Sinan Hatahet, Ph.D.

Witnessing daily violations committed against Syrian refugees, you cannot but laugh at the irony that Malcolm X is a celebrated symbol by Islamist Turks.

@ghassanyasin حط معها الشام... حرق الله حريش شيطانك

فرحة السوريين اليوم لا يضاهيها سوى فرحة تحرير حلب تفاءلوا #الانتخابات_التركية

@joshua_landis Erdogan waited till 12 am to deliver his speech... to make it on May 29th. Symbolism is very important in this region of this world.

Erdoğan’s path to power.

@celinekasem This may seem sadly funny, but it is not. The regime and its constituency openly admit they are not democratic. They openly say that the Syrian people don't deserve it or simply are not ready for it! They openly embrace the contradiction of being a republic but authoritarian.

They’re so ruthless and shameless it’s insane 😂😂😂😂😂

@Kramersson بعد الأفكار بتساوي إسهال

والله أنه ليحز في نفسي أن بعض التغريدات تحمل أفكار رائعة وفريدة من نوعها لكن أصحابها اختاروا أن يصيغوها بكلمات تخدش الحياء مع الأسف الشديد

@Kramersson @GeneralHaidar نحن شعب آكلين كريك

@GeneralHaidar نحن شعب درويش،

@rimaanabtawi @AbuJamajem @Refugees For instance, to encourage single men to return from Lebanon, you might find out that exemption from military service is #1 incentive, very different from incentives to present to married women in Jordan.

@rimaanabtawi @AbuJamajem @Refugees I am not judging the intentions but rather the scientific approach. Aggregating a distinct set of data leads to wrong policies.

Latest @Refugees Return Perceptions and Intentions Survey of Syrian refugees shows security concerns are a major obstacle to return, but so are material considerations (including lack of livelihoods and basic services) that may be more possible to address: data.unhcr.org/en/documents/d…

Arabs are fine as long as they are paying customers, investors, or potential scam victims. Hijab is always welcomed when you are strolling down "Les Champs-Élysées". Qatari Petrodollars are always appreciated if they are to be injected into your local ecosystem. That's about it.

@Kramersson شكلك صارلك زمان مو شامم ريحة المازوت

اليوم كنت ماشي بمحل يبدو زارعين ياسمين جنب الرصيف، وانا شميت الياسمين صرخت لاشعوريا "*س اخت الياسمين على اخت دمشق عرs" الله يستر ما يكون حدا سمعني... نعتذر لأهل دمشق الياسمين عن زالك

Fighting over the scraps of racist candidates and votes! This honestly resumes the politics of today.

@hunturkler31 I soldom tweet. Anyway, in this election everyone is claiming moral ground. However when you build your whole campaign on liberties and liberal values, then your constituency at least should hold you accountable for it.

@Hatahet This is not whataboutism. I am aware of your papers but papers and tweets are not the same thing. I am just pointing out that akp's cruel actions against Syrians always justified or ignored for the sake of realpolitik. I understand it but then no one can claim moral high ground

Let's stop dubbing the Turkish political class racism as nationalism! Let's call it what it is since human lives are at stake! At least this is what we should naturally expect from "liberal democrats."

@hunturkler31 What kind of logic is this! Anyway, my papers and research have only and exclusively studied these issues, whether in Syria or Turkey and regardless of the perpetrators. I invite you to read them if you are that interested in judging my opinions.

@Hatahet I am wondering how many times you asked your pro-government friends to raise their voices against forced deportations, torture and killings by Turkish jandarma, or Turkish crimes in Afrin?

Who is the next after the Syrians? The list of the "others" and "differents" could be very long.

It is also worrying to witness our friends in opposition silence in all of that. Not a single attempt to temper down the racist tone! On the contrary, you could almost hear their justifications. Nevermind, it is someone other than them who is asked to be the scapegoat.

Despite my mistaken assumptions, Assad keeps refusing to change. He is still the same arrogant, shameless, presumptuous person we all know.

I believed that Assad's (or more precisely Syria) desperate need for Arab re-engagement in the country economy would compel him to adopt a more reconciliatory tone. I was also mistaken. He maintained his accusations of treachery against Arab leaders.

I believed that Assad's arrogance would prevent him from participating in the Arab League summit without official courtship at a higher level of diplomacy. I was mistaken, the Saudi FM visit was enough.