Umut Yıldırım

Just like his adversary Putin, Erdoğan’s regime has detained its main political rival, the Mayor of Istanbul, and his team on fabricated charges. At the same time, it has slowed down social media and banned demonstrations in Istanbul for four days. A slow-moving coup is unfolding in Turkey.

Öcalan'ın mesajı önce Kürtçe okundu: Silah bırakma çağrısı geldi İmralı'da PKK lideri Abdullah Öcalan ile görüşen heyet, Taksim'de açıklama yapıyor.

#SONDAKİKA

Öcalan'ın mesajı önce Kürtçe okundu: Silah bırakma çağrısı geldi
www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/imrali-heyet...

Hope to see some of you at HEAD today

Upwards and onwards with our ANSO events this term! @gvagrad.bsky.social

New course on the go!

Red book on blue background. Book title is centered and the only graphic on the cover, it is presented in gray sans serif text and reads Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen & Girlbosses Against Liberation — Sophie Lewis, author of Abolish the Family

Enemy Feminisms lays out how bourgeois feminism has been an active force for domination—fueling imperialism, policing, eugenics, white supremacy, and class rule. From 19th-century imperial feminists to today’s TERFs, “pro-life feminists,” and carceral “progressives.”

Professor Yildirim (@umutyildirim.bsky.social) discusses her Spring 2025 Course on Low Intensities. Read more about it here 👉 shorturl.at/pHlCT

Fieldworking

Screenshot from "Letter from our correspondent" in "Papua New Guinea Courier"

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

"Businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of successful businessmen."

— Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

Symbols carry weight. In a world where Musk might throw a maniacal Nazi salute to toast his boss’s triumph frantically scheming to pile on hundreds of billions, I find myself drawn instead to this legendary person who gracefully decolonizes Superman. #DecolonizeSuperman

Marmara Denizi’nde müsilaj: Deniz kimyasala doydu Marmara Denizi'nde yeniden ortaya çıkan müsilaj başka canıların yaşamına izin vermiyor. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Sarı, bianet için Erdek körfezine daldı ve atık çukuru haline gelen Marmara'yı görüntüledi.

Bu nisan gibi Marmara yine salya kusacak. Küçük ölçekli balıkçıların göreceği zarar büyük. Bizler de yüzmeyi, vapur keyfini, denizden soluklanmayı unutabiliriz. Yine de deniz ölmedi hala. Her şeyin varlığını, fikrini, zikrini iliklerine kadar sömüren bu mütevacizkar yapı bir durdurabilse, yaşam var.

Aynen öyle.

Amid the countless Syrian lives lost, families shattered, and the tears shed by our Syrian friends, students, and loved ones, a glimmer of hope now emerges. May all authoritarian regimes be toppled. May a democratic tomorrow that ensures equality, rights, and coexistence for all be built in Syria.

Syrian rebels reach central Aleppo as army announces temporary withdrawal Military says dozens of soldiers killed in attacks in northwest and it was regrouping to launch a ‘counterattack’.

Syria’s military has announced a “temporary troop withdrawal” in the city of Aleppo, where rebel groups launched a surprise offensive on government-held positions for the first time in years.

Surprise according to whom? This is a region under constant surveillance, its landscapes are mapped to the minute, perpetually under watch.

Tense calm returns to Lebanon as ceasefire with Israel takes hold A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah took hold on Wednesday. As both sides halted their military operations, thousands of displaced Lebanese began returning to their homes and villages that had...

A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah took hold on Wednesday. As both sides halted their military operations, thousands of displaced Lebanese began returning to their homes and villages that had been under a months-long Israeli bombardment.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/tense-calm-returns…

25 Kasım Kadına Yönelik Şiddetle Mücadele Günü'nde yürümek isteyen kadınlara müdahale 25 Kasım Kadına Yönelik Şiddetle Mücadele Günü kapsamında İstanbul Taksim Tünel'de yürüyüş yapmak isteyen kadınlar engellendi. Yürüyüş yapmak isteyen kadınlar, polis ablukasına alınarak engellenirken,...

25 Kasım Kadın Platformu'ndan İstanbul'da gözaltına alınan kadınlarla ilgili yeni açıklama: 169 kişi gözaltına alındı
www.birgun.net/haber/25-kas...

Genocide in Gaza is a climate and environmental catastrophe Organizations must speak out on the ecological harm of war.

Israel’s indiscriminate attacks and use of weapons with wide-area effects are aimed at causing as much damage as possible. This has led not only to significant civilian casualties but the annihilation of entire ecosystems. - Feature by Islam Elhabil electronicintifada.net/content/geno...

The text is: Parents of Dead Israeli Soldiers Ask: Should They Freeze Their Son's Sperm? There’s a photo of someone, presumably a parent, holding a photo of an Israeli soldier

Top quality journalism here from the NYT.

Over a year of entire family trees being eradicated in Gaza.

“Were I not from that place, I would have trained my heart to raise metonymy’s gazelle there.”