Public Engagement

• 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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• Interview on Turkish daily Cumhuriyet on the alliance between Elon Musk and Donald Trump (8 January)​

• 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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• Comments for Turkish daily Cumhuriyet on Elon Musk's conflict with the Brazilian judiciary and support for right-wing movements (1 September)
   

• Interview on Turkish news portal Fikir Gazetesi about my latest academic article, "Blood Gambit: how autocratizing populists fuel ethnic conflict to reverse election setbacks – evidence from Turkey and Israel" (22 August)
   

• Comments for the Brazilian daily Estadão on the domestic and geopolitical implications of Ebrahim Raisi's death (20 May)

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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. 

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• Interview on Globo News about the geopolitics of the Syrian war (17 October)
   

• Interview on BBC World News about the opposition victories in Istanbul and Ankara in Turkey's municipal elections (23 June)

• 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)

• Hikayeni Kim Yazıyor? [Who is writing your story?], TEDxReset, Istanbul (18 April)