Sezin Oney

Sezin Oney (@SezinOney) is a journalist (Taraf Newspaper) and political scientist (Bilkent University) working on populism.

Turkey’s populist politics

Erdoğan’s signature speech act is reciting poems; whereas Demirtaş excites his crowds by singing.

By Sezin Oney and Emre Erdogan

/ 6 Jun 2015

Naming the political game in Turkey: populism

Turkey elected its first president through direct suffrage; so what can we expect now? It is populism that is increasingly in charge of Turkey's politics - not any one person.

By Sezin Oney and Emre Erdogan

/ 19 Aug 2014