[Commlist] Workshop: Popularising & Depopularising Political Issues in Turkish Social Media

We invite you to the workshop *“Popularising & Depopularising Political 
Issues in Turkish Social Media”*, organised by *Subproject C01* in 
collaboration with *Working Group 8 “Global Dimensions of the Popular”* 
/(SFB 1472 — Transformation of the Popular)/, to be held on *20–21 
November 2025* at the *University of Siegen* /(Herrengarten Campus, AH-A 
217/18)/.

In contemporary Turkish social media, political actors, journalists, and 
platform users continuously compete to amplify some issues while 
silencing others. Platform infrastructures make political visibility 
measurable (through likes, rankings, hashtags, and trends), but also 
open to strategic manipulation, including the use of bots, coordinated 
campaigns, and trolling. With the rise of AI-generated content and 
synthetic media, new modes of persuasion and narrative fabrication have 
emerged, increasingly extending beyond national boundaries. This 
workshop takes Turkey as a non-Western case to explore how political 
visibility, legitimacy, and representation are produced, withdrawn, and 
contested across digital environments.

The workshop brings together *academics, students, journalists, 
fact-checkers, and media practitioners* working across digital cultures, 
political communication, and media infrastructures.

Key contributions include:

  * ***Assoc. Prof. Berk Esen (Sabancı University)* — /Media and
    Politics in Contemporary Turkey: Authoritarianism in the Digital Age///
  * ***Assoc. Prof. Sarphan Uzunoğlu (İzmir University of Economics /
    NewsLabTurkey)* — /Everyone Becomes a Troll: Label Inflation and
    Organized Influence Campaigns///
  * ***Dr. Koray Kaplıca (Doğruluk Payı – Fact-Checking Foundation)* —
    /Fabricated Publics and Conspiracy-Making///
  * ***Banu Tuna (Journalists’ Union of Turkey — TGS)* — /The Shutdown
    of Small News Outlets and Algorithmic Survival Strategies/
    /For more information
 /*https://sfb1472.uni-siegen.de/veranstaltungen/popularising-depopularising-political-issues-in-turkish-social-media
 <https://sfb1472.uni-siegen.de/veranstaltungen/popularising-depopularising-political-issues-in-turkish-social-media>*


*Please register (participation is free) here* to**help us plan the room 
setup and send the link for hybrid participation.

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For any questions, feel free to contact Duygu Karataş: 
*(duygu.karatas /at/ uni-siegen.de) <mailto:(duygu.karatas /at/ uni-siegen.de)>*** 
<mailto:(duygu.karatas /at/ uni-siegen.de)>


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