"Why would some highly-skilled emigrants opt to return to their autocratizing countries, even if they are concerned about the path their country has taken?" My latest article looks into this puzzle and conceptualizes "return migration as voice": onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #academicsky

Democratic Decline and Return Migration: What Motivates Highly‐Skilled Voluntary Return to Post‐2016 Turkey?

Migration scholars often present democratic decline as an emigration driver. This effect is more pronounced among highly-skilled citizens who have the resources and capability to settle abroad. Yet, ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

"Why would some highly-skilled emigrants opt to return to their autocratizing countries, even if they are concerned about the path their country has taken?" My latest article looks into this puzzle and conceptualizes "return migration as voice": onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #academicsky

Democratic Decline and Return Migration: What Motivates Highly‐Skilled Voluntary Return to Post‐2016 Turkey?

Migration scholars often present democratic decline as an emigration driver. This effect is more pronounced among highly-skilled citizens who have the resources and capability to settle abroad. Yet, ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Woot woot New York🥳

Dass wir im heutigen Stadtbild so viele Stolpersteine haben, liegt übrigens daran, dass sich mal eine Regierung an bestimmten Menschen im deutschen Stadtbild störte.

9 Jahre Stadtbild-Störung. Stolz drauf.

Ankara'da 10 Ekim Katliamı anması Yaşamını yitirenler için 10:04'te saygı duruşunun ardından 104 kişinin isimleri okundu: 'Mücadelemizde yaşayacaklar' www.birgun.net/haber/10-eki...

10 Ekim Katliamı'nın üzerinden 10 yıl geçti: Yaşamını yitirenler anılıyor

10 Ekim 2015’te Ankara’daki barış ve demokrasi mitingine yönelik IŞİD’in düzenlediği canlı bomba saldırısında yaşamını yitiren 104 yurttaş için anma töreni düzenleniyor.

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#bianetArşiv | #10Ekim2015'te Ankara'da hayatını kaybedenlerin hikayeleri 📌 Ankara'da 10 Ekim 2015'te düzenlenmek istenen Barış, Demokrasi ve Emek mitingi öncesi iki intihar bombacısı saldırı düzenledi. Hayatını kaybeden 103 insanın hikayelerini paylaşıyoruz. bianet.org/haber/10-eki...

Very tense in Istanbul tonight: police tried to prevent CHP lawmakers and citizens from entering the CHP (via Halk TV). Incredibly worrying that police and ordinary citizens brought against each other like this.

🔴 CHP İstanbul İl Başkanlığı binası CHP’lilere kapatıldı 👉🏼 CHP İstanbul İl binası önüne gelen yurttaşlar "Direne direne kazanacağız" sloganı atıyor. Video: Evrim Kepenek

Members of the main opposition party in Turkey, whose presidential candidate and dozens of mayors are in prison, cannot enter their own party building in Istanbul because tomorrow (Monday) the Istanbul branch of the party'll be taken over by a trustee appointed by the regime. Oligarchy in action!

Reuters@reuters.com · 12mo ago

Turkey's main opposition calls for rallies after police barricade Istanbul office reut.rs/4phw3eS

Riot police have been deployed to the Istanbul headquarters of Turkey's main opposition and roads around the building blocked as party members rally there against a court's suspension of its local leadership in what they see as the 'judiciary being used as a political weapon'.

bianet English@bianet-eng.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Police surround CHP İstanbul HQ as party resists court-appointed leadership bianet.org/haber/police...

Meanwhile in Turkey, competitive authoritarianism is slowly but surely shedding its "competitive" aspect and moving toward full "authoritarianism."

Reviewer 1: "This manuscript presents a compelling & original contribution to the literature, the central question is timely & significant, the conceptual lens is especially innovative, it is well-written & engaging, its language flows smoothly." Also Reviewer 1: Here r 5 pages of suggestions! :)

Dear academic friends, what social media outlets do you use to keep up with new academic research, workshop/conference/fellowship announcements? I was using old Twitter for that purpose, sadly it's of no use now:(

Read Sinem, who is always spot on.

Sinem Adar@sinemadar.bsky.social · last yr.

Some thoughts here from me on Ankara's peace talks with Öcalan and the sociopolitical imagination&desires behind it: foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/30/t...

I know the world is on fire but here’s a piece i wrote on the potential long term impact of the end of birthright citizenship, in which i invite the US to look at Germany to see why the implementation of restrictive citizenship policies is not a good idea: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/19/o...

I know the world is on fire but here’s a piece i wrote on the potential long term impact of the end of birthright citizenship, in which i invite the US to look at Germany to see why the implementation of restrictive citizenship policies is not a good idea: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/19/o...

I will be talking tomorrow on the experiences of academic immigrants at this one-day event on diversity in academia: leibniz-phd.net/events-2/bui... If interested you can register here: forms.fillout.com/t/jxHYt7dp8kus

I will be talking tomorrow on the experiences of academic immigrants at this one-day event on diversity in academia: leibniz-phd.net/events-2/bui... If interested you can register here: forms.fillout.com/t/jxHYt7dp8kus

Sociology is the science of saying “it’s more complicated than that” in a way that gets past peer review.

Looking forward to sharing my research in London, etc next week: 1. reacpol.net/suspect-citi... on May 19

Talk - Suspect Citizenship: Rethinking Belonging and Non-belonging in Plural Societies (Jean Beaman - 19/05/2025) - Reactionary Politics Research Network

Talk - Suspect Citizenship: Rethinking Belonging and Non-belonging in Plural Societies (Jean Beaman - CUNY)

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1) The PKK leadership has announced the organisation’s disarmament&dissolution. A couple of points stand out from the statement: i) Criticism of the Lausanne Treaty that marks the foundation of the Republic of Turkey&the 1924 Constitution as the landmarks of denying Kurdish existence as a people

🚨 BREAKING: PKK holds congress in response to Ocalan's call to end war with Turkey, @amberinzaman.bsky.social reports www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

PKK holds congress in response to Ocalan's call to end war with Turkey

The PKK says it held a congress in Iraqi Kurdistan, likely to decide on disbanding after Ocalan’s call to end its insurgency.

al-monitor.com

According to this 2025 report by Friedrich Ebert Foundation, many immigrants to Germany leave the country after a while mainly because of the lack of a "welcome culture", which prevents them from developing a sense of belonging, and dissatisfaction with the social environment.

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung@fesonline.bsky.social · last yr.

📉 Viele kommen – viele gehen: Warum wandern selbst gut integrierte #Fachkräfte wieder aus Deutschland 🇩🇪 ab? Unsere neue #Studie „Willkommen zurück?“ zeigt, was fehlt – und was sie zur Rückkehr bewegen könnte. 1/5 #Abwanderung www.fes.de/themenportal...

I think the word I am looking for is holy frick. GDP contributions from 2019 to 2024. Germany's GDP would have been 6% lower, had it not been for foreign workers. (HT @maxkrahe.bsky.social)

🇹🇷📢 Opposition leader #İmamoğlu’s X account was blocked. Just think about it: Erdoğan controls state media, most private outlets, employs thousands of journalists to spread the regime’s truths. Yet they fail to convince the public. And they fear, to the core, one man tweeting from his prison cell.

Zorunlu ve gönüllü göç nedir? Bu ayrım neye dayanarak yapılıyor? Bu kategorileri nasıl tanımlıyoruz? Göç hareketlerini yalnızca bu iki kategoriyi kullanarak tanımlamak mümkün mü? Bu sorular üzerine yazdım👇🏼

Perspektif@perspektifeu.bsky.social · last yr.

Akademik literatürde, siyasette ya da medyada göçten bahsedildiğinde sıklıkla karşımıza çıkan bir ayrım vardır: Zorunlu ve gönüllü göç. Peki, bu ikisi tam olarak nedir ve aralarındaki ayrım hangi temele dayanarak yapılır? @gulayturkmen.bsky.social yazdı. perspektif.eu/2025/05/08/z...

Turkey has blocked access to the X account of imprisoned Istanlbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu due to reasons of national security and public order. Seems Elon Musk's X once again complies with AKP's efforts to restrict freedom of expression

EngelliWeb@engelliweb.com · last yr.

Ekrem İmamoğlu'nun 9,7 milyon takipçili X hesabı, 5651 sayılı Kanunun 8/A maddesi kapsamında, millî güvenlik ve kamu düzeninin korunması gerekçesiyle erişime engellendi ve X tarafından Türkiye'den görünmez kılındı. ifade.org.tr/engelliweb/e...

X hesabı kapatılan İmamoğlu, TikTok ve Bluesky'dan seslendi: "Biz pes etmeyeceğiz, siz pes edeceksiniz"

X hesabı kapatılan İmamoğlu, TikTok ve Bluesky’dan seslendi: “Biz pes etmeyeceğiz, siz pes edeceksiniz”

Mahkeme kararıyla X hesabı erişime engellenen tutuklu İBB Başkanı Ekrem İmamoğlu, TikTok ve Bluesky hesaplarından paylaşım yaptı.

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EU academia is a precarious mess where junior scholars live from one 2-year grant to another, chasing jobs across the continent, but sure, let's try to attract some people who will run back home the moment a reasonable person is in the White House.

POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · last yr.

🚨 BREAKING: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen slammed US President Donald Trump's campaign against American higher education as she unveiled a half-billion-euro plan to attract foreign researchers. Read the full story: ow.ly/nFWQ50VMPvr