[{"id":"116199956993902302","created_at":"2026-03-09 15:37:12","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/c.im\/users\/cdarwin\/statuses\/116199956993902302","url":"https:\/\/c.im\/@cdarwin\/116199956993902302","content":"<p>A ballistic missile launched from Iran entered Turkish airspace on Monday <br>and was shot down by NATO defenses, the Turkish defense ministry said in a statement. <\/p><p>It was the second time in six days that Turkey announced the interception of a missile from Iran.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/09\/world\/middleeast\/turkey-iranian-missile-nato.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https:\/\/www.<\/span><sp><\/sp><\/a><\/p>","card":{"type":"link","title":"NATO Intercepts Second Iranian Missile Entering Turkey\u2019s Airspace, Defense Ministry Says","description":"It was the second time in six days that Turkey announced the interception of a missile from Iran.","url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/09\/world\/middleeast\/turkey-iranian-missile-nato.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share","image":"https:\/\/s3.c.im\/cache\/preview_cards\/images\/053\/265\/753\/original\/15b6446e969f8191.jpg"}},{"id":"116049664739189561","created_at":"2026-02-11 02:35:55","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/users\/Mediagazer\/statuses\/116049664739189561","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/@Mediagazer\/116049664739189561","content":"<p>A judge ruled that the Trump administration cannot deport R\u00fcmeysa \u00d6zt\u00fcrk, a student threatened with deportation after co-authoring an op-ed critical of Israel (Jonah E. Bromwich\/New York Times)<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/10\/us\/immigration-judge-tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https:\/\/www.<\/span><span class=\"ellipsis\">nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/10\/us\/immi<\/span><span class=\"invisible\">gration-judge-\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>","card":{"type":"link","title":"Immigration Judge Says Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts Student, Cannot Be Deported","description":"The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, who is from Turkey, was detained by immigration agents last year after she co-wrote a pro-Palestinian opinion article for her student newspaper.","url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/10\/us\/immigration-judge-tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk.html","image":"https:\/\/media.mstdn.social\/cache\/preview_cards\/images\/095\/586\/461\/original\/fb7475d6b04110f1.jpg"}},{"id":"116030377857866916","created_at":"2026-02-07 16:51:00","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/techhub.social\/users\/Techmeme\/statuses\/116030377857866916","url":"https:\/\/techhub.social\/@Techmeme\/116030377857866916","content":"<p>Tether froze $544M in alleged illicit income at Turkey's request, part of its push to aid governments in crackdowns against crypto use in alleged crimes (Bloomberg)<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-02-07\/crypto-giant-tether-aided-turkey-in-billion-dollar-crackdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https:\/\/www.<\/span><span class=\"ellipsis\">bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/20<\/span><span class=\"invisible\">26-02-07\/crypto-g\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>"},{"id":"116194523863481315","created_at":"2026-03-08 16:35:29","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/mastodonapp.uk\/users\/BBC6MusicBot\/statuses\/116194523863481315","url":"https:\/\/mastodonapp.uk\/@BBC6MusicBot\/116194523863481315","content":"<p>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodonapp.uk\/tags\/NowPlaying\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>NowPlaying<\/span><\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodonapp.uk\/tags\/BBC6Music\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>BBC6Music<\/span><\/a><\/p><p>Maryam Turkey:<br>  \ud83c\udfb5 This Place<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodonapp.uk\/tags\/MaryamTurkey\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>MaryamTurkey<\/span><\/a> <\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/maryamturkey.bandcamp.com\/track\/this-place\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"ellipsis\">maryamturkey.bandcamp.com\/trac<\/span><span class=\"invisible\">k\/this-place<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7lk1CT7tdr1dBw2Aq6swoG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"ellipsis\">open.spotify.com\/track\/7lk1CT7<\/span><span class=\"invisible\">tdr1dBw2Aq6swoG<\/span><\/a><\/p>"},{"id":"116131900060503145","created_at":"2026-02-25 15:09:26","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/social.petertoushkov.eu\/users\/cellfourteen\/statuses\/116131900060503145","url":"https:\/\/social.petertoushkov.eu\/@cellfourteen\/116131900060503145","content":"<p>\"Is multiband 6 useless if im living in Turkey? It looks like an amazing feature but on the coverage map it shows that it does not cover Turkey. Does that mean its just useless for me?\" : r\/gshock<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gshock\/comments\/wtieq4\/is_multiband_6_useless_if_im_living_in_turkey_it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https:\/\/www.<\/span><span class=\"ellipsis\">reddit.com\/r\/gshock\/comments\/w<\/span><span class=\"invis\u2026\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>"},{"id":"116041052323264598","created_at":"2026-02-09 14:05:39","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/techhub.social\/users\/Techmeme\/statuses\/116041052323264598","url":"https:\/\/techhub.social\/@Techmeme\/116041052323264598","content":"<p>Uber agrees to buy Getir's delivery operations from Mubadala, without giving the terms; a November 2025 report said it would value Getir's business at up to $1B (Bloomberg)<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-02-09\/uber-agrees-to-buy-getir-s-delivery-business-in-turkey-expansion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https:\/\/www.<\/span><span class=\"ellipsis\">bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/20<\/span><span class=\"invisible\">2\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>"},{"id":"116023139411114671","created_at":"2026-02-06 10:10:10","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":true,"spoiler":"dice.camp","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/dice.camp\/users\/davej\/statuses\/116023139411114671","url":"https:\/\/dice.camp\/@davej\/116023139411114671","content":"davej","card":{"type":"link","title":"Vee (@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social)","description":"Countries now launching investigations linked to the Epstein files:\n\nFrance\nTurkey\nUnited Kingdom\nPoland\nLithuania\nNorway\nLatvia\nAustralia\nNorth Macedonia\nSweden\n\nThis is no longer isolated. It\u2019s global. \ud83c\udf0d","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@VeroniqueB99\/116020125995844015","image":""}},{"id":"116171154863897321","created_at":"2026-03-04 13:32:27","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/osintua.eu\/users\/benb\/statuses\/116171154863897321","url":"https:\/\/osintua.eu\/@benb\/116171154863897321","content":"<p>NATO intercepts Iranian missile heading toward Turkey in first such incident: <a href=\"https:\/\/benborges.xyz\/2026\/03\/04\/nato-intercepts-iranian-missile-heading.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"ellipsis\">benborges.xyz\/2026\/03\/04\/nato-<\/span><span class=\"invisible\">intercepts-iranian-missile-heading.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>","card":{"type":"link","title":"Tracking information about the Russian War against Ukraine \u2014 Modern art makes me want to rock out","description":"A blog running on Micro.blog","url":"https:\/\/benborges.xyz\/2026\/03\/04\/nato-intercepts-iranian-missile-heading.html","image":""}},{"id":"115983526560665653","created_at":"2026-01-30 10:16:06","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/users\/tokensane\/statuses\/115983526560665653","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/@tokensane\/115983526560665653","content":"<p>Image credit: Google Gemini.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/tags\/MAGA\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>MAGA<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/tags\/Christmas\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Christmas<\/span><\/a><\/p>","media_attachments":[{"type":"image","preview_url":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/system\/media_attachments\/files\/115\/983\/513\/858\/957\/005\/small\/9f07519fd85f829e.png","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/system\/media_attachments\/files\/115\/983\/513\/858\/957\/005\/original\/9f07519fd85f829e.png","description":"AI generated image of a turkey wearing a MAGA cap, except that the cap says \"Make Christmas Great Again\". The turkey is standing in snow in a forest of decorated Christmas trees. Two presents are present under the nearest tree."}]},{"id":"115951261926505546","created_at":"2026-01-24 17:30:47","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/boris\/statuses\/115951261926505546","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@boris\/115951261926505546","content":"<p>My mom @anne.onbowen.ca found a German stuffed turkey recipe that we cooked together today (Germans celebrate on Christmas Eve).<\/p><p>It turned out really nice.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/recipe.exchange\/recipes\/01KD9R9K5XFP4FK32D10Y7SCSG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"ellipsis\">recipe.exchange\/recipes\/01KD9R<\/span><span class=\"invisible\">9K5XFP4FK32D10Y7SCSG<\/span><\/a> <\/p>","card":{"type":"link","title":"Ein gef\u00fcllter Truthahn zu Weihnachten","description":"German recipe for a stuffed Christmas Turkey, with a stuffing of chestnuts, sausage meat, orange & apple, and five spice\n\nDer St. Moritzer Fabrizio Zanetti ist ein \u00abWundermann\u00bb: Fine Dining im...","url":"https:\/\/recipe.exchange\/recipes\/01KD9R9K5XFP4FK32D10Y7SCSG","image":"https:\/\/m.f-h.co\/cosocial-ca\/cache\/preview_cards\/images\/010\/834\/173\/original\/c8877c06b526c1c0.jpg"}},{"id":"116115117283794469","created_at":"2026-02-22 16:01:21","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/techhub.social\/users\/Techmeme\/statuses\/116115117283794469","url":"https:\/\/techhub.social\/@Techmeme\/116115117283794469","content":"<p>Turkey launches a review of how social media platforms handle children's data as it prepares new rules that include identity verification and age restrictions (Turkish Minute)<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turkishminute.com\/2026\/02\/21\/turkey-reviews-major-social-media-platforms-handling-of-childrens-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https:\/\/www.<\/span><span class=\"ellipsis\">turkishminute.com\/2026\/02\/21\/t<\/span><span class=\"invisible\">urkey\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>","card":{"type":"link","title":"Turkey reviews major social media platforms' handling of children\u2019s data - Turkish Minute","description":"Turkey\u2019s data protection watchdog has opened a review of how six major social media platforms process children\u2019s personal data, as Ankara prepares separate legislation that would tighten state control over online accounts and content.","url":"https:\/\/www.turkishminute.com\/2026\/02\/21\/turkey-reviews-major-social-media-platforms-handling-of-childrens-data\/","image":"https:\/\/files.techhub.social\/cache\/preview_cards\/images\/067\/473\/962\/original\/3507f5af62ad96e7.jpg"}},{"id":"116149401899241412","created_at":"2026-02-28 17:20:23","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/c.im\/users\/cdarwin\/statuses\/116149401899241412","url":"https:\/\/c.im\/@cdarwin\/116149401899241412","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/c.im\/tags\/Thomas\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Thomas<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/c.im\/tags\/Barrack\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Barrack<\/span><\/a>, <br>a longtime ally of Donald Trump <br>and U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria<br>maintained a close, personal relationship with <a href=\"https:\/\/c.im\/tags\/Jeffrey\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Jeffrey<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/c.im\/tags\/Epstein\" class=\"mention hasht\u2026\"><\/a><\/p>","card":{"type":"link","title":"Santa Ynez Ranch Owner and Trump Insider Called Jeffrey Epstein a \u2018First Class Human Being\u2019","description":"Thomas Barrack, U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, operates Happy Canyon Vineyard and its polo grounds.","url":"https:\/\/www.independent.com\/2026\/02\/27\/santa-ynez-ranch-owner-and-trump-insider-called-jeffrey-epstein-a-first-class-human-being\/","image":"https:\/\/s3.c.im\/cache\/preview_cards\/images\/052\/975\/498\/original\/8aeb569475482f50.jpg"}},{"id":"116260989509003508","created_at":"2026-03-20 10:18:35","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/hapyyr.com\/users\/bogo\/statuses\/116260989509003508","url":"https:\/\/hapyyr.com\/@bogo\/116260989509003508","content":"<p>Are you into <a href=\"https:\/\/hapyyr.com\/tags\/metal\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>metal<\/span><\/a>? Here is my <a href=\"https:\/\/hapyyr.com\/tags\/FridayMetal\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>FridayMetal<\/span><\/a> recommendations. This time from <a href=\"https:\/\/hapyyr.com\/tags\/turkey\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>turkey<\/span><\/a> <\/p><p>- Diktat\u00f6r by Mekanik<br>- Ate\u015f Zaman\u0131 by Tulpar<br>- Can K\u0131r\u0131klar\u0131 by \u015eebnem Ferah<\/p><p>Enjoy!<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/%E2%82%A6\"><\/a><\/p>"},{"id":"116271471337770496","created_at":"2026-03-22 06:44:15","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral\/statuses\/116271471337770496","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\/116271471337770496","content":"<p>\u201c\u2018For Orb&scaron;n in Hungary, it took about four years, for Vu\u010di\u0107 in Serbia, it took eight years, and for Erdo\u011fan in Turkey and Modi in India, it took about 10 years to accomplish the suppression of democratic institutions that Trump has achieved in only one year\u2019 <\/p><p>\u2026 <\/p><p>US democracy is now back at the worst recorded level since 1965, when US civil rights laws first introduced de facto universal suffrage. All progress made since then has been erased, according to the report.<\/p><p>Worldwi\u2026<\/p>","card":{"type":"link","title":"\u2018Trump is aiming for dictatorship\u2019. That\u2019s the verdict of the world\u2019s most credible democracy watchdog","description":"Sweden\u2019s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin","url":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/commentisfree\/2026\/mar\/17\/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog","image":""}},{"id":"116014787025642754","created_at":"2026-02-04 22:46:03","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/c.im\/users\/cdarwin\/statuses\/116014787025642754","url":"https:\/\/c.im\/@cdarwin\/116014787025642754","content":"<p>\u201cNuclear talks with the United States are scheduled to be held in Muscat on about 10am Friday,\u201d wrote the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi. <br>\u201cI\u2019m grateful to our Omani brothers for making all necessary arrangements.\u201d<\/p><p>US officials also indicated the talks in Oman will go forward. <br>They will take place amid a massive buildup of US naval and airpower in the region and appear to be a last chance for Tehran to avert a US strike against the country\u2019s leadership and nuclear \u2026<\/p>","card":{"type":"link","title":"US and Iran talks brought back from the brink after White House relents on move to Oman","description":"Talks that had been scheduled in Turkey salvaged after Arab states convince White House not to walk away from negotiations","url":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/feb\/04\/us-iran-talks-risk-collapse-oman-move-rejected?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other","image":""}},{"id":"115957479612707560","created_at":"2026-01-25 19:52:01","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/kolektiva.social\/users\/Hex\/statuses\/115957479612707560","url":"https:\/\/kolektiva.social\/@Hex\/115957479612707560","content":"<p>And people keep being suprised by the regular genocides that *keep fucking happening*. And yes, call what ICE is doing what it is. It is a gencoide. Even if it's not killing millions of people (yet), the \"genocide\" doesn't mean \"killing logs of people\" it means \"trying to wipe out a specific ethnic, racial, or religious group.\" What the fuck is ICE trying to do? They're carrying out ethnic cleansing. It's genocide.<\/p><p>Genocide in Gaza, genocide in Syria, genocide in Turkey, China, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Serbia... why the fuck does it keep happening? I'll tell you why. It's states.<\/p><p>People like to think of countries and ethnic reagions as the same thing, but they aren't. They never have been. There's never been clear divisions between ethnic groups. But the existence of the state depends on a shared identity. When the truth is more complicated, the state must find a way to fix that. The solution is genocide. You can't separate the two. There can be no state without genocide. The mechanism to carry ou the kind of mass murder and the incentive to do so are really not easy to put together without the state. The state makes genocide viable, and the state demands genocide to protect it's own existence.<\/p><p>Every election is a dice roll. Every state is on a clock, waiting for the luck to run out. And the worst people possible are just waiting for their chance to win and carry out those genocides in order to lock in their power.<\/p><p>Never again means nothing unless you are attacking the root of genocide: the state.<\/p>"},{"id":"115937637901840021","created_at":"2026-01-22 07:46:01","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/users\/Mediagazer\/statuses\/115937637901840021","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/@Mediagazer\/115937637901840021","content":"<p>A look at The Amargi, a new nonprofit digital outlet based in Germany covering Kurdish news in English and trying to avoid favoring any specific political party (Seyma Bayram\/Columbia Journalism Review)<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/feature\/amargi-kurdish-newsroom-exile-iraq-turkey-iran-kurdistan-region-imagine-free-press.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https:\/\/www.<\/span><span class=\"ellipsis\">cjr.org\/feature\/amargi-kurdish<\/span><\/a><\/p>","card":{"type":"link","title":"\u2018The Amargi\u2019 imagines a free Kurdish press.","description":"The Amargi, a digital outlet based in Germany, takes the lead on Kurdish news.","url":"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/feature\/amargi-kurdish-newsroom-exile-iraq-turkey-iran-kurdistan-region-imagine-free-press.php","image":"https:\/\/media.mstdn.social\/cache\/preview_cards\/images\/094\/427\/410\/original\/82f21c3d201cc2fe.jpg"}},{"id":"116165368512950573","created_at":"2026-03-03 13:00:54","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/users\/primonatura\/statuses\/116165368512950573","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/@primonatura\/116165368512950573","content":"<p>\"COP31 host T\u00fcrkiye ranked Europe\u2019s worst nation for sustainable development\"<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/tags\/Turkey\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Turkey<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/tags\/Europe\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Europe<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/tags\/COP31\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>COP31<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/tags\/Climate\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Climate<\/span><\/a><\/p>"},{"id":"115936252301313464","created_at":"2026-01-22 01:53:38","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/jorgecandeias\/statuses\/115936252301313464","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@jorgecandeias\/115936252301313464","content":"<p>TIL that some select economies go like this in terms of nominal GDP:<\/p><p>USA - 30 trillion USD<br>EU - 21 trillion <br>China - 19 trillion <br>India - 4 trillion<br>UK - 4 trillion<br>Mercosur - 3 trillion <br>Russia - 2.5 trillion <br>EU candidates - 2 trillion (although most of it is Turkey)<br>EFTA - 1.5 trillion<\/p><p>As a comparison, the whole of Africa gets to about 3 trillion.<\/p>"},{"id":"116012489792047611","created_at":"2026-02-04 13:01:50","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/techhub.social\/users\/Techmeme\/statuses\/116012489792047611","url":"https:\/\/techhub.social\/@Techmeme\/116012489792047611","content":"<p>Egypt plans to ban Roblox in a bid to curb kids' exposure to potentially harmful online material; the Middle East's most populous nation joins Qatar and Turkey (Bloomberg)<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-02-04\/egypt-moves-to-ban-roblox-gaming-platform-in-online-safety-push\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https:\/\/www.<\/span><span class=\"ellipsis\">bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/20<\/span><span class=\"invisible\">26-\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>"},{"id":"116098765004325635","created_at":"2026-02-19 18:42:45","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/osintua.eu\/users\/benb\/statuses\/116098765004325635","url":"https:\/\/osintua.eu\/@benb\/116098765004325635","content":"<p>Turkey's intelligence says Ukraine-Russia war in strategic stalemate, with outcome hinging on negotiations: <a href=\"https:\/\/benborges.xyz\/2026\/02\/19\/turkeys-intelligence-says-ukrainerussia-war.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"ellipsis\">benborges.xyz\/2026\/02\/19\/turke<\/span><span class=\"invisible\">ys-intelligence-says-ukrainerussia-war.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>","card":{"type":"link","title":"Tracking information about the Russian War against Ukraine \u2014 Modern art makes me want to rock out","description":"A blog running on Micro.blog","url":"https:\/\/benborges.xyz\/2026\/02\/19\/turkeys-intelligence-says-ukrainerussia-war.html","image":""}},{"id":"116244228667121450","created_at":"2026-03-17 11:16:04","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/ubuntourist\/statuses\/116244228667121450","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ubuntourist\/116244228667121450","content":"<p>\u2018Trump is aiming for dictatorship\u2019. verdict of the world\u2019s most credible democracy watchdog<\/p><p>\"The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute a t Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusion in its annual report, that the US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster rate than Hungary and Turkey.\"<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/w%E2%82%A6\"><\/a><\/p>","card":{"type":"link","title":"\u2018Trump is aiming for dictatorship\u2019. That\u2019s the verdict of the world\u2019s most credible democracy watchdog","description":"Sweden\u2019s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin","url":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/commentisfree\/2026\/mar\/17\/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog","image":"https:\/\/files.mastodon.social\/cache\/preview_cards\/images\/185\/707\/522\/original\/06b4e7521415e087.jpg"}},{"id":"115900492279949072","created_at":"2026-01-15 18:19:19","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/nerdculture.de\/users\/Don_kun\/statuses\/115900492279949072","url":"https:\/\/nerdculture.de\/@Don_kun\/115900492279949072","content":"<p>Im <a href=\"https:\/\/nerdculture.de\/tags\/Anime\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Anime<\/span><\/a> \"Turkey! Time to Strike\" geht's um einen Bowling-Klub mit f\u00fcnf M\u00e4dchen, die beim Bowlen in die Vergangenheit reisen (!) und sich in der Sengoku-Zeit des japanischen Mittelalters wiederfinden. Sie kommen im Hof der Lokalherrscher bei f\u00fcnf Schwestern unter, lernen die Zeit und ihre Probleme kennen, denen sie sich bald auch selbst stellen m\u00fcssen.<br>Ein ziemlich wilde Mischun\u2026<\/p>"},{"id":"115930329100497059","created_at":"2026-01-21 00:47:17","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/c.im\/users\/cdarwin\/statuses\/115930329100497059","url":"https:\/\/c.im\/@cdarwin\/115930329100497059","content":"<p>Turkey's Zeynep S\u00f6nmez says it is more important to be a \"good human being than a good tennis player\" <br>after helping carry a fainting ball girl off court during her opening Australian Open match.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/tennis\/article\/turkeys-zeynep-sonmez-helps-ball-girl-who-fainted-on-court-during-australian-open-match-202814056.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"ellipsis\">sport\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>","card":{"type":"link","title":"Turkey's Zeynep S\u00f6nmez helps ball girl who fainted on court during Australian Open match","description":"The ball girl collapsed in S\u00f6nmez's arms as S\u00f6nmez helped her to a seat in the shade. S\u00f6nmez went on to a first-round upset of No. 11 seed Ekaterina...","url":"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/tennis\/article\/turkeys-zeynep-sonmez-helps-ball-girl-who-fainted-on-court-during-australian-open-match-202814056.html","image":"https:\/\/s3.c.im\/cache\/preview_cards\/images\/051\/645\/297\/original\/ce51a9b5406fd63d.jpeg"}},{"id":"116224234376296090","created_at":"2026-03-13 22:31:16","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/social.linux.pizza\/users\/harrysentonbury\/statuses\/116224234376296090","url":"https:\/\/social.linux.pizza\/@harrysentonbury\/116224234376296090","content":"<p>here is a photo from last sunday for <a href=\"https:\/\/social.linux.pizza\/tags\/fungiFriday\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>fungiFriday<\/span><\/a><\/p>","media_attachments":[{"type":"image","preview_url":"https:\/\/cdn.social.linux.pizza\/system\/media_attachments\/files\/116\/224\/208\/708\/956\/452\/small\/1aa7225ab1af0447.jpg","url":"https:\/\/cdn.social.linux.pizza\/system\/media_attachments\/files\/116\/224\/208\/708\/956\/452\/original\/1aa7225ab1af0447.jpg","description":"some old dry fungi on the edge of a tree stump. it is the same shape as turkey tail but i would not know if it is. "}]},{"id":"116309653083306108","created_at":"2026-03-29 00:34:22","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/c.im\/users\/cdarwin\/statuses\/116309653083306108","url":"https:\/\/c.im\/@cdarwin\/116309653083306108","content":"<p>I remember watching the 2022 documentary <br>\"A\u015fk, Mark ve \u00d6l\u00fcm\"<br>(Love, Deutschmarks and Death) by Cem Kaya<br>with awe and shame at how much I had not known. <\/p><p>The film looks at the difficult lives of Turkish workers in Germany through the music they produced. <br>One widely popular song, sung by Y\u00fcksel \u00d6zkasap, included the lines: <br>\u201cGermany, everything about you is a lie. You have stolen my life and taken my love.\u201d<\/p><p>The  language textbook<br>\"T\u00fcrk\u2026<\/p>","card":{"type":"link","title":"In an Istanbul market, I found an old German phrase book \u2013 and a reminder of how not to speak to migrants","description":"Turkish immigrants to Germany in the 60s were seen as temporary labour, not people. Today\u2019s government in Berlin is at risk of repeating the mistake, says Carolin W\u00fcrfel, a writer who lives in Berlin and Istanbul","url":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2026\/mar\/28\/istanbul-market-german-phrase-book-migrants-turkey-berlin?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other","image":""}},{"id":"116291588895982401","created_at":"2026-03-25 20:00:24","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/users\/primonatura\/statuses\/116291588895982401","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/@primonatura\/116291588895982401","content":"<p>\"T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s solar capacity surpasses 25 GW\"<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/tags\/Turkey\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Turkey<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/tags\/SolarPower\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>SolarPower<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/tags\/Energy\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Energy<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/tags\/Renewables\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Renewables<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><a href><\/a><\/p>","card":{"type":"link","title":"T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s solar capacity surpasses 25 GW","description":"Alparslan Bayraktar, T\u00fcrkiye's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, says 2026 will be a record year for renewables in the country after total deployed solar reached 25,827 MW by the end of January.","url":"https:\/\/www.pv-magazine.com\/2026\/03\/23\/turkiyes-solar-capacity-surpasses-25-gw\/","image":"https:\/\/media.mstdn.social\/cache\/preview_cards\/images\/098\/157\/853\/original\/69a7352390a3ec53.jpg"}},{"id":"116136915787310019","created_at":"2026-02-26 12:25:00","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/mstdn.ca\/users\/paulbusch\/statuses\/116136915787310019","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.ca\/@paulbusch\/116136915787310019","content":"<p>Good Morning <a href=\"https:\/\/mstdn.ca\/tags\/Canada\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Canada<\/span><\/a> <br>Today is National Toast Day, like you didn't have it circled on your fake holiday calendar.  Canadians consume approximately 1.4 billion kilograms of <a href=\"https:\/\/mstdn.ca\/tags\/Bread\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Bread<\/span><\/a> annually which sounds like a lot until you compare us with Turkey where per capita consumption is almost 200 kilos annually.  Bread consumption in Canada was down slightly in 2025, attributed to higher prices due to tariffs.  But home baking and shopping at local bakeries all increased.  Healthier bread options also increased their market share as customers opted for high-fibre ingredients and foods enriched with prebiotics, probiotics, postbiotics... and a bunch-of-other-otics. It may be good news that there are plenty of gut-friendly options available in the shape of whole grain and rich-in-fibre bakery products, but IMO a lot of them taste like cardboard.  I said it... not sorry...<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/mstdn.ca\/tags\/CanadaIsAwesome\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>CanadaIsAwesome<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mstdn.ca\/tags\/ALittleBitOfToast\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>ALittleBitOfToast<\/span><\/a><\/p><p>What is your favourite type of toast?<\/p><p><radio disabled>Plain white sandwich bread<\/radio><br><radio disabled>Sourdough<\/radio><br><radio disabled>Bagel of any type<\/radio><br><radio disabled>Calabrese<\/radio><br><radio disabled>English Muffin<\/radio><\/p>"}]