by Ilayda Aslan | Jan 1, 2023 | Sabanci University
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a practitioner of new authoritarian methods, initiated in the aftermath of the 2015 parliamentary elections a new concept of authoritarian exercise of power. In 2015, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) failed to reach a majority in the Grand...
by Ali Cevat Ulubas | Dec 27, 2022 | Sabanci University
Blog Post The Case of Hunter Biden’s Laptop Elon Musk recently bought Twitter, a social media platform that has over 200 million users worldwide. After his purchase Musk announced a couple of new measures such as “relaxing content restrictions, combating fake and...
by Joschua Schanda | Dec 26, 2022 | Sabanci University
For a little bit over 20 minutes, he enlightened his followers on how to “Save This God-Given Republic” from enemies both foreign and domestic. After he finished his speech, he turned to the crowd and invited people to get baptized. Many people followed his call. The...
by sschond1@binghamton.edu | Dec 10, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
How football and politics are intertwined in a polarized post-election Brazil The most recent Brazilian presidential election between leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro has left Brazil in a polarized state. Polarization is when...
by Devin Rauscher | Nov 29, 2022 | Boston University
On Thursday, October 27, 2022, Elon Musk officially closed his $44 billion deal to purchase the social media site Twitter. In the following weeks, he fired several of Twitter’s top financial and legal executives, instated and then retracted a new plan for buying...