Public Engagement
Interviews & Commentary
2025
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Comments for the Brazilian daily Estadão on the technical and economic aspects of Iran's military capacity (1 May)
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Comments for the French daily Libération on explaining Turkey's unexpected municipal election results (1 April)
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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
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Comments for the French daily L'Express about Turkey's upcoming presidential elections (4 May)
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Comments for the Guardian on the political consequences of Turkey's earthquake (20 February)
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Interview on BBC Newshour on the political causes of Turkey's devastating earthquake (13 February)
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Comments for the Brazilian daily Folha S.Paulo on the political consequences of Turkey's earthquake (9 February)
2022
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Comments for Foreign Policy on the rise of xenophobic far-right in Turkey (12 July)
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Comments for inews on Turkey's refusal to back Sweden's NATO bid (22 May)
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Comments for the French daily L'Express on Turkey's refusal to back Sweden and Finland's nato bids (18 May)
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Interview on Al Jazeera English on the impact of the war in Ukraine on food security in the MENA region (1 March)
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Comments for the French daily L'Express on Turkey's balancing act between Russia and Ukraine (3 February)
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Interview with the Middle East Eye on the political implications of Turkey's economic crisis (15 January)
2021
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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)
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Comments for the Brazilian daily Folha S.Paulo on the 10th anniversary of the Syrian uprising (15 March)
2018
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Interview for the Brazilian daily O Globo on human rights abuses in Erdogan's Turkey (24 October)
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Comments for The Economist on Erdogan's victory in Turkey's presidential elections (28 June)
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Podcast conversation about my new book "Exit from democracy" on Turkey Book Talk Podcast Series (6 February)
Selected opinion pieces
2017
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As Turkey’s academia faces desolation, a call for solidarity with imperilled scholars, Huffington Post, 17 March
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Contending with authoritarian Turkey: a measured realist perspective, Open Democracy, 29 May