Karabekir Akkoyunlu
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This account is inactive. Please follow @ulu_manitu. Visiting Scholar @UFMG, Researcher @LACOxford. Studies autocratisation and democratic resistance.
"Fakat Türkiye örneğini ilginç kılan şey, post-kolonyal eleştirinin bazı temalarının otoriter-popülist bir iktidar dilinin içine ne denli yerleşebildiği. AKP ve Erdoğan rejimi, Batı karşıtlığı, yerli-millî irade, medeniyet ihyası, tarihsel mağduriyet ve elit karşıtlığı gibi temaları kendi siyasal anlatısına eklemledi. Bir zamanlar devletin ve modernleşmeci elitlerin kültürel tahakkümünü eleştirmek için kullanılan duyarlılıklar, başka bir iktidar projesinin ahlaki üstünlük iddiasına hizmet etmeye başladı." Kemal Büyükyüksel (@KBuyukyuksel) yazdı: Post-Kolonyal Eleştiri İktidarın Otoriterleşme Projesine Nasıl Eklemlendi? ⏬ progresiftr.com/2026/05/02/pos…
Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was found dead after hours of searching under rubble. She was killed in an Israeli strike, after the Israeli army fired at ambulances trying to reach her, delaying her rescue. She is the fourth journalist killed by Israel while in the field since 2 March. She was a professional, kind and dedicated journalist, and always a pleasure to run into in the field.
Ambassador Tom Barrack has been a very effective regional envoy. But I disagree strongly with his idea “this part of the world respects one thing: power” and his praise for strongman leadership model as a key to the region. (1)
A resurfaced clip of Hillary Clinton from 2008 is circulating online in which she says, "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran."
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government announced a new package of fuel subsidies and tax breaks on Monday, as rising global oil prices threaten to push up inflation and erode purchasing power — with elections just six months away.
Opinion: Continuing to label Turkey as a reliable NATO ally is dangerous, as Ankara’s ambitions erode the very alliance structures that have long sustained Western security. jpost.com/opinion/articl…
In my new piece in The New York Times today, I argue the Iran war has reached a point Washington still refuses to say out loud: either the U.S. escalates to a ground war—or Iran emerges as a new center of global power. Think about—what stops this future? nytimes.com/2026/04/06/opi…
SCOOP: The Trump administration is quietly weighing Iran’s parliament speaker as a potential partner — and even future leader — as it looks for a diplomatic endgame. An administration official tells me he’s a “hot option,” but says they’re still “testing” multiple candidates. Full story: politico.com/news/2026/03/2… w/ @EliStokols @diana_nerozzi
With all due respect, this is not the crossing of the Rubicon. US assassinated Soleimani in 2020; Iran did nothing. Israel attacked Iran last year in the middle of nuclear negoations; Iran barely retaliated. Rubicon has long been crossed, and Trump and Netanyahu smelled weakness.
Dear pro-war Iranians, Look, I don’t like the regime. My entire extended family is Baha’i. I lived in Iran as an adult and saw the rot and repression first hand. But as a journalist, I also covered Iraq and saw what Americans did to the place. I was in Lebanon when the Israelis were shelling apartment blocks. I witnessed Libya being torn apart after a violent upheaval without any plan. I saw firsthand what happened to Syria when it became a playground for regional and world powers. These countries won’t recover for 30 years. You now have a senile gameshow host and an indicted war criminal launching a war against Iran. They killed a school full of children on day one and sent a toxic cloud over Tehran on week one. They are hitting Unesco sites and apartment buildings filled with bewildered civilians and destroying the country’s economy. They have no plan, or strategy, or internatonal support. Even Americans don’t support the war. Trump and Bibi are gonna smash up a lot of stuff and leave the place a mess, with Khamenei still in charge. Then China will move in and buy up the country cheap, and maybe Russia will get a Persian Gulf base. None of this will lead to democracy. Trump and Bibi don’t even believe in democracy for their own countries. But it also won’t lead to constitutional monarchy or anything decent or normal. It will only lead to ruin, blackouts, water outages, poverty, hunger, lawlessness, and despair. (100% organic writing, no AI) Subscribe to my newsletter borzou.substack.com
How could the #Iran war reshape regional security — and what strategic choices does this escalation present for #Türkiye? 📌 Insights from our 21st Foreign Policy Talks, moderated by @RiccardoGasco with @KarabekirENG, @GalipDalay, @ozlemtur & James Jeffrey 👇
Late to this excellent piece by @ghoshworld . A much-needed corrective to the nonsense narrative circulating in Washington that Turkey is the “next Iran.” And thank you, Bobby, for the kind words and the reference to the recent episode of my "rethinking Democracy" podcast with @ulu_manitu.foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/09/isr…
