Yusuf Ozkan
@yozkan.bsky.social
Working at Imperial College London & doing data stuff | PhD researcher at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social War Studies in intelligence history | Member @kcsi.uk | Founder @intelarchive.io | Love🚴♂️ https://linktr.ee/yusufozkan
I am glad to announce the publication of my edited work. www.routledge.com/Eight-Armies...
Eight Armies on the Gallipoli Peninsula
The Gallipoli campaign of the First World War seems to have been exhaustively studied by shelves of books and thousands of articles. This edited volume challenges this perception of completion, reveal...
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I've just learned that Christopher Bell passed away in May 2024, which I somehow missed until now. I wrote a short tribute to a great historian who also once bought me a coffee at Kew. yusufozkan.substack.com/p/a-belated-...
A belated farewell to Christopher Bell
I should be writing my PhD thesis instead of this short post at this early hour.
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Great to see @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social using the PLOS Open Science Indicators to analyze open research practices across their institution. Insightful work from @yozkan.bsky.social using our dataset with @dataseerai.bsky.social.
Can we measure research in a more meaningful way? A quick look at the 2025 PLOS Open Science Indicators dataset
Why measuring open research matters Open access publishing is sometimes mistakenly thought of as the be-all-and-end-all of open research (or open science). Bu
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New blog post 📊 I analysed the 2025 PLOS Open Science Indicators to explore how Imperial research adopts #openresearch practices. blogs.imperial.ac.uk/openaccess/2...
Can we measure research in a more meaningful way? A quick look at the 2025 PLOS Open Science Indicators dataset - Open Access and Digital Scholarship Blog
Why measuring open research matters Open access publishing is sometimes mistakenly thought of as the be-all-and-end-all of open research (or open science). But while open access is important, it is no...
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Using the @plos.org Open Science Indicators to: '1) understand the level of open research adoption at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social 2) outline a simple methodology that other institutions can easily implement for their own analyses.' @yozkan.bsky.social blogs.imperial.ac.uk/openaccess/2...
Can we measure research in a more meaningful way? A quick look at the 2025 PLOS Open Science Indicators dataset - Open Access and Digital Scholarship Blog
Why measuring open research matters Open access publishing is sometimes mistakenly thought of as the be-all-and-end-all of open research (or open science). But while open access is important, it is no...
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🎄 It’s that time of the year when the buzz of work quiets down and we get the time to rest before ringing in the new year — and pick up a book or two. 🥳 If you find yourself in need of last-minute holiday gift ideas, look no further than our KCSI-approved book guide!
📄 From the impact of growing digitalisation on intelligence to Czechoslovakia’s complex relationship with Middle Eastern revolutionaries, our KCSI members have been busy with sharing their expert insights in several publications this month. 🔗 All publications can be found here: kcsi.uk/publications
Our Publications
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📚 Call for submissions: 2025 Polly Corrigan and Kjetil Hatlebrekke Book Prizes The King’s Centre for the Study of Intelligence is pleased to open nominations for two distinguished awards celebrating excellence in intelligence and security studies.
OK, Turkey experts, oil experts, historians, sleuths. I'm looking at a 1945 US intelligence document about a clandestine source in "Oil City." This source is being paid in Turkish lira. What do you think Oil City is and why? I do not know the answer to this.
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
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🔎 Times are changing — and so are we. The King’s Centre for the Study of Intelligence is now on Instagram. Follow for insights on intelligence, security, and global affairs, plus highlights from our research, events, and teaching. 👉 instagram.com/kcsi.uk
Despite working on US intelligence in World War I off and on since 2006 and despite the fact that I'm slowly writing a journal article on memoirs of American intelligence veterans (all of them), I learned today of the existence of such a memoir that was entirely new to me. #research? #serendipity!
🚨Publication alert🚨 Our latest Insights piece by Satoshi Yoda - about Cold War operations in Japan - is out now: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
From Langley to Tokyo: The JFK Assassination Files and Communist…
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My third book. All published by Oxford University Press.
"Best Gallipoli books from a Turkish perspective? Here are five essential works in English." littlegully.com/blog/best-ga...
Best Gallipoli books from a Turkish perspective
The Ottoman view revealed: Five essential books in English offering rare insight into the Turkish experience at Gallipoli.
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Any idea who might have signed this memorandum? It was a War Office memo dated 01 Sep 1914. Possibly initials like ASD, but I'm not entirely sure. I've checked the War Office List, but couldn't spot any names. #skystorians
'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
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📑 My latest for @warontherocks.bsky.social: #BulgarianSpies #JanMarsalek #OldBailey #WarInUkraine #FSB #GRU The largest spy trial in UK history revealed an unusual espionage network & how Moscow's covert ops escalated shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 👉 shorturl.at/ymu4U
Putin’s Spies for Hire: What the U.K.’s Biggest Espionage Trial Revealed about Kremlin Tactics in Wartime Europe - War on the Rocks
In early 2023, in the sleepy English seaside town of Great Yarmouth, a covert operation was quietly revving into gear. Second-hand Chryslers and a
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🚨Publication alert 🚨Our latest Insights contribution by Dr Huw Dylan - an obituary of Oleg Gordievsky - is now live! kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
Obituary: Oleg Gordievsky
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Celebrating SIH Authors! Check out these excellent reads: Gurkan, Emrah Safa. Spies for the Sultan: Ottoman Intelligence in the. Great Rivalry with Spain. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2024.
I wrote this in 2022: the most important capability in statecraft is to be able to decide, and sometimes to take the initiative. No amount of defence spending will help if the structures for understanding, deciding and acting are weak. engelsbergideas.com/essays/eleme...
Element of surprise — the West needs to be more unpredictable
The West’s preoccupation with transparency, debate and consensus has rendered it slow and predictable. In this age of strategic competition, it is imperative that it regains the ability to surprise.
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The very first reaction by the FO clerk to the news of the Ottoman Black Sea raid on 29 October 1914. He might just be the first person contributing to the enduring debate over who was responsible for the Ottoman entry into war. It reminds me Mustafa Aksakal 's great work doi.org/10.1017/CBO9...
I've co-authored a short post with @openscihamid.bsky.social about Imperial research outputs cited on @bsky.app. By using @altmetric.com, we found a massive uptick in mentions of Imperial publications on Bluesky from mid-November 2024. Read the full post here: blogs.imperial.ac.uk/openaccess/2...
This 👇 “Misinformation was a key feature of medieval politics and society. Examining the spread of fake news, or conspiracy theories, in the centuries before even the printing press, never mind the internet, helps us understand how they flourish and their appeal.”
Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 2y ago‘Misinformation was a key feature of medieval politics and society. Examining the spread of fake news, or conspiracy theories, in the centuries before even the printing press, never mind the internet, helps us understand how they flourish and their appeal’ www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/misinfo...
Source collections like these Zotero groups are incredibly cool and and awesome way to dive into a topic beyond just what you will find with a simple JSTOR search.
Yusuf Ozkan@yozkan.bsky.social · 2y agoIt's a fantastic library and definitely worth following & supporting. I really value initiatives like this. They're collaborative, open source, and research user-friendly. You might also be interested in other libraries: First World War: @fwwsoc.bsky.social Intelligence studies: @intelarchive.io
Collaborative Zotero libraries on airpower, the first world war, and intelligence studies How super useful bsky.app/profile/yozk...
Yusuf Ozkan@yozkan.bsky.social · 2y agoIt's a fantastic library and definitely worth following & supporting. I really value initiatives like this. They're collaborative, open source, and research user-friendly. You might also be interested in other libraries: First World War: @fwwsoc.bsky.social Intelligence studies: @intelarchive.io
It's a fantastic library and definitely worth following & supporting. I really value initiatives like this. They're collaborative, open source, and research user-friendly. You might also be interested in other libraries: First World War: @fwwsoc.bsky.social Intelligence studies: @intelarchive.io
From Balloons to Drones@balloons2drones.bsky.social · 2y agoDon't forget to sign up for our collaborative bibliography on @zotero.org, edited by the team from @balloons2drones.bsky.social. Covers #airpowerhistory, theory, and current operations in their broadest sense, including #spacepower. www.zotero.org/groups/51104... #plsRT