Turkey has crossed a new threshold with the detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the last viable opposition leader. If you think this is distant, think again—no country is immune.
Actually I think now I am glad to get to know your letters. It is very important that someone from Turkey inform people ll around the world for things happening in Turkey. Because the whole world is now focused on Donald Trumps bad economic plans and thankfully by the contribution of AOC and Bernie Sanders the detaination of foreign students in USA. But mostly people don't know about what is happening in Turkey. I congradulate you for informing the world about what is happening in Turkey.
It is sad but true... You nailed it with your analysis!
In my opinion we live in the most volatile times we have ever experienced (in my lifetime, since 1976 at least) and the only thing which gives me hope is that there are people exactly like you, doing their important job in the public, or like the young women in Germany who are joining the party Die Linke in droves (giving their rise a very grounded, down-to-earth feel, especially in the east of Germany - they know what needs to be done in their neighbourhoods) or the people who, right at this moment - I just read about it - assemble in Times Square for Ukraine etc.
Only yesterday I felt inclined to write a short post on my tumblr (which is usually predominantly for sharing art or music) on the problems at Columbia University as they are threatened with losing their research grants.
There appears to be a rapid acceleration in the rise of the far-right everywhere.
Gezi was such a horrible moment too (but it was equally so encouraging to see all these very different factions protest together).
Brexit was ghastly (but 1) all the young people were then just much too young to vote and 2) the wholly uneducated and Farage-brainwashed part of the electorate was neither aware of the huge influence of Russian propaganda nor were they economically literate enough to understand which mirage of a bygone empire they were chasing after whilst ruining their European trade prospects and scaring away their Polish lorry drivers and Ghanaian doctors ...)
And this worldwide confused electorate still needs to be primed to better understand their situation - so many ppl are completely illiterate when it comes to hard facts of any kind...
And the trust in formidable institutions such as the BBC or scientists vanishes and badly needs to be kindled anew and reenforced.
Germany has always been much too conservative (and lame in so many disappointing ways that I cannot even begin to do it here for spatial reasons 😉) but the most important thing is that we, of course, also have these 20% of far right supporters - you never know what they will be able to do next ...
And their voters need to be won over - god knows how without a clever strategy of the left (who should esp in Germany all try to win over different parts of the populace for a big, solid green-red-red coalition instead of poaching each other's votes)...
In short: You are sooo right!
I hope for the best (maybe because my name Nadja translates to hope) but right now we really need to brace for the worst - everywhere. In every country a similar disease, namely the threat of authoritarians.
Thanks for doing a damn great job here, as always 👏(if you ever need a German translator for your work - I would be delighted to send your publisher my portfolio - if I may shamelessly promote my services here 😉)!
Actually I think now I am glad to get to know your letters. It is very important that someone from Turkey inform people ll around the world for things happening in Turkey. Because the whole world is now focused on Donald Trumps bad economic plans and thankfully by the contribution of AOC and Bernie Sanders the detaination of foreign students in USA. But mostly people don't know about what is happening in Turkey. I congradulate you for informing the world about what is happening in Turkey.
Thanks
It is sad but true... You nailed it with your analysis!
In my opinion we live in the most volatile times we have ever experienced (in my lifetime, since 1976 at least) and the only thing which gives me hope is that there are people exactly like you, doing their important job in the public, or like the young women in Germany who are joining the party Die Linke in droves (giving their rise a very grounded, down-to-earth feel, especially in the east of Germany - they know what needs to be done in their neighbourhoods) or the people who, right at this moment - I just read about it - assemble in Times Square for Ukraine etc.
Only yesterday I felt inclined to write a short post on my tumblr (which is usually predominantly for sharing art or music) on the problems at Columbia University as they are threatened with losing their research grants.
There appears to be a rapid acceleration in the rise of the far-right everywhere.
Gezi was such a horrible moment too (but it was equally so encouraging to see all these very different factions protest together).
Brexit was ghastly (but 1) all the young people were then just much too young to vote and 2) the wholly uneducated and Farage-brainwashed part of the electorate was neither aware of the huge influence of Russian propaganda nor were they economically literate enough to understand which mirage of a bygone empire they were chasing after whilst ruining their European trade prospects and scaring away their Polish lorry drivers and Ghanaian doctors ...)
And this worldwide confused electorate still needs to be primed to better understand their situation - so many ppl are completely illiterate when it comes to hard facts of any kind...
And the trust in formidable institutions such as the BBC or scientists vanishes and badly needs to be kindled anew and reenforced.
Germany has always been much too conservative (and lame in so many disappointing ways that I cannot even begin to do it here for spatial reasons 😉) but the most important thing is that we, of course, also have these 20% of far right supporters - you never know what they will be able to do next ...
And their voters need to be won over - god knows how without a clever strategy of the left (who should esp in Germany all try to win over different parts of the populace for a big, solid green-red-red coalition instead of poaching each other's votes)...
In short: You are sooo right!
I hope for the best (maybe because my name Nadja translates to hope) but right now we really need to brace for the worst - everywhere. In every country a similar disease, namely the threat of authoritarians.
Thanks for doing a damn great job here, as always 👏(if you ever need a German translator for your work - I would be delighted to send your publisher my portfolio - if I may shamelessly promote my services here 😉)!