In our new analysis, @damla_bayraktar and I look at emerging actors in Turkey’s diaspora governance, focusing in particular on the Global Turks Foundation and @bidunyakivilcim.
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The IPC-Mercator Analysis "'Sparks' and Global Leaders: Civil Initiatives as Emerging Actors in Turkey's Diaspora Governance" by 2025/26 Mercator-IPC Fellow Damla B. Aksel and Aylin Yardımcı, PhD, was published. Please click here to read the analysys: https://t.co/QPGFtgb7Da
“The tradition of learning is like a precious golden thread of knowledge running through human history linking reader to reader through time. It last snapped during the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. […] That golden thread is breaking for the second time.”
Fuat Keyman hocanın vefatından dolayı çok üzgünüm. Nezaketini ve yardımseverliğini asla unutmayacağım. Geçen yıl Temmuzdaki doktora tez savunmamdan kalan bu mutlu anıyla onu yad ediyorum. Tüm yakınlarının, sevenlerinin başı sağolsun.
Turkey has over the past two decades become a power player in Africa. One vignette that I found quite interesting was how President Erdoğan's 2011 visit to Mogadishu at a time of deep famine in E Africa was a game changer. https://t.co/L3zI8jXx2m w/ @aanuadeoye@AditiHBhandari
Wrapped up a phenomenal journey through @statedept's #IVLP on sustainable cities, exploring urban management across 6 US cities with colleagues from 21 countries. Deep dives into policy, challenges & climate resilience. Thanks to @StateIVLP & @ABDIstanbul for nominating me!
"... now A.I. threatens elite workers—those with advanced degrees. But highly educated people tend to acquire skills and social connections that enable them to organize effectively and challenge the existing power structures. Overproduction of youth with advanced degrees has been the main force driving revolutions from the Springtime of Nations in 1848 to the Arab Spring of 2011."