Selim Koru

Just this.
It's not about the morality or fairness of it. It just doesn't work - unless the world changes into something completely different, like a neo-feudal economy.

is it worth linking? I'm always looking for good sources on this.

Yes. There's been a lot of noise about Muslims in China for example, and how they can (and are) part of an "authentically" pluralist Chinese society, as long as they conform in certain ways.
Same in Turkey. These things (including, arguably, in liberalism) imply some kind of hierarchy.

This is excellent.

Bringing back hierarchy Is Turkey's ruling regime "far-right?" Does it matter?

My response:

Is the New Turkey Far Right? Thoughts on a new book about Turkey (and what it means for the United States)

I wrote something new about the New Turkey, in response to @selimkoru.bsky.social’s book, and whether to think of it as far right or something else nateschenkkan.substack.com/p/is-the-new...

La UE y EEUU anteponen una Turquía "funcional" a una democrática mientras Erdogan sigue encarcelando a alcaldes Varios analistas independientes explican por qué Occidente mira hacia otro lado ante la nueva ola de represión del presidente turco. Más información: Irán suspende la cooperación nuclear y reprime con...

Europa y EEUU miran hacia otro lado mientras Erdogan da un paso más hacia una Turquía autocrática. Hoy en @elespanol.com con entrevistas a @yusufcan.bsky.social and @selimkoru.bsky.social

www.elespanol.com/mundo/europa...

yeah, I don't know who reads these things

Yeah, I was just writing about this. Super weird.

Gaziantep fragments My time walking around a border city

Beautiful series of vignettes from Antep in one of @selimkoru.bsky.social's best essays. I'd sure love to hear more about fatherhood and family relations in Turkey (I used an airport changeroom with my baby in Istanbul recently and a woman looked at me like "What in God's name are you doing here?")

Thanks! I think I'll write more observational pieces. Easy to write too.

trying to fix that typo, but it's not letting me

Gaziantep fragments My time walking around a border city

I spent three weeks walking around central Gaziantep, in southern Turkey. Here's my writeup:

I'm kinda triangulating between x-BlueSky-Substack. It's been a bit difficult, especially on my summer schedule.

The hostile takeover of the Turkish opposition; the economy and the rule of law; the LGBTQ+ movement in Turkey; a documentary Notebook #26

"It’s deeply embarrassing to the opposition that the man it puts its hopes in during the '23 election is now so brazenly betraying it now." @selimkoru.bsky.social on Turkey's imploding opposition kulturkampftr.substack.com/p/the-hostil...

I don't remember this. I feel like we've lost that kind of dry humor though. Left broken on the side of the road somewhere in the 2010s.

Jesús Fernández-Villaverde on X: "Yesterday, I argued that Turkey’s TFR was 1.48 in 2024, well below replacement level, and has been falling fast since 2014. Today, I want to highlight a few additional points. First: Turkey has the highest within-country TFR variance I’m aware of. In Şanlıurfa, TFR was 3.28 in https://t.co/VlFzZRBMDk" / X Yesterday, I argued that Turkey’s TFR was 1.48 in 2024, well below replacement level, and has been falling fast since 2014. Today, I want to highlight a few additional points. First: Turkey has the highest within-country TFR variance I’m aware of. In Şanlıurfa, TFR was 3.28 in https://t.co/VlFzZRBMDk

Şırnak's fertility decline may be the most dramatic in demographic history x.com/JesusFerna70... via @selimkoru.bsky.social's newsletter Kültürkampf

Would love to hear your thoughts!
What habits were you thinking? The whole "far-right" thing?

mental barriers

Köylerde çoğunlukla sadece ihtiyarlar var. Çocuk sesini bayramdan bayrama duyuyoruz. Okul binası boş duruyor. Neredeyse her hafta bir sela okunuyor. Maliyetler artıyor, yağışlar ve su azalıyor. Aşırı tarım zehiri kullanımı yüzünden çiftçiler hastalıklarla boğuşuyor. Ciddi ilgi gerektiren bir konu.

The language of New Turkey vol. 4 Words of resistance

Great post by @selimkoru.bsky.social on the Turkish left’s lexicon of resistance

kulturkampftr.substack.com/p/the-langua...

The PKK's dissolves itself We talk to Amberin Zaman, who first broke the story of the most recent peace process

📰Sunday extras!

"The PKK's dissolves itself" with @amberinzaman.bsky.social, @selimkoru.bsky.social and @nicholasdanfort.bsky.social. [1/5]

don't do it.

The PKK disbands: Implications for Turkey

Watch our live webcast with @selimkoru.bsky.social, writer of Kültürkampf and author of the book 'New Turkey and the Far Right', and @diegocupolo.bsky.social, editor-in-chief of Turkey recap.

www.turkeyrecap.com/p/the-pkk-di...

join us in 10m!

Come for the comics, stay for the podcasts.

Watching American decline Impressions after a quick US trip

New Kulturkampf out!

kulturkampftr.substack.com/p/watching-a...

Rebels hoist on people their moralistic narratives, while in reality they shoot first and ask questions later.

Glad you liked it!
I've actually been wanting to get back into drawing, and you gave me ideas about listening+drawing. In college, I used to finish entire audio books while doing my crosshatching via ink pen.

I agree, #4!