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Doctors requesting "good standing" certificates to work abroad have grown roughly tenfold in a decade.
And of Turkish-trained engineers who moved to the US or Germany since 2010, only about a quarter ever came back. (From Saudi Arabia: over 80%.)
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Here's the full piece, where I discuss the cultural dimension of the trend as well: kulturkampftr.substack.com/p…
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There are some global trends to take into account here, and a reader has very aptly touched on them. Here's that comment, with my response: open.substack.com/pub/kultur…
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I wrote about emigration from Turkey. Everyone's talking about it, but the numbers are fairly calm: in a country of 86 million, a couple hundred thousand leave per year.
No great exodus.
It's much more about who's leaving.
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In 2009, 1.6% of graduates of İstanbul Erkek Lisesi — one of Turkey's most selective high schools — went abroad for university.
Today it's at least 90%.
The vast majority of elite HS graduates leave.
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Jun 12
this is where I'm at
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If you got to pick only one, go for the personal library over the man cave, but if you can have both, go for both.
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Jun 10
What Did Sufi Dervishes Do After the Closure of Tekkes and Zaviyes? youtu.be/O3Qf91a5vz0?si=svEw… @YouTube aracılığıyla
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The "high-functioning authoritarian" argument is going to look less and less appealing.
Jun 10
NEW: How China's BYD saw its $1bn Turkey EV plant deal unravel
• After a high-profile launch with Erdogan, the promised Chinese electric car factory remains unbuilt and Ankara is weighing penalties against BYD
middleeasteye.net/news/how-b…
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Jun 8
Two of Trump’s most favourite people just met
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this guy feeds on the hate he gets on Turkish twitter
As someone who left UK academia for Turkey, my experience was the exact opposite.
Financially, I have far more disposable income in Turkey than I did at Oxford.
Politically, I've seem my friends - professors & students - persecuted, censored & visas revoked since Oct 7th
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Jun 5
Gazeteci İsmail Arı savunmasına devam ederek, “Size şaşıracağınız bir şey söyleyeceğim. Yunus Emre Vakfı davasını siz yürüttünüz Sayın Hâkim. Hatırlayın siz yine orada oturuyordunuz, yine aynı savcı aynı yerdeydi, ben de arkada izleyicilerin bulunduğu sıralarda gazeteci olarak davayı takip ediyordum. (Hakim gülümseyor, hatırladığını belli ederek başını sallıyor)
Yine aynı salondayız ama ben, izlediğim ve haberleştirdiğim dava nedeniyle bugün yargılanıyorum. Yunus Emre Vakfı’na ilişkin haberimle üç ayrı ödül aldım. Ben bu ülkede gazetecilik yapma hakkımı kullanıyorum. Halk için gazetecilik yaptım. Çok fazla tehdit edildim ama halk için gazetecilik yapmaya devam ettim. Tutuklanınca insanların bunun farkında olduğunu gördüm. Tutukluluğuma itiraz etmek için çeşitli eylemler gerçekleştirildi. Ben tertemiz gazetecilik yaptım, bu yüzden cezalandırıldım. Bana yapılan eziyeti sağır sultan duydu, yargı organları duymadı. Gazetecilik suç değildir. Derhal beraatimi talep ediyorum.” diye bitirdi. Salonda herkes uzun süre alkışladı. Avukatların savunmasına geçildi.
#GazetecilikSuçDeğildir
#İsmailArıyaÖzgürlük
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.@hannahluci is such a pro and I loved working with her on this piece. Buy her book!
For this week's edition of the excellent @NewStatesman I wrote about one of the main themes in Hinterlands - the global war that has been underway since the start of Syria's conflict. Many thanks to editor extraordinaire @MeganJGibson for commissioning: newstatesman.com/internation…
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Turkish newspaper headline on Amazon worker who committed suicide @AmazonWorkersIn
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the reactionary mind is the same everywhere
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What do democracy and hedgehogs have in common? They both feel like ancient history to the generation born after the year 2000. My latest Substack post:
hannahluci.substack.com/p/de…
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Authoritarian Transformation in Istanbul’s Old City - Two new books seek to capture the changing reality of Turkey and the world. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/29…
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If I can get used to saying Türkiye/Turkiye after living here for almost four decades and calling it Turkey for most of that time, then everyone else can too. It’s not rocket science.
I’m sure you managed to get used to the new names of other countries after they were changed.
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My two cents on the events in Turkish politics last week.
Link below.
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