A political researcher and media analyst tracing the realms of power with a focus on socio-technical imaginaries, media ecosystems, and the everyday narratives of geopolitics.
“Non scholae, sed vitae discimus” i.e., learning not for school but for life.
Experienced in discussing and learning rather than preaching!
Curious researcher exploring how states craft self-identity and ‘otherness’ through regional alliances and political mythmaking. Think of me as the playful contrarian—the obnoxious brother who debates to learn, not just annoy. Still intrigued? Keep reading!
Curious to know more about me—or the academic side of things?
I’m a political researcher with a background in media, communication, politics and regional studies, primarily inclined to combine quantitative and qualitative methods. My academic work explores how power is narrated—through state discourse, media aesthetics, and regional imaginaries. I hold dual bachelor’s degrees in Media & Communication Systems and Public Relations, and a Master’s in Politics and Society of the Contemporary Middle East from Lund University, where I wrote my thesis “The Century of Turk(iye),” a study of Eurasianist identity construction in Turkish media during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflicts.
My published work includes pieces on Russian vaccine diplomacy (“As Reliable as a Kalashnikov Rifle”) and information meddling by Sputnik Turkey (“Russia, the Mediating Power”), combining critical discourse analysis, natural language processing, and media theory. I’ve contributed to projects on disaster communication, hate speech, and cultural politics—building an interdisciplinary lens that blends media studies with regional identity formation, specifically on minotirites.
My research interests lie at the intersection of geopolitical imaginaries, disinformation, and populist narratives—especially how states like Türkiye project identity through selective engagement and strategic disengagement with international and regional organizations. I focus on formations such as BRICS, the Turkic Union, and other post-Western alliances as more than policy frameworks—as they are narrative platforms where regional traditions, affective symbols, and ideological scripts converge. Looking ahead, I aim to explore how populist governments instrumentalize regionalism both as a foreign policy tool and as a performative stance toward international order while generating more ideological consistencies–those are yet dirty knots… This blog is where those academic questions meet the world outside peer-reviewed journals—critical, curious, and attuned to the politics behind the performance.
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