Abdullah Ayasun·Mar 2Former Israeli PM Calls Turkey ‘the New Iran’As the U.S. and Israel escalate their attacks against Iran, a former Israeli prime minister has cast Turkey as “the new Iran" in the…
Abdullah Ayasun·Apr 14, 2025Killed by Injustice: A Young Turkish Girl’s Odyssey Amid PersecutionA Turkish lawmaker: “It was injustice, not epilepsy, that killed Sumeyra Gelir.”
Abdullah Ayasun·Jan 20, 2025Turkish Spy Chief Did What Erdogan Couldn’t Long Ago: Praying in Damascus Once Assad GoneErdogan once vowed to pray in Damascus after Assad’s downfall. He never could. His spymaster did so on his behalf 13 years later.A response icon1A response icon1
Abdullah Ayasun·Dec 8, 2024It Is Official: Syria’s Assad Falls As Rebels Take Damascus In Historic MomentThe Assad regime’s 54-year rule in Syria came to a dramatic end on Sunday after rebels overtook Damascus in the final phase of the civil…
InDialogue & DiscoursebyAbdullah Ayasun·Nov 29, 2024For Fans, Turkish Team’s Loss Against Maccabi Tel Aviv Feels BitterMany Turkish fans saw a Besiktas win against Maccabi Tel Aviv as revenge for Israel’s war against Gaza. That win did not materialize.A response icon1A response icon1
Abdullah Ayasun·Nov 20, 2024Will Turkey’s Political Terror Ever End? The Nightmare of Purge Victims LingersFirst, they lost their jobs, then their freedom. Just when they thought they were finally free, a new crackdown began. Again.
Abdullah Ayasun·May 15, 2024Amnesty International’s Blind Spot on Purge Victims in TurkeyIn its recent reports on Turkey, Amnesty International takes a pass on the most vulnerable faction: purge victims.A response icon1A response icon1
Abdullah Ayasun·May 3, 2024Reflections on Carl Schmitt’s ‘Concept of the Political’The legacy of Carl Schmitt, the prophet of the global right and an inspiration model for German fascism in the 1930s, is deeply contested.
Abdullah Ayasun·May 3, 2024On Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Culture EconomyA Review of Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy by Arjun Appadurai.
Abdullah Ayasun·May 1, 2024New York Police Moves to Clear Hamilton Hall Occupied by Columbia StudentsNew York Police Department officers moved to the Morningside Heights campus to clear the encampment and Hamilton Hall occupied by students.
