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Aral Balkan<p>“Ankara is too important an ally to alienate, no matter what happens on the streets of Istanbul, politicians and officials tell POLITICO.</p><p>The European Union is set to keep pumping billions of euros into Turkey despite President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s sweeping crackdown on political opponents.”</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-crisis-recep-tayyip-erdogan-ekrem-imamoglu-arrest-eu-accession-funds/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.eu/article/turkey-cri</span><span class="invisible">sis-recep-tayyip-erdogan-ekrem-imamoglu-arrest-eu-accession-funds/</span></a></p><p>Write him a fucking blank cheque, why don’t you, you spineless, racist blocks of cheddar. And why? Because he helps keeps the Brown people away from our pristine white shores.</p><p>I swear the next person who uses the words “European values” non-sarcastically in my presence will wish they’d stayed in bed that morning.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/demokrasi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demokrasi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/insanHaklar%C4%B1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insanHakları</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/%C4%B1rkc%C4%B1l%C4%B1k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ırkcılık</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fa%C5%9Fizm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faşizm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/T%C3%BCrkiye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Türkiye</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/erdo%C4%9Fan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>erdoğan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/AvrupaBirli%C4%9Fi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AvrupaBirliği</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/humanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/erdogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>erdogan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>Around me in Istanbul there is fear on every face – but I see a resilience that refuses to die</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/29/istanbul-fear-resilience-ekrem-imamoglu-arrest" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/mar/29/istanbul-fear-resilience-ekrem-imamoglu-arrest</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/t%C3%BCrkiye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>türkiye</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/istanbul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>istanbul</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/imamo%C4%9Flu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imamoğlu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/demokrasi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demokrasi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/insanHaklar%C4%B1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insanHakları</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/erdo%C4%9Fan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>erdoğan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fa%C5%9Fizm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faşizm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/humanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/imamoglu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imamoglu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/erdogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>erdogan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>
Stormy Daniels<p>“Don’t believe your eyes.” – Turkish state TV Imagine the people who work there; imagine your whole sorry existence being the peddling of lies. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/26/its-disinformation-turkish-state-tv-avoids-any-coverage-of-mass-street-protests" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23turkey" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#turkey</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23t%C3%BCrkiye" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#türkiye</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23erdo%C4%9Fan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#erdoğan</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23insanHaklar%C4%B1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insanHakları</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23demokrasi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#demokrasi</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23humanRights" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanRights</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23democracy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23sans%C3%BCr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sansür</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23censorship" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#censorship</a><br><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/26/its-disinformation-turkish-state-tv-avoids-any-coverage-of-mass-street-protests" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘It’s disinformation’: Turkish...</a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>“Don’t believe your eyes.” – Turkish state TV</p><p>Imagine the people who work there; imagine your whole sorry existence being the peddling of lies.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/26/its-disinformation-turkish-state-tv-avoids-any-coverage-of-mass-street-protests" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/mar</span><span class="invisible">/26/its-disinformation-turkish-state-tv-avoids-any-coverage-of-mass-street-protests</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/t%C3%BCrkiye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>türkiye</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/erdo%C4%9Fan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>erdoğan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/insanHaklar%C4%B1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insanHakları</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/demokrasi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demokrasi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/humanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/sans%C3%BCr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sansür</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>You might be seeing images coming out of Turkey with huge protests against Erdoğan. </p><p>But who is Erdoğan?</p><p>Why, he’s our dear friend in the EU who we pay billions of euros to so he keeps the Brown people away from our shores, of course.</p><p>Hey <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span>, wanna wave to your BFF? Go on, don’t be shy!</p><p>👋:awesome: </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Erdogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erdogan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Erdo%C4%9Fan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erdoğan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/T%C3%BCrkiye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Türkiye</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fa%C5%9Fizm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faşizm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/demokrasi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demokrasi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refugees</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EuropeanValues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanValues</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Imamoglu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imamoglu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/%C4%B0mamo%C4%9Flu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>İmamoğlu</span></a></p>
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