unexpected municipal election results (1 April)
     

  • Podcast conversation with Prof. Gilbert Achcar on the new Cold War between the US, Russia and China for the SOAS Development for Transformation (DevTraC) Podcast Series. 

2023

  • Comments for the French daily L'Express about Turkey's upcoming presidential elections (4 May)
     

  • Comments for the Guardian on the political consequences of Turkey's earthquake (20 February)
     

  • Interview on BBC Newshour on the political causes of Turkey's devastating earthquake (13 February)
     

  • Comments for the Brazilian daily Folha S.Paulo on the political consequences of Turkey's earthquake (9 February)

2022

  • Comments for Foreign Policy on the rise of xenophobic far-right in Turkey (12 July)
     

  • Comments for inews on Turkey's refusal to back Sweden's NATO bid (22 May)
     

  • Comments for the French daily L'Express on Turkey's refusal to back Sweden and Finland's nato bids (18 May)
     

  • Interview on Al Jazeera English on the impact of the war in Ukraine on food security in the MENA region (1 March)
     

  • Comments for the French daily L'Express on Turkey's balancing act between Russia and Ukraine (3 February)
     

  • Interview with the Middle East Eye on the political implications of Turkey's economic crisis (15 January)

2021

  • Podcast conversation about the Ottoman Empire on Estado do Arte Podcast Series (Brazil’s version of BBC’s In Our Time) hosted by Estadão newspaper (26 August)
     

  • Comments for the Brazilian daily Folha S.Paulo on the 10th anniversary of the Syrian uprising (15 March)

2020

  • Comments for the Brazilian daily Folha S.Paulo on the 5th anniversary of the Bataclan terror attack in Paris (12 November)
     

  • Interview on BBC World News about the rise in Covid-19 cases across Brazil (29 May)

2018

  • Interview for the Brazilian daily O Globo on human rights abuses in Erdogan's Turkey (24 October)
     

  • Comments for The Economist on Erdogan's victory in Turkey's presidential elections (28 June)
     

  • Podcast conversation about my new book "Exit from democracy" on Turkey Book Talk Podcast Series (6 February)

Selected opinion pieces

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