Articles by Ezgi Elçi

November 10, 2023

🔮 Nostalgia and populism

Ezgi Elçi

From Trump's 'Make America Great Again' to Turkey's Ottoman yearning, Ezgi Elçi explores the potent interplay of nostalgia and populism in shaping global politics. He delves into the captivating nexus of past and present, where leaders promise to resurrect authenticity in an era of uncertainty

Ezgi Elçi

Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Özyeğin University

Ezgi obtained his PhD from the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Koç University.

Previously, he was a visiting student researcher at the Center for the Study of Global Issues (GLOBIS) at the University of Georgia, with a Fulbright grant.

His research interests are political behaviour and political communication.

More specifically, his research focuses on populism, nativism, anti-immigration, collective nostalgia, and autocratisation.

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