Ali

PhD in economics, author of some articles, book chapters and other unrewarding academic and non-academic stuff.

[Ali @Ali_35K]

Özge ile AB'nin dış ticaret politikası ve normatif güç konsepti üzerine yazdığım makale Marmara Avrupa Araştırmaları Dergisi'nde yayınlandı. Çalışmayı @ikv1965'nın desteklediği #MCES2020'de de tebliğ olarak sunmuştuk. Buradan buyrun efendim: https://t.co/UbEP7FV2ox

[Ziya Meral @Ziya_Meral]

"Turkey, next Iran" "Kick Turkey out of NATO, cause Iran and Syria" remind me when "Turkey, a NATO ally," was being pushed when Turkey was actively supporting NATO, UK and internationally engaged Western Lebanon, while France was aligning with Russia to support Haftar and we had article after article on why "Turkey was undermining the West".. May be, high time to let myopic agendas and at times utter prejudice shape discussions of Turkish foreign policy and place in NATO?

[Ziya Meral @Ziya_Meral]

In military terms, the location of Turkish military presence in North Syria is no threat whatsoever to Israel, and mainland Turkey is merely miles away anyway.. And because actual military threat Turkey poses to Israel is zero such messages and strikes on locations in Syria can happen with zero concern over a backlash.. I am relieved to see Ankara acting much calmer and ignoring all sorts of provocations.. But the strategic long term picture is more troubling for all involved.. Huge negative impact on Syria as it tries to rebuild itself.. Risks for Turkey.. And a lot of risks for Israel too.. Not least because Turkey was.. hold for it.. the first Muslim-majority state to officially acknowledge Israel and open ab embassy in 1950.. Israel’s never ending wars is profoundly turning its strategic calculus into myopic grandeur reactions, comfy air strikes and tactical opps successes as the only tool left to respond to everything with..

[Daron Acemoglu @DAcemogluMIT]

I would also like to sincerely thank everybody who sent supportive, thoughtful emails, messages and tweets over the last week. It is hugely uplifting.

[Louis Fishman لوي فيشمان לואי פישמן @LouisAFishman1]

There is no doubt: Israel is openly trying to escalate tensions with Turkey—not the other way around. The months before the election will be dangerous. Netanyahu and his fascist allies are doing all they can to cause irreversible damage. Turkey should not fall into the trap.

[Charles Lister @Charles_Lister]

The gap between fact & fiction in #Israel media is widening by the day.

#Turkey's MOD is in a phase of withdrawal from northern #Syria, with multiple bases & posts abandoned in recent months -- one just last week.

A flurry of recycled videos from years past won't change that.

[Ali @Ali_35K]

Major burn.

[Jostein Hauge @haugejostein]

Daron Acemoglu blasts The Economist over their bizarre critique of him: “Your central verdict that I am 'oddly unconvincing' rests on unnamed economists revealing their true opinion of me over a few drinks. No persons who have been offered drinks to get to this truth are named. Would you publish a letter asserting that, over a few drinks, most people tell me that your newspaper is no longer worth subscribing to? The only person quoted with such views is a blogger, Noah Smith, a thin basis for judging a lifetime of academic work [...] If this is the best you can do with a body of work spanning 33 years, then it is your critique that is 'oddly unconvincing.'”

[Ali @Ali_35K]

These people really have gone crazy. To see this language, the brazen advertisement of an illusion of threat from Türkiye and the shameless promotion of preparation of a military action against a NATO ally in such a major publication... Madness. Breathtaking recklesness.

[The Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post]

Opinion: The lessons Israel has learned in the West Bank, Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, and Iran apply to Turkey as well. From Idlib to Istanbul, Israel will attack, if necessary, not defend.
https://t.co/GPFavGrB3P

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

In Istanbul, a cat went viral for politely asking a tourist for food.

[Pablo Antonio @PabloAntonio]

It’s a moral imperative to make electricity cheaply and widely available.

[Turkic Archives @TurkishArc]

Anadolu terk edilmiş, bomboş köylerle dolu. Ülkenin yarısı sadece 3 büyük şehre sıkışmış durumda. Pahalılık ve çöken doğum oranları bunun sadece bilinen yüzü.

Bundan 60 yıl önce bir bilim insanı, bu tablonun sonunu test etti.

Universe 25 deneyini okuyun:

[Daily Turkic @DailyTurkic]

According to a recent poll, 86.3% of Greeks consider Turkiye an enemy.

[Frekans @frekanstr_]

Yeni Parti’de Genel Başkan Özgür Özel’in ���EVET” kararına rağmen 89 milletvekilinin 54’ü “HAYIR” verdi.

Böylelikle Yeni Parti’deki vekillerin yarıdan fazlası (%61) Özgür Özel’i dinlemedi.

[Timur Kuran @timurkuran]

In most of Turkey, the fertility rate has plunged ro Scandinavian levels.

[Çankaya @cankayaarsiv]

"En iyisi çalışmak, unutabilecek kadar çalışabilmek... Bedbahtlar ölümü düşünmeye vakit bulanlardır. Ömrü kısaltan en büyük hastalık; hayatta vazifesiz kalmak, yaşamayı bitirmiş olduğu hissi içinde kendi üstüne çökmek değil midir?"

Falih Rıfkı Atay
(50 Yaşım, 1943)

[Ali @Ali_35K]

All the fame, all the glamour, wealth, attention and more... You'd think a man of his caliber would be fully content and wish nothing more. But our most precious needs are still very simple and we often take them for granted.

[Albanian Stats @albanianstats]

Birthplaces of the Ottoman grand viziers, c. 1320–1922.

[Selçuk Uygur @selcukuygur]

Cosplay olarak yaptığı şivesiyle “Cumhırıyitin ni hiyrini girdik” diyen Apo’nun çantacısına taziye için birbirini ezen sanat sepet tayfası IG’de tumturaklı Atatürk postları atmaya başlamış. Dünyanın hiçbir yerinde bunlardan daha omurgasız bir güruh yok.

[Jonathan Fine @jonathanbfine]

for some reason a lot of germans got really mad at me when i posted this

[Timur Kuran @timurkuran]

Share of children in Turkey’s total population. This will fall further. Turkey’s fertility rate is below the European average, around 1.5 children per woman—well under the replacement rate of 2.1.