Unmasking Gender (In)Equality: Turkey’s Post-2023 Election Landscape
According to the World Economic Forum's 2020 Gender Gap Index, Turkey ranks 129th out of 146 countries surveyed. This ranking...
Surveying the landscape of women’s rights: Observations from a researcher
The intertwined dynamics of the 'patriarchal trifecta'—forced marriages, female genital mutilation (FGM), and so-called honor killings—create a symbiotic relationship, reinforcing...
Why does populist Netanyahu seek to reform Israel’s judiciary?
Benjamin Netanyahu's populist ideology, anchored in the notion that he embodies the genuine and morally upright voice of the Jewish...
A Lesson from Turkey: Economic Crises as Steppingstones, but not Exit Routes for Authoritarian Populists
It is evident that populist politicians, even if they come to power through free elections, deviate from the same path...
Populism reigns supreme in Turkey, what next for European Union?
While a new term for Erdogan will bring more challenges, Turkey will remain a crucial interlocutor for the EU on...
The short story of Erdogan’s election victory(!)
Erdogan's primary adversary is no longer the opposition, but rather the anticipated deepening of the economic crisis. A climate of...
Erdogan’s winning authoritarian populist formula and Turkey’s future
After the election results, Erdogan is likely to feel vindicated, but being a vindictive populist, he will not forgive those...
AKP’s populist framing of Erdogan as the tough, macho, militaristic savior of ‘the people’ against the Western imperialists
To win another term as President in Turkey, incumbent Islamist populist Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been forced into externalizing and...
How and why do we need preventive justice?
The saying often goes that history repeats itself. However, this is not entirely accurate. It’s people who repeat history. Not...
Culture War in the War in Ukraine
Putin’s narrative of the Ukrainian government as Nazis and “junkies” is a rhetoric of legitimation of invasion and a performance...
Migration diet of populism versus migrant attraction in Finland
Populist movements and parties have been successful in gaining support by tapping into people’s emotions, fears, and grievances, and by...
Corruption scandals: A rather narrow window of opportunity for populists?
In populist rhetoric, corruption is an obvious indication of institutional decay generated by the ‘corrupt elites’ and affecting the interests...