Rumi
As a respite from the news (for those who can get away), here’s an interesting piece about Rumi, which has some reference to his presence on the internet (which...
Turkey X-ban
Reclaim the Net, Turkey Bans Companies From Advertising on Twitter. 24 July 2023, “Turkey’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority has delivered a blow to free speech by enforcing a...
Erdogan Victory Analysed
Nicholas Danforth, Byline Times, A Fetih Accompli: How Erdogan Married Religion and Nationalism, 28 May 2023. “Erdogan has a particular flair for mixing and matching political symbols. He has...
Erdogan Victory
Independent, Erdogan rants against ‘LGBT forces’ as Biden congratulates him on Turkey election win, 29 May 2023 “Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrated his presidential run-off victory on Monday after an...
Mutlu Kaya
Gemma Peplow, Sky News, The bullet in my brain: Singer Mutlu Kaya was shot in the head, but survived. Now, she has found a new voice on TikTok, 28...
Aleppo Electro
Al Jazeera, The Aleppo electronic artists using music to heal in Gaziantep, 26 May 2023 “Electronic music artists who fled the war in Syria recreate Aleppo’s nightlife as a...
Turkey: ‘Disinformation’ Campaigns & Social Media
A couple of interesting articles on Turkey’s politics and social media: Sophia Khatsenkova, AFP/Euronews, Turkey’s disinformation election: Fake videos and wildly misleading claims, 16 May 2023 `So far, the...
Turkey Election
Plenty of social media coverage on this, for example: BBC News, Turkey decides on future with or without Erdogan. “Polls have closed in the most pivotal elections in Turkey’s...
Turkish Pop Star Sentenced
Reuters, Turkish pop star sentenced to 10 months in prison over religious schools remark, Anadolu reports, 3 May 2023 “The singer-songwriter, whose full name is Gulsen Colakoglu, was briefly...