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My latest piece for @HRW: Unlawfully Detained in a Turkish Prison, Osman Kavala Still Stands up for Rights hrw.org/news/2025/07/0…

NEW: Conflict and COVID-19 decimated Lebanon’s tourism industry, but 250 miles of new mountain trails are mapping one route to recovery. Natalie Berry reports for New Lines Magazine on the rise of adventure tourism in the country. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/the-…

I thought I was imagining things when I was absent-mindedly watching a TV episode on a recent THY flight and there was just silence on the audio when a character was obviously saying something about being lesbian or gay. Guess I wasn't crazy after all!

In the 18th century, doctors prescribed trips to the ocean to cure melancholy and they shouldn't have stopped doing that

"In spite of the mass destruction, the fact that it is possible to eat, drink, socialize and enjoy live music in old Antakya at close to midnight on a weeknight is remarkable. It's a firm reminder that Antakyans will not give up on their dear city at any cost."

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's main political opponents have faced an unprecedented crackdown that has seen more than 500 detained in just nine months, according to a Reuters review of an investigation that has accelerated dramatically in recent days reut.rs/40JaSHC

rare aesthetic: turkish space-age silo mosque

After 40 years of armed struggle against the Turkish state, the outlawed Kurdish PKK a symbolic first step in laying down its arms at a ceremony. The disarmament process will start under tight security in Iraqi Kurdistan and is expected to take all summer bbc.com/news/articles/…

TikTok content moderators in Turkey are speaking out about traumatic working conditions, including exposure to graphic content, long hours, and a lack of mental health support, Kaya Genç reports for Rest of World restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-mo…

His greatest hits include claims that foreign powers were seeking to kill Erdoğan using telekinesis, that German airline Lufthansa was behind the Gezi protests, and that foreign TV chefs were engaging in spying activities as they traveled around Turkey.

Artistic inspirations from nature and everyday objects, cultural news and more in my latest newsletter, featuring exhibits at İstanbul Edebiyat Evi Salt Online and Akbank Sanat. Read and subscribe: istanbuletcetera.substack.com/p/whats-on-eve…

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As the PKK holds a disarmament ceremony, the former co-chairs of the Kurdish-rooted political party HDP, Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, remain in prison, where they have been since 2016. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled 3 times that they should be released.

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Georgia is increasingly blocking entry to Western journalists amid an authoritarian turn. In recent months, at least 6 European journalists covering Georgia's rising authoritarianism and anti-government protests have been denied entry to the country. cpj.org/2025/07/georgi…

My latest for Culinary Backstreets on Mezme, a fantastic tiny meyhane in Kurtuluş featuring Sasun Estukyan's superb mezes and baked delicacies, inspired by Istanbul Armenian cuisine and that of Vakıflı/Samandağ: culinarybackstreets.com/cities-categor…

Students at top Turkish university in Ankara uphold annual tradition of political signs at their graduation. This one references attempts to discredit Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu: "First law of thermodynamics: A diploma can neither be destroyed nor created from nothing."

“do something with your life” um i am. have you heard of a little thing called squandering