İstibdat ve Terakki Cemiyeti (ژين باجلان)

explain it like I'm a Dune fan - news edition:

a landsraad committe recently released the stolen journals of a tleilaxu flesh merchant, which include a drawing and some cryptic messages form the God Emperor, hinting at major beefswelling

Do you pay?

Tarihçi Mete Tunçay hayatını kaybetti - Medyascope Siyaset bilimci ve tarih profesörü Mete Tunçay 89 yaşında yaşamını yitirdi. Tunçay'ın cenazesi Levent -Afet Yolal- Camii’nden ikindi namazını müteakiben kaldırılacak.

I am so sad to here about the passing of Mete Hoca... he was one of the kindest and most thoughtful professors I had at Bilgi. It was an honour to study under him. medyascope.tv/2025/08/18/t...

Diploma Skandalı, Perde 2: Siber Güvenlik Başkanlığı 8 aydır boş mu? - Yetkin Report Sahte imza ve sahte diploma skandalı büyüyor. Erdoğan'ın 8 ay önce kurduğu Siber Güvenlik Başkanlığına kimi atadığı henüz açıklanmadı.

As a scandal of forged electronic signatures, false diplomas and forged official documents hits Turkey, Murat Yetkin points out that the main institution responsible for cyber security (Siber Güvenlik Başkanlığı’na, SGG), founded in January, still has no director.
yetkinreport.com/2025/08/05/d...

Don't take me for granite-ed; I'm Marble-ous... fixed it

The Ankara Institute has published a vast opinion survey (coordinated by Hatem Ete, Osman Sert, and Galip Dalay) on the disarmament of the PKK and the Kurdish issue. A few points :

1) 1/3 of respondents (37%) acknowledge the existence of a Kurdish issue in Turkey, while 63% deny such an issue +

Micky has had a thing for Varn for a while... Needless to say, Varn was pretty annoyed.

Ankara‘s release of an imprisoned PKK fighter is consistent with its repeated emphasis that the process is to end „terror“ (read: armed conflict btw the Turkish state and the PKK): no more, no less.

How far will the octopus's tentacles reach? About the operation against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality This is becoming a daily routine, and this morning [Friday 18 July], while scanning the headlines in the Turkish press, I learned that a new wave of arrests had been made as part of the politico-judic...

"Faced with these structural difficulties, the AKP could be tempted to transform the democratic process into an empty shell and reduce politics to a forum for negotiation among elites [...] new areas of legitimacy could emerge outside the ballot box"
clmentplaisant.substack.com/p/how-far-wi...

So the purge begins!

What are you talking about? What does it mean to say "Lain will met you back in"? You seem to be obsessed with podcasters... Also, what's all the Varn hate about?

You watch too much YouTube sir...

Oh Micky Moonboy... I didn't realize it was you! Long time no see...

Its a long story...

Not at all.. My main criteria for writing for an outlet is whether I am free to write as I please. I don't tailor my opinions so that I get paid - and/or can gain wider acceptance. That is a fundamental difference.

Hear me out... we could heal this nation...

Most of the old living marxism group are just overt right wingers now... they are all qbout getting paid. I spoke to one former member who had some interesting details.

I mean, its a bit mean spirited of Freddie; but it is not entirely unfounded... academics can be cringe... I guess.

Attempts by the pro-Israel crowd to compare the Battle for Mosul with the "War" in Gaza are just plain absurd. However, pro-Israeli talking points are getting more and more outlandish.

Say what you want about Bret Stephens, but the Gaza-Mosul comparison is actually extremely-if unintentionally-revealing. A legitimate military operation would seek to hold territory, protect civilians and provide services. A genocide would look like Gaza.

On a serious point, I am very sad that you "cut me off", but I am always ready to talk whenever you want. I will always regard you as a friend, mentor, and teacher; whatever happens.

I have never ignored any chats from you... at least not on purpose...

I mean, its my opinion that those such views only deserve derision; especially when the objective of such provocations are draw people into a "serious" debate.

Why? I am not denouncing Fashley; nor am I endorsing everything she says or does. I just think it is a very strange demand. I will denounce Doug Lain for free...

So, are you implying I am a crypto-right winger... What have I ever said or written that would give you that idea? Its weird.

What association?!!!!!! (I was not commissioned by AF for either of my two Compact pieces).

What does any of this have to do with me? I have have had no professional relationship with any of these people for 3 years ever since Lain turned Sublation it to Plat-media.

You can always speak to me; you just never did.

You literally blocked me for making fun of Cutrone's equivocation on the Gaza genocide...

I just don't know why I have to get dragged into this all...