Julian de Medeiros is a PhD candidate in International Relations at the University of Kent. He specializes in Turkish and Brazilian politics, and is currently researching state responses to protest movements in global swing states.
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Published in: HomeTurkish academics deserve solidarity: the fight for academic freedom is globalOne can only conclude that the Turkish Government’s heavy-handed reaction to petitions supporting arrested academics...
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Published in: HomeAs Ankara death toll rises, anger mounts against Government for courting disasterThe Government’s immediate response was to enforce a media ban throughout Turkey, rather than attending to the needs...
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Published in: HomeUnleashing nationalist and militarist elements in Turkish societyDepending on who one believes the country is either on the brink of civil war, or instead heroically participating...
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Published in: HomeTurkey’s bombing campaign against the Kurds will affect domestic parliamentary politicsStrikingly, during the hastily convened NATO meeting on Tuesday, secretary general Jens Stoltenberg refrained from...
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Published in: HomeParliamentary politics as the hot potato of post-election Turkey: progress or paralysis?The elections have been widely interpreted as a revitalization of parliamentary politics in Turkey. Yet a paralyzed...