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...
Gender Populism: Civilizational Populist Construction of Gender Identities as Existential Cultural Threats
DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan & Shakil, Kainat. (2023). “Gender Populism: Civilizational Populist Construction of Gender Identities as Existential Cultural Threats.”...
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...
The Impact of Civilizational Populism on Foreign and Transnational Policies: The Turkish Case
DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan & Morieson, Nicholas. (2023). “The Impact of Civilizational Populism on Foreign and Transnational Policies: The Turkish...
Contest between leaders of the Ummah: Comparing civilizational populisms of PTI and TLP in Pakistan
DOWNLOAD PDF Batool, Fizza; Yilmaz, Ihsan & Shakil, Kainat. (2023). “Contest between leaders of the Ummah: Comparing civilizational populisms of...
Hindutva civilizational populist BJP’s enforcement of digital authoritarianism in India
DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan & Saleem, Raja M. Ali. (2022). “Hindutva civilizational populist BJP’s enforcement of digital authoritarianism in India.”...
The nexus of religious populism and digital authoritarianism in Pakistan
DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan & Saleem, Raja Ali M. (2022). “The nexus of religious populism and digital authoritarianism in Pakistan.”...
Mahsa Amini: Women’s bodily autonomy in the context of Islamism and far-right populism
Both Islamism and far-right populism claim power and control over women’s bodies by imposing rules around the hijab. In Iran,...
Civilizational populist Netanyahu’s election victory and rise of Religious Zionist Party in Israel
Netanyahu and Likud return to power as Israeli voters usher in perhaps the most right-wing government in the nation’s history....
Lula is back! Third time lucky or will his return lead to the revival of Bolsonaro?
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to win the 2022 Brazilian elections by a margin of...