Onur Isci
@onurisci.bsky.social
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Historian. Boğaziçi University.
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I moved back to Turkey about a decade ago, and there has been some dark moments. But at the centenary of the republic I am hopeful, not least because there is a new generation but also bright young women who will take this country in the right direction. 🇹🇷 💯 #Atatürk
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Yıllar süren uzun bir yolculuğun sonunda yeni kitabımızın Ekim ayında @kronikkitap.bsky.social tarafından yayımlanacağını paylaşmaktan mutluluk duyuyoruz. Kitapta gökyüzünde bir anda belirip, muazzam bir enerjiyle parlayıp kayan bir yıldızın hikayesini anlattık, umarım beğenirsiniz.
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skillitercentre.bsky.social
We held a conference on The Ottomans and Diplomacy @newnhamcollege.bsky.social 10-12 July 2025, including 26 papers from historians from France, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the UK and the US. The full programme is on our website.

Photos by Dasha Tenditna
Two historians wearing lanyards and holding plates and glasses Two historians looking at programmes for the Skilliter Centre conference Two historians talking in Newnham College garden, with others in the background Skilliter Centre programme, notebook and folder laid out on a table
onurisci.bsky.social
Unbelievable! Very sorry to hear it Lisel. I'm sure you'll land somewhere that deserves your devotion to teaching and writing.
onurisci.bsky.social
Istanbul’s Orthodox community marks the birth and baptism of Jesus of Nazareth. 2025 epiphany ceremony held by the Fener Greek Patriarchate on the cold waters of the Golden Horn. 🎄 ⛪️ 🎉
onurisci.bsky.social
2025 will be the 1700th anniversary of the First Nicene Council. Pretty little Anatolian town for history fans and tile lovers. #nicenecreed #iznik
onurisci.bsky.social
I contributed to an edited collection on the Black Sea based on an excellent conference we held in Wien back in 2020. @univie.ac.at To read my chapter (Mare Clausum: War and Diplomacy on the Black Sea, 1939 – 91) see the @degruyterbrill.bsky.social link below. www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
Mare Clausum: War and Diplomacy on the Black Sea, 1939 –91
Mare Clausum: War and Diplomacy on the Black Sea, 1939 –91 was published in Handbook on the History and Culture of the Black Sea Region on page 165.
www.degruyter.com
onurisci.bsky.social
my students like Fouad Ajami's The Arab Predicament
onurisci.bsky.social
Rough times will pass. Happy thanksgiving, so long, and thanks for all the turkey 🦃
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www.yirmidort.tv/gundem/baede... This is still Ethem Sancak’s TV channel no? @heissenstat.bsky.social Used to make ferry rides in Istanbul a truly Orwellian experience 🧐
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monicamarks.bsky.social
This statement, from the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirms that Turkey cooperated w/ the UAE in arresting & extraditing the 3 Uzbeks who killed Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the UAE.

The attackers may have thought they’d be safe in Turkey. But their extradition reflects strengthened UAE-Turkey ties.
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merip.bsky.social
Adam Hanieh's "Laundering Carbon" exposed the hollow politics behind fossil-centered states' excitement on the carbon trading market, which are amounting to a string of land grabs in Africa with terrible results for indigenous communities.
Laundering Carbon—The Gulf’s ‘New Scramble for Africa’ - MERIP
Carbon offsets are changing the relationship between the Middle East and the African continent.
buff.ly
onurisci.bsky.social
Last day of the conference in Boston @aseees.bsky.social. If you’re still around, come join our roundtable at Simmons (3rd floor - 12:00pm-1:45pm). Michaela Papa, Anton Fedyashin, Pedram Partovi, Zhen Han and I will be discussing how BRICS fits in the new multi-polar international order.
onurisci.bsky.social
My first time at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, MA. Gorgeous building, great library but I’m a bit underwhelmed by the museum itself tbh. You can spare about 90 minutes for the whole tour, including 2 short movies that last for about 30 minutes.
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onurisci.bsky.social
Looking forward to our panel with Serhii Plokhii, Mark Steinberg, Frank Sysyn and Susan Smith-Peter at the @aseees.bsky.social 56th Convention in Boston this weekend. We'll discuss how textbooks in English have presented Russian and Ukranian historical narratives and how those have at times clashed.
onurisci.bsky.social
tru dat! please read our "Q1 SSCI research output"
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Annual pilgrimage to Martin’s for Richard Stites - the best advisor and a great human being
onurisci.bsky.social
Looking forward to our panel with Serhii Plokhii, Mark Steinberg, Frank Sysyn and Susan Smith-Peter at the @aseees.bsky.social 56th Convention in Boston this weekend. We'll discuss how textbooks in English have presented Russian and Ukranian historical narratives and how those have at times clashed.
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coldwarhost.bsky.social
Cold War Historians...not at all thorough or complete so pleae make suggestions or ask to be added!

go.bsky.app/NAWTQUp
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marekeby.bsky.social
I hadn’t seen anyone else do it, so I’m working on a starter pack of Russia/USSR/Eurasia historians. Check it out!

go.bsky.app/CagBxPQ
onurisci.bsky.social
thanks for this list. could I join please?
onurisci.bsky.social
Great list, thank you. Could you add me please?