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Ergin Bulut

Ergin Bulut is a faculty member in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Koç University in Turkey. During the 2019–2020 academic year he was on research leave at the Institute for Advanced Study in the United States.

Rebranding the Turkish State in the Time of COVID-19 — Members of Turkey’s Tourism Police patrol for people not wearing protective face masks at the main shopping and pedestrian street of Istiklal as the spread of COVID-19 continues, in Istanbul, September 27, 2020. Murad Sezer/ReutersFigure 1: Infographic by AFAD.Figure 2: Passengers from the Turkish Airlines evacuation flight collecting baggage upon arrival. Photo courtesy of the authors.Figure 3: AFAD workers and camera crew welcome citizens into the dormitory for quarantine. Photo courtesy of the authors.

Covid-19 Coverage

Rebranding the Turkish State in the Time of COVID-19

As Turkish scholars residing in the United States when the pandemic began to curtail normal life, Ergin Bulut and Başak Can signed on to take the Turkish government’s evacuation flight home. This experience and their time spent in government-managed quarantine yielded interesting insights into the s

Ergin Bulut, Başak Can • 15 min read