American working on the Caucasus and Turkey, focusing on Armenian and Circassian issues. Yaratılışta bilgim olmadan var olan ne varsa rızam olmaksızın var.https://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.social/post/3lpc7jrrebk2mFirst of my articles from my time in Turkey is out! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2025 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:eehv2tcdoqlfdercwfkhv3vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpc7jrrebk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.social/post/3lmarn2cqb224Yuvamız İstanbul is the name of the overall project and not distinct from İstanbul Kreşleri right?07 Apr 2025 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:eehv2tcdoqlfdercwfkhv3vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmarn2cqb224https://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.social/post/3llbbjgruzs2kThere comes a time in every man's life when his sister's obsessive lesbian fanbase discovers you're in Turkey and write about Turkish politics and make a long post about her advocating for the boycott of regime-aligned businesses.26 Mar 2025 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:eehv2tcdoqlfdercwfkhv3vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3llbbjgruzs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.social/post/3ll5en3gs5s2kIf a Turkish follower could help me find mean things İnce said about Kılıçdaroğlu I will literally love you forever and do literally anything for you.24 Mar 2025 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:eehv2tcdoqlfdercwfkhv3vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5en3gs5s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.social/post/3ljmwvqjjpc2bI kind of predicted this would be the case, but writing for an Armenian magazine seems to open some doors in Turkey. I don't think I'd be able to talk to the level of people I'm able to talk to if my background was writing for sites that focused on the Balkans.05 Mar 2025 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:eehv2tcdoqlfdercwfkhv3vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljmwvqjjpc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.social/post/3ljkorlxwlc2pThis was an absolutely astonishing episode, I'm so excited to read the book. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Mar 2025 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:eehv2tcdoqlfdercwfkhv3vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkorlxwlc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.social/post/3lji5hgj2ws2oAnyone know where I could get 54mg Concerta in İstanbul? I have a prescription, but no one has it.03 Mar 2025 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:eehv2tcdoqlfdercwfkhv3vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lji5hgj2ws2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.social/post/3li7szyqcz22rA lot of Western Anatolian Köfte (meatball) dishes derive from Balkan migrants, but can anyone think of *why* these taste and look so Albanian to me? I asked the owner of the restaurant and he said his family was "from Kosovo, in Skopje."15 Feb 2025 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:eehv2tcdoqlfdercwfkhv3vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3li7szyqcz22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.social/post/3li7nptry2k23Düzce saw huge numbers of Circassian, Ubykh, Abkhaz, Laz and Georgian migrants arrive in the 19th Century, and it's not difficult to see why. Germans, Poles and Scandinavians came to the Midwest because it reminded them of home. This place looks and feels like the Caucasus.15 Feb 2025 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:eehv2tcdoqlfdercwfkhv3vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3li7nptry2k23https://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.social/post/3li5br5dcqs2pCHP'nin İstanbul'daki son seçim zaferleriyle ilgili ABD merkezli son derece saygın bir solcu yayın için bir makale yazmaya başladım da, kendisiyle bir söyleşi için Sinem Dedetaş'a nasıl ulaşabileceğimi bilen bir takipçi var mıdır?14 Feb 2025 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:eehv2tcdoqlfdercwfkhv3vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5br5dcqs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.social/post/3lhysimlaqc271999: Make my mom take me to a Greek restaurant for my birthday because it makes me incredibly happy. 2025: Get paid to go to an Armenian tavern with a live Greek language music performance.12 Feb 2025 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:eehv2tcdoqlfdercwfkhv3vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhysimlaqc27https://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.social/post/3lhvvuzfcbc2tI helped write a piece for the latest Central Asia and South Caucasus Bulletin about the trial of the leaders of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.11 Feb 2025 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:eehv2tcdoqlfdercwfkhv3vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhvvuzfcbc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.social/post/3lhvpbp2sak24It's just so funny to me that he could have had a really nice life - writing for Commonweal, The Lamp, AmCon, maybe becoming the successor of Deneen and Vermule- but instead he's going down in history as Englecuck Dollfuß. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Feb 2025 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:eehv2tcdoqlfdercwfkhv3vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhvpbp2sak24https://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.social/post/3lhk3k57bsk24Who are some interesting scholars working on the CHP?06 Feb 2025 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:eehv2tcdoqlfdercwfkhv3vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhk3k57bsk24https://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.social/post/3lhk3a6isak2fObjectively weird to see Musk hate doing increasingly popular on Twitter. Like watching the system start to break.06 Feb 2025 21:55 +0000at://did:plc:eehv2tcdoqlfdercwfkhv3vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhk3a6isak2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.social/post/3lgv36bxooc25Yes what we learned from the 20s was that inflation results in cool politics, bubbles are good, tariffs are excellent, isolationism works and is chill, and that it's extremely cool when a dumb old right-wing leader relies on fascists with fun and eccentric beliefs about Bronze Age Aryans.29 Jan 2025 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:eehv2tcdoqlfdercwfkhv3vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgv36bxooc25https://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.social/post/3lgtnz24mq22fIt's going to be really funny if the Rothbard-Yarvin streak of anti-federal government fanaticism just totally cripples the broader right-wing populist authoritarian project that Trump has. Orban and Erdoğan weren't stupid enough to attack basic welfare.29 Jan 2025 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:eehv2tcdoqlfdercwfkhv3vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtnz24mq22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexthat.bsky.social/post/3lgtnqsjc2s26Antiantitrumpism, possibly the most discredited political position in American politics since the end of Segregation.28 Jan 2025 23:55 +0000at://did:plc:eehv2tcdoqlfdercwfkhv3vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtnqsjc2s26