lol 'Asking to remain anonymous, US officials told Turkey recap that tying the state visit to the AKP’s electoral campaign may have damaged the prospects for a possible meeting as Washington did not want to be seen as influencing the local elections.' open.substack.com/pub/turkeyreca…

I never know what to make of these things.

It's remarkable that there aren't more of these. The Turkish right is pretty centralized and disciplined.

Says the government-appointed (despite a 95% vote of no confidence) head of Turkey's foremost university, where student protesters have been arrested and professors have been holding a protest vigil every day for 1208 days.

Watching how Turkey's opposition elite is doting on Steinmeier has been cringe. I actually prefer Erdoğan's nonchalance.

Some say Hamas has been invited to shift from Qatar to Turkey, while others say Demirtas & Kavala might be released soon. Who’s right? It could be both, or neither: Selim Koru kulturkampftr.substack.com/p/political-an…

With a heavy heart I announce that my 18-year-old younger sister, Lara Sayegh, was killed today on her way from Gaza City to the south. She and my mother were reaching Egypt for safety. My angel collapsed as she was walking on the “safe route” past the Israeli checkpoint, in an…

Giymiş bir 'varsity jacket,' gitmiş tekkeye...

sounds fascinating

🎛️'Is Erdogan losing control of Turkey?' with Selim Koru, Sinem Adar (@sinemadar.bsky.social) and Nicholas Danforth.
thehundred.substack.com/p/is-erdogan-l…

Just more 'positive agenda' stuff. EU equivalent of the prodigal son argument.

I wrote another post on language and Turkish politics: kulturkampftr.substack.com/p/how-good-wor…

I wrote another post on language and Turkish politics: kulturkampftr.substack.com/p/how-good-wor…

When good words go bad: sharp, fun Selim Koru on the pejoration of zenci, Yahudi, bayan & Almanci kulturkampftr.substack.com/p/how-good-wor…

Right and left-wing supporters of the Palestinian cause have fundamentally different views of it. No point in denying that.

Bu konuda şunu da belirtmek gerek yalnız. Türkçe’nin imlası, nedendir bilinmez, bazı değişiklilere uğradı. Örneğin, biraz evvel yazdığım kelime: Türkçe’nin. İlkokulda devletin gönderdiği öğretmen bize Türkçe öğretirken buna gelen ek ayrılıyordu, şimdi ayrılmıyor. Niye? Bence…

Uzun zamandır böyle bir kayış vardı zaten. Bunu fark ettiğiniz için sizi tebrik ederim.

My brief take on the election results in Turkey: kulturkampftr.substack.com/p/erdogans-gre…