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Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · 8h

Palestinians displaced to southern Gaza begin journey home as ceasefire comes into effect

The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 1d

🤝 On 6 September, Italian #ExtremeRight parties sealed a new pact and launched a committee they call 'Remigration and Reconquest'.
↪️ Federico Taddei argues its launch could mark a turning point in #Italy’s extreme-right galaxy.
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Is the 'Remigration and Reconquest' committee a turning point for Italy's extreme right?

On 6 September 2025, the Italian extreme right sealed a new pact. At a national congress, CasaPound Italia, Patriots’ Network (a Forza Nuova splinter), Veneto Skinhead Front, and Brescia to Bresciani ...

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Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · Aug 31

Free MOOC Course on Values in European Foreign Policy Making. Please help us disseminate this wonderful course to those interested. There is also a Certificate to receive after completion. valeus.eu/news/valeus-...

VALEUS Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) - VALEUS

The ValEUs network is glad to present the ValEUs Massive Open Online Course! This online course will teach you about the values underlying EU foreign policy and current contestations of these values....

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George Lakoff @george-lakoff.com · Jan 1

Tips to keep democracy alive in 2025:

1. Be Brave. Avoid helpless/hopeless talk. Authoritarians want you to feel powerless because it makes their work easier. Courage, faith, and optimism are essential. Fascism feeds on cynicism and pessimism. Starve it.
www.theframelab.org/how-to-thriv...

2025: Keep democracy alive. FrameLab New Year's resolutions

Advice for defeating the authoritarian threat

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PLEDGE Horizon project @pledge-project.bsky.social · Mar 18

📢 New Policy Brief Alert!

Grievance politics is on the rise, posing challenges for democracy in the EU. But what if we could turn grievances into opportunities for positive change? 🤔💡

📖 Read more:
www.pledgeproject.eu/.../publica....
#PledgeProject #EUPolicy #GrievancePolitics

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Jul 22

The EU must remain ready to negotiate with Russia-aligned Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar to prevent Vladimir Putin from further weaponizing migration, the bloc's migration chief Magnus Brunner told POLITICO.

We must work with Libyans to stop Putin weaponizing migrants, top EU official says

EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner tells POLITICO he’s ready to negotiate with Khalifa Haftar, who kicked him out of Benghazi earlier this month.

www.politico.eu

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Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · May 25

@pledge-project.bsky.social çerçevesinde ressentiment duygusu (bastirilmis kindarlik ve öç alma) üzerinden Türkiye siyaseti üzerine bir deneme yazisi. www.yeniarayis.com/yazi/ressent...

Ressentiment, Mağduriyet ve Rövanşizm

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, siyasi yörüngesi boyunca bir dizi duyguyu ustalıkla somutlaştırmış ve harekete geçirmiştir. Başlangıçta güçlü tarihsel imalarla zenginleştirilmiş bir mağduriyet anlatısı kullanan...

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Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · May 17

Free Open Online Course
“Values in EU Foreign Policy”
Https://mooc.valeus.eu
Please help us disseminate to everyone interested. MOOC invludes 13 topics, short topical videos by distinguished speakers, ppt presentations, assessments, and Certificate of Participation assigned on your name👇Jean Monnet

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Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · May 11

JUST OUT! PLEASE HELP US DISSEMINATE THIS MOOC COURSE… ValEUs Project has prepared a free-access MOOC Course on Values in European Union Foreign Policy. Please help us disseminate it. 13 topics, short videos, PPTs, readings, assessment,and CERTIFICATE. @ec.europa.eu Https://mooc.valeus.eu

Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · May 9

#HappyEuropeDay On 9 May 1950, Robert Schuman put forward a bold idea: unite Europe by pooling coal and steel production to make war ‘not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible.’

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Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · May 6

AN EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT ‘EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY SHIELD’: we respond to Ursula von der Leyen’s call for the European Democracy Shield by leveraging extensive interdisciplinary, unbiased, evidenced research on grievance politics. www.pledgeproject.eu/category/pub... please help us disseminate🙏

Policy Releases – Pledge

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Mixed Migration Centre @mixedmigration.org · May 5

"Even when the economic realities suggest increased migration is a significant opportunity, if not a necessity, the scapegoating argument requiring reduced migration normally wins." @profayhankaya.bsky.social on right-wing populism & anti-migration narratives in #MMR2024

The instrumentalisation of migration in the populist era | Mixed Migration Centre

The instrumentalisation of migration in the populist era. The following essay was originally compiled for the Mixed Migration Review 2024 “Migration […]

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Mixed Migration Centre @mixedmigration.org · May 5

@profayhankaya.bsky.social from Bilgi Istanbul University, looks at the surge of right-wing populism and its strategic use of anti-migration narratives in his contribution to Mixed Migration Review 2024 #MMR2024:

The instrumentalisation of migration in the populist era | Mixed Migration Centre

The instrumentalisation of migration in the populist era. The following essay was originally compiled for the Mixed Migration Review 2024 “Migration […]

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Mixed Migration Centre @mixedmigration.org · May 5

"Not only are migrants used as scapegoats, but it may be entirely in the interests of populist parties – when in gov or close to power – to actively obstruct reforms or instigate new policies which exacerbate a sense of crisis around immigration & asylum." @profayhankaya.bsky.social #MMR2024

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Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · Apr 28

Anna Krasteva, Andrea Membretti and I wrote on the root-causes of populism in remote places for an impressive edited volume by F. Barbera and E. Bell.

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Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · Apr 16

My newly published SWP-CATS Comment “Youth Co-Radicalisation in Türkiye – New Conflict-Induced Migration” www.swp-berlin.org/10.18449/202...

Youth Co-Radicalisation in Türkiye – New Conflict-Induced Migration

Turkish migration to Western Europe, particularly Germany, has been driven by economic aspirations and socio-political conflicts. Since 2013, a...

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Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · Apr 15

Mario Vargas Llosa😞 www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2...

Mario Vargas Llosa, The Art of Fiction No. 120

Quoting Neruda: “I have a chest full of all the insults, villainies, and infamies a man is capable of withstanding. . . . If you become famous, you will have to go through that.”

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Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · Apr 6

The demonstrations in both the US and Turkey show that politics take a new turn on streets by collectivities who are rebelling against the over-streching of authoritarian rule that implements an ultra-politics overruling the parliamentary democracy. Individuals search for sub-politics on streets.

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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) @swp-berlin.org · Apr 1

The techno-geopolitical rivalry between China & the US has intensified, while Ankara pursues its own goals in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The EU should promote collaboration with Turkey to address today’s geoeconomic challenges, says @cagdasungor.bsky.social: www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

The US-China Tech War: Where Does Turkey Stand?

The techno-geopolitical rivalry between China and the United States has intensified in recent years. Turkey’s souring relations with the US...

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23 DERECE @yirmiucderece.bsky.social · Mar 27

Üniversite öğrencileri, RTÜK önünde protesto yaptı:

"Özgür basın özgür Türkiye!"

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Zübeyde Sarı @zubeydesari.bsky.social · Mar 27

KONDA Araştırma yurttaşlara İmamoğlu'nun tutuklanmasını ve protestolarla ilgili düşüncelerini sordu.

Araştırma bulgularına göre:

•Yüzde 21, eylemleri haklı buluyor.
•Yüzde 52, düzeni bozmadıkça eylemlere hak veriyor.
•Yüzde 27, eylemler haksızdır diyor.

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Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · Mar 24

15 million people out of 64 million voters were mobilized yesterday to elect the CHP’s presidential candidate, #Imamoglu, who is now in prison. Young people across the country managed to mobilise the masses, and CHP leader #Özel proved to win the hearts and minds. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Huge protests as Istanbul mayor jailed on day of likely presidential nomination

Ekrem İmamoğlu, rival of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, placed in pre-trial detention along with dozens of staff and officials

www.theguardian.com

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Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · Mar 23

Bekle Bizi #Istanbul.

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · Mar 18

Germany's parliament approved plans for a massive spending surge, throwing off decades of fiscal conservatism in hopes of reviving economic growth and scaling up military spending for a new era of European collective defence.

German parliament approves huge defence spending increase

Germany's parliament approved plans for a massive spending surge, throwing off decades of fiscal conservatism in hopes of reviving economic growth and scaling up military spending for a new era of Eur...

www.rte.ie

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Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · Mar 18

Please take a look at our policy brief on how to tackle with grievances, ressentiment, and polarisation in everyday life. How can we construct a resilient democratic governance? Tailoring policies and practices toward understanding emotions might be an answer.

PLEDGE Horizon project @pledge-project.bsky.social · Mar 18

📢 New Policy Brief Alert!

Grievance politics is on the rise, posing challenges for democracy in the EU. But what if we could turn grievances into opportunities for positive change? 🤔💡

📖 Read more:
www.pledgeproject.eu/.../publica....
#PledgeProject #EUPolicy #GrievancePolitics

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Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · Mar 9

#Daktilo1984 için Almanya seçimleri sonrasinda Türk-Alman iliskilerini ele almaya calistim. daktilo1984.com/roportajlar/...

Türkiye-Almanya ilişkilerini neler bekliyor? | Ayhan Kaya: Merz pragmatik ve perakendeci bir yaklaşımla bakmaktadır - Daktilo 1984

Bilgi Üniversitesi Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü'nden Prof. Dr. Ayhan Kaya ile “Almanya’da seçimleri kazanan CDU lideri Merz’in başbakanlığı döneminde Almanya-Türkiye ilişkilerini neler bekliyor?” sor...

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Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · Mar 8

Poland plans military training for every adult male amid growing European security fears.

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Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · Mar 6

It is a pleasure to be with colleagues working on emotions, polarisation, and populism at the Helsinki University to exchange our thoughts on the role of ressentiment, resentment, revanchism, victimisation, grievances and deprivation on the changing political cultures across Europe.

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Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · Mar 1

Özge Onursal-Besgül ile Avrupa, Almanya ve Türkiye baglaminda son popülizm, göç, milliyetçilik, krizler ve Nietzsche’nin ressentiment kavramlarini tüm yanlariyla ele almaya çalistik. open.spotify.com/episode/6ffd...

Popülizm

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Ayhan Kaya @profayhankaya.bsky.social · Feb 27

Çigdem Nas ile Almanya seçimlerini eke aldik. Demokrasinin açmazlarini, otoriter yönelimleri ve demokrasinin nasil demokratiklestirilmesi gerektigine iliskin görüskerimizi paylastik. CATS SWP-Berlin ValEUs Pledge www.youtube.com/live/AhT_0rj...

Almanya seçimleri ve AfD'nin yükselişi: Avrupa'nın geleceği tehlikede mi? - canlı izle

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