Statement by the Society for Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies On the Dismissal of Prof. Dr Bülent Bilmez and Academic Freedom in Turkey
Roy Karadağ
@roykaradag.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher & Academic Director at InIIS (@iniis.bsky.social), University of Bremen
A big thank you to Roy Karadag for a fantastic, deep-dive conversation about my new book, Germans and Turks—A Forgotten History of Europe (Bloomsbury Publishing Plc). Our episode for the InIIS InSIGHTS podcast at the University of Bremen is now available on Spotify. open.spotify.com/episode/5T3c...
Germans & Turks (with Stefan Ihrig)
InIIS InSIGHTS · Episode
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Since Oct 7 2023, the Israeli military and settlers killed 240 Palestinian children and teenagers in the West Bank. Read the B'Tselem report. www.btselem.org/video/202606...
I’m sorry, but what the flying fuck is this?!? What else has FIFA done to help the U.S. team? Did they rig the group stage lottery as well? Are the refs bought? Is it not enough to cheat in US elections, does Trump have to destroy the football World Cup as well? Disgusting!
White House lobbied Fifa to lift Folarin Balogun suspension for World Cup game v Belgium
The US striker was shown red in the team’s last-32 match, but the card and its suspension were thought to not be eligible for appeal.
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The European old guard's staunch position of no-sanctions-ever-regardless-what-Israel-does is untenable. And it only guaranties that when the shift comes - and it will come at some point - the correction would be more aggressive.
Clever piece from Kaleem Aftab on Nadav Lapid and cultural boycotts. Take your time reading it, it's worth it. cinemainonetake.substack.com/p/nobody-pas...
Nobody Passes the Test
At FIDMarseille, the boycott of Nadav Lapid exposed the impossible tests now applied to artists — passport, politics, funding — and the collateral damage they leave behind.
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While scholars around the world debated Israel's destruction of Gaza, Germany's political science establishment largely refused to engage. Latest on my Substack, by @anavelasco.bsky.social & @roykaradag.bsky.social hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/why-german...
Gaza Changed the World. German Academia Stayed Silent.
While scholars around the world debated Israel's destruction of Gaza, Germany's political science establishment largely refused to engage. Ana Velasco and Roy Karadag examine why
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Warum universitäre Autonomie in Fragen von Israel-Palästina nicht gegeben ist, warum wissenschaftliche Nahostkonfliktexpertise in und außerhalb der deutschen Sowi nicht viel gilt und warum wir zu Gaza etc. viel mehr kollektive Arbeit erledigen müssen und und und: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
For better knowledge: Scientific work on Israel–Palestine in Germany after October 2023 - Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
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Israel's defence minister: Israel remains committed to the depopulation of Gaza. "We pledged that Hamas will not rule Gaza civilly or militarily, and so it shall be, and also the voluntary emigration plan from Gaza will be implemented—everything at the right timing and in the right manner."
Was für eine Recherche! @hrw.org zeigt, wie die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate kolumbianische Söldner im Sudan einsetzen, die dort Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit begehen.
From Bogotá to El Fasher
The 83-page report, “From Bogotá to El Fasher: UAE’s Role in the Deployment of Colombian Fighters and Other Backing to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan,” presents evidence showing that, since 2024, t...
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Erdogan abandons facade of electoral authoritarianism for full-on closed authoritarianism. Turkish riot police enter opposition headquarters to evict ousted leaders - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Die deutsche Politikwissenschaft hat ein Problem im Umgang mit Israel-Palästina, kritisieren @roykaradag.bsky.social & @anavelasco.bsky.social. In Journals & Fachkonferenzen komme das Thema kaum vor. Das Ergebnis: Die PoWi sei zu Israels Kriegen hierzulande analytisch schlicht nicht urteilsfähig.
Portal für Politikwissenschaft – „State of exception”: Israel und die deutsche Politikwissenschaft
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A big thank you to Julia Gurol-Haller and William Figueroa for sharing their analyses and thoughts on the role and objectives of China in the US-Israeli wars on Iran in 2025 and 2026 for this new InIIS InSIGHTS episode: open.spotify.com/episode/43ky...
China and the US-Israeli Wars on Iran
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Solidarität mit den Kolleginnen an der Boğaziçi Uni! Danke für den wichtigen Beitrag zum Kampf gegen freie Wissenschaft und Lehre in der Türkei! taz.de/Wissenschaft...
Wissenschaftsfreiheit in der Türkei: Platzverweis für den Professor
Die Istanbuler Boğaziçi-Universität galt einst als „Harvard am Bosporus“, bis Erdoğan die Leitung austauschte. Es gibt Widerstand, aber er bleibt leise.
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Der Begriff "Täter-Opfer-Umkehr" wird oft missbraucht – bei diesem von RIAS und der Amadeu-Antonio-Stiftung als "antisemitischer Angriff" klassifizierten Vorfall trifft er jedoch genau zu: Eine hervorragende Recherche über einen rassistischen Schläger, der sich als Antisemitismus-Opfer inszeniert.
Ein Abend an der BURG – the Diasporist
What happens when the fight against antisemitism ends up obscuring racist violence? What if defending oneself against a physical attack is considered antisemitic simply because the attacker presents h...
thediasporist.de
Massacre upon massacre in Beirut in the last hour. AUBMC announced a “code disaster.” Over 100 airstrikes in 10 minutes across the country. One hit right behind my house. Sirens ambulances & the smell of sulphur. The city is in total chaos the people in complete panic
Israel verabschiedet heute ein Gesetz, das die Todesstrafe für Palästinenser vorsieht – nicht für Israelis. Aber keine Sorge: Das eig. Problem ist laut BPB, AAS und Axel Springer das Wort Apartheid – nicht die Realität die es beschreibt.
On March 12, Israeli drone attacks killed Dr. Hussein Bazzi Dean of the Faculty of Sciences at the Lebanese University’s Rafik Hariri Campus in Hadath, and Dr. Mortada Srour, Professor of Chemistry and Physics at the same institution. See MESA letter: mesana.org/advocacy/com...
Middle East Studies Association
Our letter protesting the recent targeted killings by Israel's armed forces of two Lebanese professors and calling upon international organizations and actors to to condemn this egregious violation of...
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🚨 Israeli military launches fresh strikes on Beirut Lebanon's Public Health Ministry said the death toll from Israeli strikes on the country had risen to 1,039, with 2,876 others injured and over 1 million displaced. www.al-monitor.com/live-blog/us...
US pushes Vance-Ghalibaf talks as Trump, Netanyahu weigh Iran deal terms
A Turkish source told Al-Monitor Monday that the US has proposed talks between Vice President JD Vance and Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. Both the proposal for the talks and the…
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Very much looking forward to this exciting conference on cities and decolonization organized by Norman Aselmeyer and Eric Burton, tomorrow in Oxford. I will talk about Berlin as a historical center of Palestinian politics.
Norman Aselmeyer@aselmeyer.bsky.social · 5mo agoConference time! From protest routes to print networks, from imperial capitals to port cities, urban spaces were not just backdrops but engines of anticolonial struggle. Join us for the "Cities and Decolonization" conference in Oxford this week. More: citiesanddecolonization.com
Mother, father and brothers aged five and seven shot in the head by Israeli police as they returned from Ramadan shopping trip. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Israeli police kill two young Palestinian boys and their parents in West Bank
Mother, father and brothers aged five and seven shot in the head as they returned from Ramadan shopping trip
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Israeli strike kills 12 medics in a clinic in southern Lebanon flip.it/SDBQIh
Israeli strike kills 12 medics in a clinic in southern Lebanon
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Israeli settlers in the West Bank harass, terrorise, destroy, burn, injure and kill Palestinians, their properties and livestock every day, while the IDF is aiding and abetting them. Every. Day. www.972mag.com/israeli-sett...
Four dead in 24 hours: Israeli settler terror intensifies amid Iran war
Settler gunfire killed Palestinians in two West Bank villages as they tried to defend their land. In the aftermath, soldiers’ tear gas induced a cardiac arrest.
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What Israel is doing to Lebanon, again, is criminal
Abdi Latif Dahir@lattif.bsky.social · 5mo agoA father comforting his kids, telling them the deafening bangs were fireworks. A man blown from his bed onto the floor. Debris and mangled rebar everywhere. Our report on the morning residents in a central Beirut area woke up to Israeli bombardment.
A Israeli brigade commander told Palestinians in the Jordan valley that the IDF plans to remove all Palestinians currently living in "Area C" - that's 60% of the West Bank - within a year. IDF spokesperson was asked for comment and did not deny this. www.ha-makom.co.il/area-c-evacu...
מח״ט הבקעה לתושבים: ״הפלסטינים צפויים להתפנות משטחי C״
אל"ם גלעד שריקי סייר בקהילות פלסטיניות והזהיר מפני הריסות בתים ופינוי משטחי C. צה"ל: הסיור נועד "לתת תחושת ביטחון לתושבים״
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At least 217 killed, 789 injured and 95,7773 forcibly displaced in Lebanon due to Israeli strikes already via Megaphone News
