I remember watching the 2022 documentary
\"A\u015fk, Mark ve \u00d6l\u00fcm\"
(Love, Deutschmarks and Death) by Cem Kaya
with awe and shame at how much I had not known. <\/p>
The film looks at the difficult lives of Turkish workers in Germany through the music they produced.
One widely popular song, sung by Y\u00fcksel \u00d6zkasap, included the lines:
\u201cGermany, everything about you is a lie. You have stolen my life and taken my love.\u201d<\/p>
The language textbook
\"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":"116453752369785661","created_at":"2026-04-23 11:20:42","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/techhub.social\/users\/Techmeme\/statuses\/116453752369785661","url":"https:\/\/techhub.social\/@Techmeme\/116453752369785661","content":"
Turkey's parliament passes a bill requiring social media and online game companies to restrict access for children under 15, following a school shooting (Andrew Wilks\/Associated Press)<\/p>
https:\/\/<\/span>apnews.com\/article\/turkey-soci<\/span>al-medi\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>","card":{"type":"link","title":"Turkish lawmakers pass bill to restrict social media for children under 15","description":"State-run media says Turkish lawmakers have passed a bill that includes restricting access to social media platforms for children under 15. The legislation is the latest in a global trend to protect young people from dangerous online activity. Its passage late Wednesday comes a week after a 14-year-old boy killed nine students and a teacher at a middle school in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey. Police are investigating the online activity of the perpetrator in a bid to uncover his motivation for\u2026","url":"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/turkey-social-media-children-restrictions-law-d88963a7446a12cf4963b73d455b5ef7","image":"https:\/\/files.techhub.social\/cache\/preview_cards\/images\/070\/831\/253\/original\/ad1bc99cd227d5de.jpeg"}},{"id":"116655354437765111","created_at":"2026-05-29 01:50:46","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/UP8\/statuses\/116655354437765111","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@UP8\/116655354437765111","content":" Small tree stem with Turkey Tail Fungus<\/p> #photo<\/span><\/a> #photography<\/span><\/a> #forest<\/span><\/a> #forestfriday<\/span><\/a> <\/a><\/p>","media_attachments":[{"type":"image","preview_url":"https:\/\/files.mastodon.social\/media_attachments\/files\/116\/655\/347\/978\/507\/393\/small\/02e29c4909290433.jpg","url":"https:\/\/files.mastodon.social\/media_attachments\/files\/116\/655\/347\/978\/507\/393\/original\/02e29c4909290433.jpg","description":"Wavy stem with turkey tail fungus sprouting on sides with brown blurry leaves far behind"}]},{"id":"116473048206353700","created_at":"2026-04-26 21:07:54","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/c.im\/users\/cdarwin\/statuses\/116473048206353700","url":"https:\/\/c.im\/@cdarwin\/116473048206353700","content":" America\u2019s spending on the war in Iran will far outlast active combat. <\/p> The U.S. government has already made contracts and other commitments to repair damaged bases, field counter-drone platforms, feed and shelter thousands of troops and replenish munitions.<\/p> Even if President Trump signs a deal ending the war tomorrow, we will harden bases in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, R\u00fcmeysa \u00d6zt\u00fcrk, Tufts University grad arrested by ICE agents last year, returns to Turkey (The Boston Globe)<\/p> https:\/\/www.<\/span>bostonglobe.com\/2026\/04\/17\/met<\/span>ro\/rumeysa-ozturk-returns-turkey\/?s_campaign=8315:varf<\/span><\/a> Briefly delighted to learn that one of the cable-laying vessels mentioned in this piece, was previously named \"Clark Cable\".<\/p> https:\/\/www.<\/span>keystone-collective.org\/greece<\/span>-is-building-its-own-internet-turkey-would-like-a-word\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>","card":{"type":"link","title":"Greece Is Building Its Own Internet. 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All progress made since then has been erased, according to the report.<\/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":"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":" Are you into #metal<\/span><\/a>? Here is my #FridayMetal<\/span><\/a> recommendations. This time from #turkey<\/span><\/a> <\/p> - Diktat\u00f6r by Mekanik Enjoy!<\/p> <\/a><\/p>"},{"id":"116456432263429494","created_at":"2026-04-23 22:42:14","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/toad.social\/users\/grumpybozo\/statuses\/116456432263429494","url":"https:\/\/toad.social\/@grumpybozo\/116456432263429494","content":" I\u2019m starting a partial trial. Muting a bunch of accounts and hashtags here for a month. Probably gonna just not log into bsky. @…<\/span><\/span> https:\/\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>","card":{"type":"link","title":"Bill Cole (@scconsult.com)","description":"Idea came up in therapy today for maybe interrupting some of my MH issues\u2026 \"Cold Turkey\" on my addiction to Knowing Things. \n\nStop watching and listening to any news.\nStop reading Social Media. \n\nGrumble. 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A fascinating graphic novel about the author's family history through the Armenian genocide in Turkey, and the echoes of that story into her life in America and a visit to both Armenia and family in Turkey, where prejudice and denial linger on.<\/p> Fascinating to read right now both in light of American denial of our own genocidal history that's rarely questioned, and the ongoing modern genocides in places like Ethiopia and Gaza.<\/p> #AmReading<\/span><\/a> #ReadingNow<\/span><\/a><\/p>"},{"id":"116403422081958116","created_at":"2026-04-14 14:01:03","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/universeodon.com\/users\/memeorandum\/statuses\/116403422081958116","url":"https:\/\/universeodon.com\/@memeorandum\/116403422081958116","content":" At least 16 wounded in Turkey high school shooting; gunman dead (Associated Press)<\/p> https:\/\/www.<\/span>cbsnews.com\/news\/turkey-high-s<\/span>chool-shooting-gunman-dead\/<\/span><\/a> Syria saw an opportunity when the war with Iran cut off access to one of the world\u2019s most important shipping routes. 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Nooit geweten dat de basis er van in het Berlijn van Oost-Duitland lag.<\/p>"},{"id":"116555360799534619","created_at":"2026-05-11 10:01:04","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/techhub.social\/users\/Techmeme\/statuses\/116555360799534619","url":"https:\/\/techhub.social\/@Techmeme\/116555360799534619","content":" Turkish mobile gaming startup Grand Games raised a $70M Series B led by Balderton Capital, after raising $30M in 2025, taking its total funding to $103M (Tugce Ozsoy\/Bloomberg)<\/p> https:\/\/www.<\/span>bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/20<\/span>26-05-11\/turke\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>"},{"id":"116512288316140650","created_at":"2026-05-03 19:27:10","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/social.linux.pizza\/users\/detondev\/statuses\/116512288316140650","url":"https:\/\/social.linux.pizza\/@detondev\/116512288316140650","content":" we also talked to an old lady who's important to the church but just hadn't really went over to us yet. she grew up in philly some typa african american+puerto rican, moved to puerto rico eventually, then came back later. her whole thing was that american churches are slowly dying, she didn't know true worship till puerto rico, and she wanted to get everybody to perform on stage sometimes, including us, believing god would bring any missing music ability and didnt want professional sound anyway. she sung all this information to us rather than speaking it, which was ofc delightful. she bonded with mom over homeschooling as she had to do that to teach her kids both english and spanish in puerto rico. <\/p> as we left she suddenly pointed at me and told my mom \"make this one hug me, he's the one of you i always watch move around. i don't know, there's just something about him!\" so i hugged her, and then as we went home, my family revived an old joke. when i was a kid, there were quite a few times when random strangers in turkey would come up and hand me money, sometimes crossing streets and chasing us down to do so, so my family joked about using me as a missions org mascot, raising tons of money via most randos finding me a particularly cute kid (or being drawn to intangible aura, as the joke seemingly shifted to in lieu of me not being a cute little kid anymore)<\/p>"},{"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":" \"COP31 host T\u00fcrkiye ranked Europe\u2019s worst nation for sustainable development\"<\/p> #Turkey<\/span><\/a> #Europe<\/span><\/a> #COP31<\/span><\/a> #Climate<\/span><\/a><\/p>"}]
by reinforcing aircraft shelters, building blast walls arou\u2026<\/p>","card":{"type":"link","title":"Opinion | We Will Be Paying for the Iran War for a Very Long Time","description":"The Iran conflict resembles others the United States has been involved in recently: easy to start and hard to end.","url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/26\/opinion\/iran-cost-united-states-iraq-ukraine.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share","image":"https:\/\/s3.c.im\/cache\/preview_cards\/images\/054\/865\/988\/original\/60ac57181152afd0.jpg"}},{"id":"116421548932247920","created_at":"2026-04-17 18:50:57","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/universeodon.com\/users\/memeorandum\/statuses\/116421548932247920","url":"https:\/\/universeodon.com\/@memeorandum\/116421548932247920","content":"
http:\/\/www.<\/span>memeorandum.com\/260417\/p71#a26<\/span>0417p71<\/span><\/a><\/p>"},{"id":"116595847691140148","created_at":"2026-05-18 13:37:25","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/gwire\/statuses\/116595847691140148","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@gwire\/116595847691140148","content":"
- Ate\u015f Zaman\u0131 by Tulpar
- Can K\u0131r\u0131klar\u0131 by \u015eebnem Ferah<\/p>
http:\/\/www.<\/span>memeorandum.com\/260414\/p42#a26<\/span>0414p42<\/span><\/a><\/p>"},{"id":"116632991453845856","created_at":"2026-05-25 03:03:34","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler":"","visibility":"public","language":"","uri":"https:\/\/c.im\/users\/cdarwin\/statuses\/116632991453845856","url":"https:\/\/c.im\/@cdarwin\/116632991453845856","content":"
With multiple Mediterranean ports and borders with Turkey, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon, the country offers a desperately needed alternative to the blocked Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway that, before the war, was used to transport a hefty share of the global oil supply.
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and was shot down by NATO defenses, the Turkish defense ministry said in a statement. <\/p>
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