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See my new article just published in Political Behavior which shows that the BioNTech vaccine announcement and the subsequent positive coverage about the Turkish roots of its developers led to increasingly positive attitudes towards immigration in Germany rdcu.be/d02xO

Urban / rural. It's becoming the political divide everywhere. Murat Yildirim unveils the policy priorities underneath this political polarization. Tuesday, 26th, 12:30. Room 21, Sciences Po. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Teaching done, grades submitted. Thrilled to be visiting AxPo - Sciences Po Sciences Po for the next two months!

Are you studying polarization, democratic backsliding, and/or representation gaps? Come join us at Queen Mary University London for a workshop in preparation of a special issue. Scholars researching Latin America are especially welcomed! qmul.ac.uk/politics/resea…

‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2024! 📖 Here’s a roundup of articles from EJPR published throughout the past year, analysing its effects on politics, society, and academic discourse 👀 👉 linktr.ee/EuropeanJourna… 🔓

Excited to share a new blog post Laron K Williams and I wrote for Cornell's Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. It highlights the key features of the second release of the Most Important Problem Dataset: ropercenter.cornell.edu/blog/second-re…

Citizens’ engagement on politicians’ own social media shapes not just what politicians talk about—but also what they act on. 🤳🏻💥 We show how interacting with politicians' posts increases the likelihood of real legislative action by those same politicians. doi.org/10.1177/106591…

In Istanbul, crowds are marching from Saraçhane to Taksim Square, a secular hub. Police have put up barricades, this one at the Aqueduct of Valens (finished, 378; restored by Mustafa II, 1696). The choice of location is ominous. The aqueduct has seen the fall of many despots.

Masses flowing toward the Istanbul metropolitan municipality

An illegitimate government against its people

📢 İstanbul’da yüz binlerce kişi İmamoğlu’na destek vermek için Saraçhane’deydi

Now X has blocked Bianet – a respected Turkish outlet covering human rights issues for more than 2 decades, with 365,000 followers on X – in Turkey. Does Global Government Affairs have anything to say about this?

Huge student demonstration passing through Şişli/Osmanbey.

Council of Europe is preparing to send a delegation to Turkey and seeks a face-to-face meeting with İmamoğlu in jail.

🌷📘 May Issue 🗣️ Emotions in the aisles? By coding 500k legislative speeches according to Ekman's 6 basic emotions T. Murat Yildirim says that MPs strategically use emotions in their speeches to maximise influence and visibility in the 🇬🇧 #HouseOfCommons 🔗 ow.ly/LkPA50VQ0Ub