Beliz Yuksel
belizyuksel.bsky.social
Beliz Yuksel
@belizyuksel.bsky.social
Anthropologist, Experience Researcher
MA in Anthropology @Hunter_College @CUNY
Working on #immersive #experience

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Stray dogs in Turkey are being silenced —violently.
When compassion is framed as chaos, and dogs become threats to "order," something deeper is at work.
I explored the political logic behind it in my latest piece:
belizyuksel.medium.com/stray-animal...

#medium #animalrights #massacrelaw #turkey
Stray Animals and the Acoustic Texture of Istanbul Streets
When they come for the dogs, it’s never just about the dogs
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May 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Apparently, controlling women's bodies is still trending. Wrote an essay about it, featuring #TheHandmaidsTale and reality.

Reproductive Dystopias: Parallel Lives, Divided Voices, and The Handmaid’s Tale

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#feminist #dystopia #analysis #patriarchy
Reproductive Dystopias
Parallel Lives, Divided Voices, and The Handmaid’s Tale
belizyuksel.medium.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
‘It reminds me of the now-famous saying jointly attributed to Fredric Jameson and Mark Fisher, “It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.’

A World at the Edge of Decay and Other Artistic Imaginings hyperallergic.com/1002515/aaro... @hyperallergic.com
A World at the Edge of Decay and Other Artistic Imaginings
Aaron Gilbert’s sense of time draws us away from the now to a potential future that we are having trouble envisioning.
hyperallergic.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Reposted by Beliz Yuksel
Kaymakları bozukmuş arkadaşlar. Gitmeyin. Para kazandırmayın. #boykot
Pelit Pastanesi şubelerinin çok büyük kısmı iktidarın “kaymak tabaka, elitler” vs. gibi sözlerle ötekileştirdiği semtlerde bulunuyor. Yani muhaliflerden para kazanıp kaymağı kendileri yiyor
April 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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"Sevgili @theguardian.com, durumu şöyle düzeltelim:
Demokrasinin değil, otokrasinin sonu. Direnişi bir clickbait'e alet ettikten sonra direnişten değil, demokrasinin çöküşünden* bahsetmek sizi tatmin ediyorsa hatırlatayım: Bu bir film değil gerçek"
ig AtilaGündüz
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April 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC
April 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
When even #Pikachu becomes an enemy of the state, you know something is deeply wrong. The Turkish Pikachu reveals more than viral absurdity—it exposes a violent system at work.
Read my latest piece:
belizyuksel.medium.com/the-electric...

#TurkeyWatch #TurkeyProtests #Carnivalesque
#blogpost
The Electric Charge of Protest: Resisting Pikachu
Carnivalesque Resistance
belizyuksel.medium.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A single photograph of a dervish hit by #police pepper spray captures #Istanbul ’s rising tensions. Whose body is it? Power marks it with pain; resistance moves through it. The body itself is a battleground.
Read more:
belizyuksel.medium.com/the-body-as-...
#Turkey #Protest #politics #media
The Body as a Battleground
The Whirling Dervish in Istanbul, 2025
belizyuksel.medium.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:37 AM
"The survival of #democracy in #Turkey is crucial not just for its people but also for the future of democracy worldwide. The age of the unchecked strongmen demands that those who believe in democracy be just as vocal, forceful and unrelenting as their opponents.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...
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March 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I feel angry, sad, and as though my hands are tied. In #Turkey, students are fighting for their future, saying "STOP" to injustice and the usurpation of their rights.

Sharing this #blog post, thinking and hoping I can create more awareness on the situation.

belizyuksel.medium.com/fear-and-fur...
Fear and Fury: The Arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu
Some Resist, and Others Remain Silent
belizyuksel.medium.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Oppression doesn't just exist—it's curated. From neoclassical architecture to Al-generated utopias, power has always known how to disguise itself. My latest piece on the aestheticization of evil:

belizyuksel.medium.com/making-evil-...

#AI #medium #blogpost
Making Evil Look Good
The Art of Disguising Injustice — Now Powered by AI
belizyuksel.medium.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Hello #Bluesky! I just took a leap out of my comfort zone— let’s see what’s going on here!

#firstpost
February 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM