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It is now a global curiosity: “Fate of castles in the air in Turkey’s £151m ghost town
I wish they did not squeeze them that close. I believe there is a chance this can become a park or something… Fate of castles in the air in Turkey’s £151m... Read more
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Strange days. Citizens in queues for cheap food
One of the consistent ruling party reminder of “ancien regime” was the existence of queues. In 2019, queues are partially back. Fast-rising inflation hit food prices and the Turkish government’s solution is to... Read more
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Facebook’s #10yearschallenge encounters with veiling politics in Turkey
The Wired piece is heavily shared and I am quite sure nothing Facebook does recently should be taken at its face value. Leaving this fact aside, when users began to... Read more
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Turkish Presidential Office was busy with refuting American claims
This is more political, not much can be done. Turkey rebuffs Pompeo’s remarks over ‘slaughtering Kurds’ Hurriyet Daily News “Turkey has decried recent remarks by the U.S. secretary of state on... Read more
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#TrollWatch Theological pressure, Hagia Sophia and Syrian Refugees
Dear readers, let me tell you about a few incidents I have followed from my troll list at Twitter. This is about Aktrolls but I have some other lists that... Read more
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Not only brain drain, capital drain, elites drain etc. “Spurning Erdogan’s Vision, Turks Leave in Droves, Draining Money and Talent…
Spurning Erdogan’s Vision, Turks Leave in Droves, Draining Money and Talent NYT > Turkey by By CARLOTTA GALL Driven by fear of persecution and economic mismanagement, the exodus threatens to reorder the... Read more
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Two veteran actors comment about fascism, then targeted and released on probation…
I guess this proves their points. Nearly anyone at my age and older grew up watching comedy films in which Metin Akpınar was one of the main actors. New Turkish... Read more
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Courthouse lightning is the new thing in Turkey
As the state of justice declines fast, Turkey seems to be investing in weird courthouse lightning… Journalist Ümit Alan tweeted about one of them and some in the subtweet posted... Read more
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Terrible: “Turkey ranks 130th in gender gap index…
Turkey ranks 130th in gender gap index Hurriyet Daily News Turkey has been ranked 130th in the World Economic Forum (WEF) gender gap index out of 149 countries, while recording progress... Read more
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Why Gezi again?
The easy answer is it is the election time and He and his followers like to have an enemy at this time. There is no need to look for a... Read more
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Incarcerated nation: “Number of people in Turkish prisons up by 15.7 percent in 2017
I think I will end up in jail when I return to Turkey. I am getting used to it. Number of people in Turkish prisons up by 15.7 percent in 2017... Read more
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From Kızılcaköy, İzmir to French Riots
This image is from Kızılcaköy, İzmir. Locals are resisting against a geothermal power station project that may give harm to the local environment. The photo is actually taken by Ferdi Uzun from... Read more
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Cats of #Istanbul- last week edition
A cute picture from Turkey. from Turkey A Starbucks in Istanbul, Turkey from Turkey This may not be from Istanbul though: Pisi from Turkey... Read more
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Only the good die young. “3 Years Without Tahir Elçi…
3 Years Without Tahir Elçi… Bianet :: English Diyarbakır Bar Association Chair Tahir Elçi, who was murdered in front of the Four-Legged Minaret in Sur in Diyarbakır in 2015, has been... Read more
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Turkey’s inadvertent tribute to Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of SpongeBob
R.I.P to Stephen Hillenburg, the visionary creator of “SpongeBob SquarePants”… The only good part of this historical castle renovation fkup is what in the end looks like… Historic castle in Istanbul turns into ‘SpongeBob’... Read more
