Bülent Kenes
bkenes.bsky.social
Bülent Kenes
@bkenes.bsky.social
Önce insan,oğul/eş/baba, gazeteci-yazar, PhD, veritas vincit @populismstudies @StockholmCF #tr724 #YeniHayat #TodaysZaman #Bugün #AANewYork #TDN #Zaman
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🌍 ECPS – Voice of Youth (VoY)

⚡️The Humanity of Migration

✍️ By Emmanouela Papapavlou

📌 What happens when migration is understood not as a “crisis,” but as a shared human reality?

📍The VoY essay offers a morally grounded & analytically sharp reflection. 👉 www.populismstudies.org/the-humanity...
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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🎥 ECPS Video & Report

⚡️ Virtual Workshop Series / Session 8: Fractured Democracies - Rhetoric, Repression & the Populist Turn

📌 How does populism reshape democratic life through emotion, morality & discourse?

👉 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6Rh...

👉 Read: populismstudies.org/virtual-work...
December 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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📘 ECPS Report

⚡️Workshop Series–Session 8: Fractured Democracies: Rhetoric, Repression & the Populist Turn

📌How does populism reshape democratic life through emotion, morality & discourse? Session addresses this question from interdisciplinary perspectives. 👉 www.populismstudies.org/virtual-work...
December 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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A whopping 2/3rds of the country opposes Trump’’s immigration policies.

@melissadeckman.bsky.social unpacks who’s included in that number: https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-an-unpopular-populist-president
Trump: An Unpopular Populist President?
Melissa Deckman reveals rapidly declining support for Trump's immigration policies.
contrarian.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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📢 ECPS Commentary

📖 Peace with the Kurds in Turkey: What about It?

🔍 Prof. Cengiz Aktar dismantles latest “peace” initiative toward the Kurds — arguing that what is portrayed as reconciliation is a populist choreography of harmony without structural change. www.populismstudies.org/peace-with-t...
December 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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📢 ECPS Interview – VIDEO

🎓 Professor Tim Bale: Nigel Farage Is a Marmite Politician — Loved by His Base, Toxic to Many Others

🎙️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

🎥 Watch video now:▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyV9...

📄 Read the interview:
populismstudies.org/prof-bale-ni...
December 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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📢 ECPS Interview

🎓 Prof. Tim Bale: Farage Is a Marmite Politician — Loved by His Base, Toxic to Many Others

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

📖 Bale breaks down the rise of Reform UK — showing how Nigel Farage functions as both engine & ceiling of the party. 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/prof-bale-ni...
December 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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📢 ECPS Commentary

🧭 Why Europe, Not China or Russia, Is the Civilisational Problem in Trump’s NSS

✍️ By Nicholas Morieson

🔖 Why does Trump’s NSS characterise Europe—rather than America’s great-power rivals—as the real civilisational crisis zone?

📖 Read: 📎 www.populismstudies.org/why-europe-n...
December 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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🎥 ECPS Interview — VIDEO

🎙️ Professor Susan Stokes: Democracy Will Survive — And Can Return More Robust

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

🎥 Watch the interview: 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW_E...

🔖 Read the interview: 🔗 populismstudies.org/professor-st...
December 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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🎥 ECPS Interview — VIDEO

📢 Professor Joseph Wright: The Most Troubling Aspect of Trump 2.0 Is the Personalization of the Security Forces

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

📺 Watch the interview: 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnWw...

🔖 Read the interview: 🔗 populismstudies.org/prof-wright-...
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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📢 ECPS Interview

📚 Prof. Wright: The Most Troubling Aspect of Trump 2.0 Is the Personalization of the Security Forces

🔍 Prof. Joseph Wright offers one of the most comprehensive warnings to date about democratic erosion in the United States.

📄 Read: 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/prof-wright-...
December 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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📢 ECPS Interview

🎙️ Prof. Stokes: Democracy Will Survive and Can Return More Robust

📚 Prof. Susan Stokes dissects why democratic backsliding accelerates under conditions of high inequality, partisan polarization, & weak institutional guardrails.

📚 Read → 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/professor-st...
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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🎥 ECPS Virtual Workshop Series / VIDEO

⚡ Session 7 — “Rethinking Representation in an Age of Populism”

▶️ Watch the ideo: youtube.com/watch?v=ndQ1...

📄 Read the report: 🔗 populismstudies.org/virtual-work...
December 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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🌍 ECPS Virtual Workshop Series

🎓 Session 8: Fractured Democracies – Rhetoric, Repression, and the Populist Turn

📅 Thursday, December 11, 2025 🕒 15:00–17:00 (CET) 💻 Online Event

🔗 Register and Join Us: 👉 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📌 More Details: populismstudies.org/workshop-ser...
December 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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📘 ECPS Report

⚡ Virtual Workshop Series — Session 7: Rethinking Representation in an Age of Populism

📌 This session examines how populism reshapes the very foundations of political representation across digital, constitutional & epistemic terrains.

📄 Read: www.populismstudies.org/virtual-work...
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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📢 ECPS Interview / 🎥 VIDEO

🗣️ Assoc. Prof. Manuel Larrabure: A New Right-Wing Alliance Is Emerging in Latin America — and Democracy Will Take a Toll

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

🎥 Watch the interview:🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cmO...

📘 Read the interview: 🔗 populismstudies.org/assoc-prof-l...
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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🎥 ECPS Interview / VIDEO

🌍 Professor Richard Youngs: We Are in an Interregnum Between the Liberal Global Order and Whatever Comes Next ⚖️

📝 Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

▶️ Watch the video of interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lknr...

📖 Read the interview: 🔗 populismstudies.org/professor-yo...
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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🎥 ECPS Interview / VIDEO

📌Asst. Prof. Lisa Zanotti: Presidential Systems Ease Populists’ Rise to Power in Latin America

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

▶️ Watch the interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfNN...

📖 Read the interview: populismstudies.org/asst-prof-za...
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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📢 ECPS Interview

📘 Asst. Prof. Lisa Zanotti: Presidential Systems Ease Populists’ Rise to Power in Latin America

🎙️ Dr. Zanotti offers a sharp analysis of Latin America's accelerating shift to the far right and what Chile’s 2025 election means.

📄 Read now: www.populismstudies.org/asst-prof-za...
November 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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📢 ECPS Commentary

📌 Trump’s New Heavy-Hand Strategy in Latin America

✍️ By Imdat Oner

🧭 Dr. Oner unpacks the strategic shift behind the Trump administration’s move from traditional interdiction to militarized attrition in the Caribbean & Eastern Pacific. 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/trumps-new-h...
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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📢 ECPS – Voice of Youth

🟣 Nov.25: The Normalization of Violence & the Forgetting That Keeps It Alive

✍️ By Emmanouela Papapavlou

💔 Papapavlou explores why we “remember” gender-based violence only once a year while forgetting it for the remaining 364 days. 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/november-25-...
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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📢 ECPS – Voice of Youth

🌾How European Populists Turn Farmers’ Anger into Political Power

✍️ By Kader Gueye

🧭 In this VoY piece, Gueye examines how European populists are strategically converting farmers’ genuine grievances into political influence.

🔗 Read: www.populismstudies.org/how-european...
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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📢 ECPS Interview

🗣️ Assoc. Prof. Larrabure: A New Right-Wing Alliance Is Emerging in Latin America & Democracy Will Take a Toll

🔥 Dr. Manuel Larrabure warns that Chile’s election marks not only a national turning point but part of a continental realignment. 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/assoc-prof-l...
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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📢 ECPS Interview

🌍 Professor Richard Youngs: We Are in an Interregnum Between the Liberal Global Order and Whatever Comes Next⚖️

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

📖 Read the interview: 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/professor-yo...
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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📢 ECPS Publication Alert!

📘 Journal of Populism Studies (JPS)

🌍 Civilizational Populism and Migration Diplomacy: Tunisia, the European Union, and Italy 🇹🇳🇮🇹🇪🇺

✍️ By Dr. Helen L. Murphey

📄 Read the article in the Journal of Populism Studies: 🔗 jps.populismstudies.org/articles/civ...
November 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM