Zozan Pehlivan
@zozanp.bsky.social
Environmental Historian, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Prof @ U of Minnesota, Twin Cities/ Au: The Political Political Ecology of Violence: Peasants and Pastoralists in the last Ottoman Century/ Studying on Climate, Grasslands, Empires, and Violence.
My interview with @sciam.bsky.social and @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social on desalination, environmental risk, Iran, and war in the Gulf.
Scientific American@sciam.bsky.social · 3mo agoDirect attacks, oil spills and the threat of nuclear waste are putting the Gulf region’s desalination plants at risk—here’s why that matters
If you are in the Twin Cities, please join us for our annual Ohanessian Lecture by Prof Houri Berberian of @ucirvine.bsky.social and Prof Talinn Grigor of @ucdavis.bsky.social @umnchgs.bsky.social
"Our old world, the one that we have inhabited for the last 12,000 years, has ended, even if no newspaper has yet printed its scientific obituary." For Earth Day, read Mike Davis's classic essay, Who Will Build the Ark?
Who Will Build the Ark?
What follows is rather like the famous courtroom scene in Orson Welles’s The Lady from Shanghai (1947). In that noir allegory of proletarian virtue in the embrace of ruling-class decadence, Welles pla...
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Ahmad al-Batniji, 17, has died from severe malnutrition. Ahmad lived with Celiac disease, a condition that requires strict access to gluten-free food and proper medical care. Israel has been blocking the entry of essential food & medicine.
Unspeakably horrible, and somehow also horribly familiar. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Live updates: Gunman died of self-inflicted gunshot wound after shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school
The city of Minneapolis said that there is no active threat at this time after a Wednesday morning shooting at Annunciation Catholic School.
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Ortaylı’nın Fırat ve Dicle Havzası’na yıllardır Çin devletinin kültürel soykırıma maruz bırakılan Uygur halkının yerleştirilmesi önerisi klasik bir kolonyal politika. Osmanlı idaresi 1850’lerden itibaren Kafkasya, Kırım ve Balkanlar’dan gelen ve şiddet deneyimi yaşamış grupları +
Diken Gazetesi@diken.com.tr · 12mo agoİlber Ortaylı: Uygur bölgesinin çiftçileri Türkiye'ye getirilmeli www.diken.com.tr/ilber-ortayl...
Güle Güle Mete Hoca! Öğrencin olmaktan hep keyif aldım, çok ögrendim senden, bazen de ayaklandım…Iyi ki hayatıma ve tarihçiliğime dokundun...
İlke TV Haber@ilkeetv.bsky.social · 12mo agoSiyaset bilimci ve tarih profesörü Mete Tunçay hayatını kaybetti ilketv.com.tr/siyaset-bili...
This 83-year-old priest has just been arrested for holding a sign which read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” According to Starmer’s new law, this puts her in the same category as an ISIS or Al-Qaeda terrorist, with a prison sentence of up to 14 years.
Nurçin İleri’s thorough review of my book!
The Political Ecology of Violence: Peasants and Pastoralists in the Last Ottoman Century. By Zozan Pehlivan
What if the unraveling of a multiethnic rural society in Ottoman Kurdistan had as much to do with distant ocean currents in the Pacific as with imperial re
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Nurcin Ileri@nurcinileri.bsky.social · last yr.My review of Zozan Pehlivan’s book, "The Political Ecology of Violence: Peasants and Pastoralists in the Last Ottoman Century," has just been published in the Journal of Social History: academic.oup.com/jsh/advance-...
Not quite espresso and not quite drip, Turkish coffee is more than a morning pick-me-up. It’s a social activity rooted in cultural tradition. www.wired.com/story/a-guid...
Never Drink Alone: A Guide to Turkish Coffee
Not quite espresso and not quite drip, Turkish coffee is more than a morning pick-me-up. It’s a social activity rooted in cultural tradition.
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Shall production and the colors used in Kashmir and Punjab!
Colonial ways of thinking 🤔 @ This will be a very interesting file for you @ajab.bsky.social I will share with you.
A Peruvian farmer has lost a landmark climate case against German energy giant RWE. Saul Luciano Lliuya had argued the company should help fund flood defenses near his Andean home, citing its role in global warming.
Peruvian farmer loses landmark climate case against German energy giant
A Peruvian farmer has lost a decade-long legal climate case against Germany energy giant RWE. Saúl Luciano Lliuya claimed the company's emissions had contributed to glacial melt threatening his Andean hometown.
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‘I just want bread’ This elderly Palestinian man, Sameer, broke down in tears from extreme hunger caused by Israel’s blockade in Gaza. At least 1 in 5 Palestinians faces starvation in Gaza as Israel continues attacks.
This @axios.com report by @barakravid.bsky.social suggests the United States is fully on board with the Israeli aid-control plan, whereas every single humanitarian group or UN agency working in Gaza have declared that they won’t touch it. www.axios.com/2025/05/04/u...
UN and aid groups denounce Israeli-U.S. plan for Gaza aid delivery
"It contravenes fundamental humanitarian principles and appears designed to reinforce control over life-sustaining items as a pressure tactic."
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Aron Lund@aronlund.bsky.social · last yr.@washingtonpost.com on Israel’s plan to impose a system of military-controlled, bare-minimum aid distribution to select recipients in Gaza. Apart from being obviously illegal, this seems surprisingly half-baked given the time they’ve had to come up with ideas? www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Bir oğlum olacak, ismi Temmuz, korkusuz mu korkusuz 12 Eylül Diyarbakır zindanının direnişçisi, Hakkâri'nin efsanevi devrimcisi, Vizontele Tuuba filminde "Mahmut Abi"si Mahmut Duran'ı, nam-ı diğer Qîro'yu (Kara-Zift) 20 yıl önceki söyleşimizle uğurluyoruz… birartibir.org/bir-oglum-ol...
Bir oğlum olacak, ismi Temmuz, korkusuz mu korkusuz
12 Eylül’ü anlattığını iddia eden Vizontele Tuuba’yı görenler “Mahmut abi”yi hatırlayacaktır, ama o karakter gerçek Mahmut Duran’dan fersah fersah uzak. Diyarbakır Cezaevi’ndeki akıl almaz zulme yedi…
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Across Turkey, thousands of high school students are protesting the government's expulsion of their teachers.These schools are not typical institutions; students must pass a national exam and rank in the top 1-3% of candidates.The expulsion is a common governing practice in Ottoman-Turkish history.
Umut Sendikası@umutsendikasi.bsky.social · last yr.Amasya Macit Zeren Fen Lisesi öğrencileri öğretmenlerinin haksız tayin edilmesini ve adaletsizliği protesto ediyor. Liseli öğrencilerin yanındayız! #lisemedokunma #öğretmenimedokunma
Konu yine kadın bedenine getirildiyse bu 3 şeye işaret eder. 1. Direniş ve itirazın dikkati dağılsın istiyorlar. 2. Çok büyük bir halt yediler, cambaza bak yapıyorlar. 3. Her ikisi de.
Patronları tarafından yakılarak öldürülen Afgan madenci Nourtani’nin avukatı: "Sanıklara 5 yıl 8 ay hapis cezası verildi. Türkiye'de geyik öldürmenin cezası 4 yıl. Bu ceza değişmezse, sanıklar 3 ay sonra tahliye olacak."
burasının yankı odası olması durumuyla ilgili de şunu söyleyeyim. lan zaten diğer tarafta da kilitli hesabında 150-200 kişiyle takılıyorsun, sanki orada vilyım volıs, ön cephede savaşıyor.
v.@varcharian.bsky.social · last yr.burada yeterli trafiği yakalayamamayı buna bağlı olarak da ego tatminini sağlayamayarak motive olamamayı bir yere kadar anlarım. ama burayı boşlamadan da bu ikisini yapabilme iradeni neden kullanmıyorsun? bu kısmı anlayamıyorum.
Our project manager, Dr. Philip Gooding, recently shared his #envhist research methods on a CHOICE Media webinar entitled "Redefining research: Uncovering climate impact insights with digitized primary sources." Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLKI...
Redefining research: Uncovering climate impact insights with digitized primary sources
YouTube video by CHOICE Media Channel
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In Colorado, nearly 200 missing cows set off an unprecedented state investigation involving sheriffs, a multiagency task force, search planes, a $10,000 reward and more. Months later, the case remains cold.
Nearly 200 cows disappeared. The case remains cold.
The missing Colorado cattle set off an unprecedented state investigation involving sheriffs, a multiagency task force, search planes, a $10,000 reward and more.
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“Hayat, kar altında kalan bahar Çiçekleri üzerinde ölüyor en bereketli ağaçlar Üretkenlik dört duvar arasında Kar yağıyor bahar dallarına Üç bin yıllık hayatın bilgesi Sevene acı veren, bedeni bal ülke Işıklarının ardından solup gidiyor insanlar Kar yağıyor güneşli kirpiklerine”
Silivri’de başucumda, hat sanatçısı Muhammet Mağ’ın zarif ellerinden çıkan bir eser var: “Bu da geçer Mahir”… Zor zamanlarda anlam dolu cümleler teselli oluyor. Hele ki bir dostun elinden çıktıysa… Kıymetli sanatına ve gönlüne sağlık Muhammet Mağ. Teşekkür ederim.
Longer lasting and more frequent El Niño and La Niña events have slowly increased over the last 7,000 years but are now accelerating due to climate change. theconversation.com/consecutive-... #climatechange #elnino #enso #drought #flood #heatwave #wildfire #hurricane
Consecutive El Niños are happening more often and the result is more devastating – new research
Moderate changes over millennia are being sped up by emissions from burning fossil fuels.
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