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Yavuz Baydar

@yavuzbaydar.bsky.social

Journalist. Podcaster. Blogger. Author. https://yavuzbaydar.substack.com (Eng) https://yavuzlamola.substack.com (TR) Music broadcaster. Movie buff. Social Media Influencer. Knight-Wallace and Shorenstein Fellow. 2014 European Press Prize Laureate.

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“İranlı Kürt örgütler askeri olarak zayıf, ama artık cin şişeden çıktı” - Ceng Sağnıç
YouTube video by Yavuz Baydar “İranlı Kürt örgütler askeri olarak zayıf, ama artık cin şişeden çıktı” - Ceng Sağnıç

“Trump ani karar veren ve değiştiren bir lider, ama gelinen aşamada artık rejim değişikliğinden geri adım atmak iyice zorlaştı.."

@yavuzbaydar.bsky.social'ın Ceng Sağnıç’la mülakatı.

youtu.be/xNPj8beiaKs

08.03.2026 18:46 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Iran Could Be a ‘Forever War’ If the Kurds Join the Fight You can’t accuse the US of mission creep one week into a war, especially when the initial goals for Operation Epic Fury were so broadly defined as to be unknowable. But taking President Donald Trump’s...

"End to Endless wars", as pledged by the supreme leader. :)

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

07.03.2026 20:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Iran’s High-Risk Strategy for a No-Limits Middle East War Tehran’s leaders crafted a plan ahead of the current conflict that would escalate the fight across the region.

Russia - Ukraine, and now this.
Age of forever wars.

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

07.03.2026 20:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.

How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

07.03.2026 01:20 — 👍 23283    🔁 5712    💬 630    📌 368
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'Don't die': the two words that sum up our lives in Tehran now | Anonymous In a park overlooking the city, I ran into a group of young people chatting and joking. As the bombs fall, fragments of life remain, writes an anonymous Tehran resident

'Don't die': the two words that sum up our lives in Tehran now | Anonymous

07.03.2026 08:26 — 👍 133    🔁 47    💬 2    📌 6
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Yüzyılımızın İlk Çeyreğine Damga Vuran Bir Kehanet Gösterisi: There Will Be Blood Sinema tarihinde bazı filmler VSOP konyak gibidir: Zamanla değerlerine değer eklenir. Paul Thomas Anderson’un filmi bunun en son örneği. “Kan Dökülecek” bugünün röntgeni.

2000’den bu yana son derece kaliteli filmler izledik (liste de var yazıda), ama P T Anderson’un filmi sarsılmaz bir şekilde zirvede. Her yönüyle. Hele şimdi tanıklık ettiğimiz dünyada.

yavuzlamola.substack.com/p/yuzylmzn-i...

07.03.2026 09:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump’dan “İran Savaşına Destek Verin” Çağrısı: Kürtler Ne Yapacak? - Özgür Gazete Kıbrıs CNN/Axios haberlerinin yansıttığı resimde Trump’ın stratejik bir belirsizlik inşa ettiği açık. Bu belirsizlik İranlı Kürtleri hedefe dönüştü

Aylar öncesinden Kürt milislerin İran harekatı için plana dahil edildiği konuşuluyordu.

Kürtlerin İran sahasına angajmanı konusunda iki senaryo var.

Türkiye’de Öcalan/PKK çizgisinin iktidarla ilişkisinde ise üç senaryo.

@yavuzbaydar.bsky.social ın analizi

ozgurgazetekibris.com/kose-yazarla...

05.03.2026 10:29 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

"Baku’s growing military cooperation with Israel has caused friction with Tehran. Both countries are majority Shia Muslim, and Iran is home to millions of ethnic Azeris – estimates range from about 15 to more than 20 million – many living in the north-western provinces bordering AZ."

(The Guardian)

05.03.2026 10:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"Azerbaijan, an oil-rich authoritarian state that has adopted a neutral stance in the Middle East conflict, has recently developed closer ties with Israel and the Trump administration while gradually moving away from Moscow.”+

05.03.2026 10:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

"Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry said the drone hit the terminal building at an airport in Nakhchivan, an Azerbaijani exclave bordering Iran, damaging the complex and injuring two civilians. A second drone fell near a school in a nearby village. Baku said it reserved the right to retaliate.”+

05.03.2026 10:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

"An Iranian drone struck an Azerbaijani airport near the two countries’ shared border, marking the first time a state in the Caucasus has been targeted by Iran since the start of the US-Israel war against Tehran.” +

05.03.2026 10:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Trump’tan “İran’la savaşa destek verin” çağrısı: Bölgede Kürtler Ne Yapacak? Bu kaotik konjonktürde Trump’ın İranlı ve Iraklı Kürtlere yaptığı çağrı karşılık bulur mu? Türkiye’de Öcalan-DEM çizgisini de kapsayan “İç Cephe” projesine, “süreç”e nasıl yansır?

Trump’ın İranlı ve Iraklı Kürtlere yaptığı “savaşa girin” çağrısı karşılık bulur mu? Öcalan ve DEM bu durumda “İç Cephe”ye daha çok mu yakınlaşacak?

@yavuzbaydar.bsky.social yazdı

open.substack.com/pub/narblog/...

04.03.2026 14:55 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Sahne Arkası: Trump Nasıl Savaşa Girdi? Gelişme çizgisi baştan belli bir sürecin resmi netleşiyor. Trump, anlatısını değiştirse de “Netanyahu etkisi” belirleyici. Ama ABD Başkanı’nın İran savaşından iki beklentisi var.

Sahne arkası: "Netanyahu iki ay sonra daha çok bastıracak, çok daha fazlasını alacaktı: İran liderliğini devirmeye yönelik tam bir savaş ortağı."

@yavuzbaydar.bsky.social'ın haber analizi.

narblog.substack.com/p/sahne-arka...

03.03.2026 10:20 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

NATO Sec Gen Mark Rutte was remarkably evasive when asked the question by the BBC on whether or not he was informed by the USA about the strikes against Iran beforehand. Unwilling to say yes or no. Instead, he kept repeating how "extremely happy” he and many "unnamed" European leaders are. @cnn.com

02.03.2026 14:00 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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What to Know About Americans Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers A WSJ analysis details how a growing number of citizens are choosing to live overseas.

In its 250th year, is America, land of immigration, becoming a country of emigration? A vast and fragmented pile of immigration statistics from dozens of countries, stitched together by The Wall Street Journal, depicts a historic pattern.

Here are five takeaways from the analysis.

28.02.2026 19:37 — 👍 28    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 2
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Democratic Lawmakers Decry Iran Attacks as Illegal Congressional Democrats are pushing for a vote to curb President Trump’s war powers.

Congressional Democrats are moving to force votes to curb President Trump’s military action against Iran, denouncing the administration’s strikes on Saturday as illegal and accusing the White House of bypassing Congress.

28.02.2026 20:19 — 👍 61    🔁 23    💬 6    📌 0
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Venezuela...derken şimdi de İran’a rejim odaklı askeri hamle: "Savaş Bahane, Petrol Şahane" Trump yönetimi, İklim Krizi konusunda alternatif enerji kaynaklarını bir kenara itti, şimdi varsa yoksa fosil yakıt derdinde. Kimi müttefikleri de aynı fikirde. Ve rakamlar da ortada.

“Savaş için gerekçe başkadır, stratejik hedef başka. Önce Venezuela, şimdi İran. Bu iki ülkenin ortak zenginliği stratejik hedefi, “endgame”i açıkça izah eder."

@yavuzbaydar.bsky.social yazdı: "Bu, en zengin fosil yakıt rezervleri için hegemonya savaşı."

open.substack.com/pub/narblog/...

28.02.2026 21:36 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A world on edge as Trump bombs Iran and triggers war in the Middle East. There was no need for this | Simon Tisdall We cannot know where this foolish, reckless attack will end – but new hatreds will be seeded, terrorist vendettas sown and, ultimately, little will be achieved, says Guardian foreign affairs commentat...

"Concepts of democratic self-determination, political autonomy, individual rights and adherence to moral principles are anathema to control-freak authoritarians such as Trump and Khamenei.” -- As peace is anathema to dupe-masters such as Netanyahu.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

28.02.2026 14:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hedef, 2027 sonu veya 2028 başı için erken seçim ilanı. Gerekli olan 360 oy için de DEM kıvama geldi gelecek. Senaryo işliyor.

26.02.2026 08:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Vrede när turkisk tv-serie serverade fläsk | Yavuz Baydar KRÖNIKA. Kulturkriget rasar – nu senast via tv-serien där en kristen bjuder muslimer på fläsk. Ilskan kokar i ett deppigt Turkiet där man inte längre törs skratta. I det läget kom ”pop­prinsen” Tarkan...

”Popprinsen” Tarkan gav tröst i en deprimerad autokrati. @yavuzbaydar.bsky.social skriver om ett Turkiet, där kulturkriget rasar och ingen längre törs skratta. www.svd.se/a/Okr55l/pop...

24.02.2026 10:41 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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L’Ours en colère : la Berlinale face à sa fausse neutralité En voulant fuir la politique, la Berlinale s’y est brûlée : ses lauréats ont mis à nu la fausse neutralité d’un festival en pleine tourmente.

"En voulant fuir la politique, la Berlinale s’y est brûlée : ses lauréats ont mis à nu la fausse neutralité d’un festival en pleine tourmente.”

blogs.mediapart.fr/yavuz-baydar...

23.02.2026 19:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Bear Has Claws: What Berlinale’s Winners Laid Bare About Germany’s Reality The boomerang, hit in two directions. First, it hit the festival itself. Second, it hit the German government, because the policing of speech is producing a chilling echo of Germany’s darkest reflexe…

"The boomerang, hit in two directions. First, it hit the festival itself. Second, it hit the German government, because the policing of speech is producing a chilling echo of Germany’s darkest reflexes -- discipline, denunciation, conformity."

blogs.mediapart.fr/yavuz-baydar...

23.02.2026 19:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And Sarkozy in jail.
And add also Netanyahu and Putin, on the loose, with arrest warrants.
What a wonderful world.

19.02.2026 14:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Authoritarians, strongmen and dictators: who is on Trump’s Board of Peace? Representatives of repressive regimes from around the world are flying to Washington for the inaugural meeting of the body

The list.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

19.02.2026 14:27 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Head in Sand: The Chasm Between Turkey’s Grandiose Rhetoric and Its Munich Absence It did not go unnoticed: Turkey was invisible at the Munich Security Conference. Does its absence crystallize a pattern of isolationism andfatalism masked as "strategic autonomy"?

Here's my take on what many in observer circles were wondering -- put in a broader context. 👇

Why was Turkey invisible at Munich Security Conference?

open.substack.com/pub/yavuzbay...

@ghoshworld.bsky.social @theguardian.com @politico.eu @cnn.com @nytimes.com @foreignpolicy.com

18.02.2026 22:55 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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He was a hell of an actor who made our lives richer, brought us much closer to understanding human condition.
RIP Duvall

16.02.2026 20:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Podcast - Turkey Today

“After Syria, Iraq Next,” Signals Ankara — What to Expect from a “New Regional Order”? -

with @sinemadar.bsky.social -- CATS/SWP

open.spotify.com/episode/6gnY...

13.02.2026 19:49 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“Significant, for two reasons” explains @sinemadar.bsky.social, -a top expert with SWP on Syria and Turkey- on Mazloum Abdi and Ilham Ahmed’s attendance in Munich Sec Conf.
I sat down with Adar, asked her also about Kurds in Turkey, and what to expect in Iraq.

Full video 👉 youtu.be/wIRPCDhNbKE

13.02.2026 18:59 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Democrats at Munich security summit to urge Europe to stand up to Trump European leaders divided over how far to accommodate Trump’s ‘wrecking ball’ politics and foreign policy

“[Trump] is destroying our world reputation or potentially our economic might around the world because he is being petty. None of this is rational. Everyone needs to stop pretending this is rational...” --- Ruben Gallego

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

13.02.2026 14:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Rubicon judiciaire d’Erdoğan : loi et division au service du régime La nomination du procureur ultrarépressif Akın Gürlek comme ministre de la Justice annonce une reprise en main totale de l’appareil judiciaire. Rien d’étonnant à ce que l’opposition soit vouée à s’ét…

"La nomination du procureur ultrarépressif Akın Gürlek comme ministre de la Justice annonce une reprise en main totale de l’appareil judiciaire. Rien d’étonnant à ce que l’opposition soit vouée à s’étioler sous la pression."

blogs.mediapart.fr/yavuz-baydar...

13.02.2026 13:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0