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how are you gonna be 380 years old and not found time to become a doctor yet. smh

My cousin and his husband were on an LGTBQ cruise that was denied entry to both Türkiye and Egypt. My cousin was interviewed. It's sad that these places and policies exist.
https://kesq.com/news/2026/07/09/palm-

Palm Springs couple after their LGBTQ cruise is denied permission to dock in Turkey and Egypt
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) - A Palm Springs couple aboard the LGBTQ cruise ship "Scarlet Lady" is speaking out after the ship was denied permission to dock in Turkey this week, and has now also been denied permission to stop at its substitute port in Egypt. Colin Wright and his husband are among the 2,000

‘No major UK newspapers have published editorials about the heat and there has been no space dedicated to it in the comment sections of the largest French and Spanish newspapers.'
Invitation To A Turkey Shoot – How To Debunk Climate Denial
https://medialens.substack.com/p/invit

Invitation To A Turkey Shoot – How To Debunk Climate Denial
We, of course, post on all kinds of emotive and controversial issues on social media: genocide in Gaza, the war of aggression on Iran, the weaponisation of anti-semitism to undermine democratic choice and defend Israel, and so on.

Turkey sees its status in NATO rise, thanks to its weapons factories and Trump
For years, many other NATO allies treated Turkey with suspicion for buying a Russian air defense system,
attacking Western-backed Kurdish forces in Syria
and stalling Sweden’s bid to join the alliance.

That was then.
Now, ahead of a NATO leaders summit in Ankara next week, the stars seem to have aligned for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Donald Trump, touting his frie…

Turkey sees its status in NATO rise, thanks to its weapons factories and Trump
A friendship between presidents Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and a need for weapons production, has changed how other NATO countries treat Turkey.

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)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-11/turke…

DW: Why Europe can’t ignore Cyprus anymore | Mapped Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFYeBdJnAok
Cyprus has been divided for over 50 years, setting NATO member Turkey against the Republic of Cyprus, an EU member state. As Europe redraws its security order, the Cyprus problem is back …

Turkey approves Uber's $335M deal to buy Getir's delivery business, tied to a $500M investment pledge in Turkey; Uber is also paying $100M for a 15% Getir stake (Ana-Maria Stanciuc/The Next Web)
https://thenextweb.com/news/turkey-clears-ubers-a…

A comedian in Turkey has been jailed for insulting President Tayyip Erdogan.
Deniz Goktas has been jailed pending trial on Friday for insulting the president and religious values, a court document showed,
days after prosecutors opened an investigation into remarks he made on ⁠stage.
Insulting the president is among the charges against him, Goktas' lawyer Metin Aslan said in a ‌social media post.
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office said earlier this w…

Turkish court jails comedian for routine ‘insulting Erdogan’
Deniz Goktas’ performance quickly went viral ‌online

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)
https://apnews.com/article/turkey-social-medi…

Turkish lawmakers pass bill to restrict social media for children under 15
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…

Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts University grad arrested by ICE agents last year, returns to Turkey (The Boston Globe)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/17/metro/rumeysa-ozturk-returns-turkey/?s_campaign=8315:varf
http://www.memeorandum.com/260417/p71#a260417p71

Briefly delighted to learn that one of the cable-laying vessels mentioned in this piece, was previously named "Clark Cable".
https://www.keystone-collective.org/greece-is-building-its-own-internet-turkey-would-like-a-word/

Greece Is Building Its Own Internet. Turkey Would Like a Word.
A NATO ally's warships have now challenged civilian cable ships working in Greek waters three times in eighteen months. Each incident, taken alone, could be a misunderstanding. Together, they look like a policy. There is a concept in international relations called the fait accompli, the established fact, the thing that

"Thousands of Flamingo Chicks Hatch in Major Comeback From Climate Disaster in Turkiye (WATCH)"
#Turkey #Flamingos #Animals

Thousands of Flamingo Chicks Hatch in Major Comeback After Climate Disaster in Turkiye
In a conservation triumph, 5,000 flamingo chicks have hatched at Lake Tuz, a key breeding ground that had nearly dried up five years ago.

De geschiedenis van 'Yankee, go home'
'Yankee, Go Home'! What Lies Beneath The Growing Anti-American Sentiments In Turkey?
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/yankee-go-home-rallying-cry-turkiyes/ (sep 2024)
Nooit geweten dat de basis er van in het Berlijn van Oost-Duitland lag.

I just texted this information about a sandwich to my daughter but it sort of sounds like a bad poem or a haiku.
I’m pleased!
It’s just turkey and cheese...
I forgot the pesto.

Trump has recently clashed with a string of European leaders -- most lately Italy's Giorgia Meloni.
But luckily for NATO he still seems on good terms with Turkey's veteran leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"Except for the fact that it was being held in Turkey by President Erdogan, I don't think I would have gone to it," Trump said last week.
The summit venue may also appeal: Erdogan's gargantuan marble-lined presidential palace.

How NATO will try to keep Trump happy at Ankara summit
US President Donald Trump will join fellow NATO leaders for a summit in Ankara next week after lashing out over their response to his war with Iran.

While Turkey has experienced an increase in heat wave episodes between 1971 and 2016,
no epidemiological studies have examined their potential impacts on public health so far.
In this study excess mortality in Istanbul attributable to extreme heat wave episodes between 2013 and 2017 is presented.
Total excess deaths were calculated using mortality rates across different categories, including age, sex, and cause of death.
The analysis shows that three extreme heat w…

Excess Mortality in Istanbul during Extreme Heat Waves between 2013 and 2017
Heat waves are one of the most common direct impacts of anthropogenic climate change and excess mortality their most apparent impact. While Turkey has experienced an increase in heat wave episodes between 1971 and 2016, no epidemiological studies ...

Secret Service urged Trump to depart Turkey on old Air Force One as a security precaution, sources say (ABC News)
https://abcnews.com/Politics/secret-service-urged-trump-depart-turkey-air-force/story?id=134606227
http://www.memeorandum.com/260709/p48#a260709p48

now posted: complete transcripts for season 12 of the good ol' grateful deadcast, our extended hang at the 1975 "blues for allah" sessions, plus our episode with engineer dan healy. https://www.dead.net/deadcast-index

I’m starting a partial trial. Muting a bunch of accounts and hashtags here for a month. Probably gonna just not log into bsky. @… https://

Bill Cole (@scconsult.com)
Idea came up in therapy today for maybe interrupting some of my MH issues… "Cold Turkey" on my addiction to Knowing Things. Stop watching and listening to any news. Stop reading Social Media. Grumble. I wish I hadn't said it, or said that information was like my heroin.

Whatever the expectations for the July 7-8 NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey,
the geopolitical situation favors Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan so heavily that he is all but guaranteed to emerge the winner
—if NATO summits can have winners at all.
In the wake of the disastrous Iran war,
both the timing and the venue are highly auspicious.
Donald Trump told reporters that he was coming to Ankara solely for Erdogan
—another small, symbolic victory.
The…

Erdogan Has Laid a Trap in Ankara
No matter what happens at the NATO summit, the Turkish strongman wins.

"The US is no longer a democracy. 1 of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusion in its annual report, that the US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster rate than Hungary Turkey
“Our data on the USA goes back to 1789. What we’re seeing now is the most severe magnitude of democratic backsliding ever in the country"

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog
Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin

Congratulations, Dr. Öztürk. Your perseverence is impressive.
Tufts University student targeted by Trump administration completes PhD
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/17/tufts-rumeysa-ozturk-trump-admini…

Congratulations, Dr. Öztürk. Your perseverence is impressive.
Tufts University student targeted by Trump administration completes PhD
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/17/tufts-rumeysa-ozturk-trump-admini…

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.
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)

O Romeow … cat steals the show during final scene at Romeo and Juliet ballet - video | Cats | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/video/2026/jun/15/o-romeow-cat-steals-the-show-durin…

Trump and Zelenskyy set to meet at NATO summit in Turkey (ABC News)
https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-zelenskyy-set-meet-nato-summit-turkey/story?id=134561170
http://www.memeorandum.com/260708/p14#a260708p14

Small tree stem with Turkey Tail Fungus
#photo #photography #forest #forestfriday

Turkish authorities on Thursday detained a comedian whose stand-up routine drew complaints that it insulted religious values after it was widely viewed online.
Deniz Goktas was detained for questioning at Istanbul’s main airport on his return from a trip abroad, the state-run Anadolu agency reported, days after prosecutors launched an investigation into possible charges of “publicly insulting religious values.”
The comedian’s show, recorded in Istanbul last month, was uploaded to …

Turkish comedian Deniz Goktas detained in Istanbul over stand-up routine
Turkish authorities have detained comedian Deniz Goktas whose stand-up routine drew complaints that it insulted religious values after it was widely viewed online. The state-run Anadolu agency reported that Goktas was detained Thursday at Istanbul’s main airport after returning from a trip abroad. Prosecutors launched an investigation into possible charges of “publicly insulting religious values.” The comedian’s show, recorded in Istanbul last month, went viral on YouTube. Critics say P…

"Türkiye adds 1.97 GW of solar in January-April"
#Turkey #Energy #SolarPower #Renewables

Türkiye adds 1.97 GW of solar in January-April - pv magazine Global
Türkiye’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar, says solar is on track to overtake hydropower as the country’s leading source of electricity generation by the year end.

The One Word Trump Won't Say in Turkey (Eric S. Edelman/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-one-word-trump-wont-say-in-turkey-nato-summit-democracy-human-rights-europe-erdogan
http://www.memeorandum.com/260707/p117#a260707p117

Five years ago, the West risked a
full-blown diplomatic crisis with NATO ally Turkey
when 10 ambassadors called for the release of a man they saw as a political prisoner,
prompting an angry President Tayyip Erdogan to order their expulsion.
After two frantic days in 2021,
the sides stepped back from the brink with the U.S., ‌French, German, Canadian and other envoys issuing conciliatory statements
and Erdogan saying they would be more careful in the future…

Trump Expected to Tell Turkey He Is Ready to Restore Access to F-35 Jets (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/us/politics/trump-turkey-f35.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260706/p105#a260706p105

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116843087802176890
"Western allies are now signalling they have
"given up on values
to an extent
and prefer a transactional relationship ...
knowing that Turkey is indispensable for the defence of Europe,&qu…

Netanyahu pleads with Trump not to give Turkey F-35s ahead of Ankara NATO summit (Ryan King/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/07/06/us-news/netanyahu-pleads-with-trump-not-to-give-turkey-f-35s-ahead-of-ankara-nato-summit/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260706/p59#a260706p59

Sinkholes more than 200 feet deep began appearing in the 2000s,
driven by drought and extensive groundwater extraction.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/nearly-700-massive-sinkholes-consume-tu…

Live Updates: Trump Speaks After Lashing Out at NATO Summit (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/08/world/nato-summit-turkey-trump-ukraine
http://www.memeorandum.com/260708/p57#a260708p57

Turkey's on, crackers are pulled, sprouts are boiling, yep it must be almost time for Top of the Pops. #TOTP

Konya is plagued by rapidly proliferating sinkholes.
In central Anatolia, where the agricultural fields of corn and wheat and beets stretch out for miles and miles,
the ground looks like it has been attacked by a cosmic hole punch
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Trump returning to US on old Air Force One amid Iran threats (Mallory Wilson/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5959582-trump-air-force-one-turkey/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260708/p86#a260708p86

America’s spending on the war in Iran will far outlast active combat.
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.
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,
by reinforcing aircraft shelters, building blast walls arou…

Opinion | We Will Be Paying for the Iran War for a Very Long Time
The Iran conflict resembles others the United States has been involved in recently: easy to start and hard to end.

Tom Barrack Has His Own Mideast Policy (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/tom-barrack-turkey-iran-israel-hezbollah-middle-east-fd19addd?st=Nw3kBN&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.memeorandum.com/260422/p8#a260422p8

Syria saw an opportunity when the war with Iran cut off access to one of the world’s most important shipping routes.
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.
Iraq and Gulf states including the United Arab Emirates have already begun to transport oil an…

Blocked Strait of Hormuz Leads to New Opportunities for Syria
The latest war in the Middle East has created new economic opportunities for Syria thanks to its geography.

Trump signals openness to selling Turkey F-35 fighter jets (Barak Ravid/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/07/trump-turkey-f35-jets
http://www.memeorandum.com/260707/p74#a260707p74

2024:
Turkey’s Yusuf Dikeç didn’t need special gear to win a silver medal for Olympic shooting,
and viewers couldn’t get enough of his understated brilliance.
The Turkish shooter took part in the 10-meter air pistol mixed team competition on Wednesday in a T-shirt
and what looked like regular reading glasses,
a contrast from other competitors who utilized specific lenses or bulky ear protectors.
“I shoot with both eyes,
most shooters do it with one.

The Best Memes About The Viral Shooter Who Won Olympic Silver In A T-Shirt
While other competitors were decked out with hi-tech equipment, Turkey's Yusuf Dikeç just wore regular glasses and a casual tee.

In NATO's Next Act, Can Europe Play the Leading Role? (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/world/europe/nato-trump-rutte-ankara-turkey.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260707/p10#a260707p10

The Olympics made viral stars out of Paul and Gary O’Donovan in 2016, the rowing brothers from Ireland best known for their colourful post-race assessments,
and again in 2024 with Yusuf Dikec, the shooter from Turkey who pitched up in Paris for the Olympics with no equipment beyond his pistol.
That both of those stories ended with a silver medal, rather than gold, was lost in the fun.

Vozinha and 14million reasons why the World Cup can change lives overnight
The transformation of a previously unknown veteran goalkeeper into a global star could only happen at the World Cup

Trump flies partway home from Turkey in an old Air Force One, not the new Qatari-gifted jet (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-air-force-one-nato-iran-qatar-6cb08dcb613a2d7f77d3b0a143f3b216
http://www.memeorandum.com/260708/p149#a260708p149

Trump's Arrival in Turkey for NATO Summit Adds Drama and Spectacle (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/world/europe/trump-nato-summit.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260708/p17#a260708p17

Exclusive: Netanyahu tells CNN he opposes US sale of F-35 jets to Turkey as he downplays divisions with Trump (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/politics/netanyahu-opposes-sale-f35-jets
http://www.memeorandum.com/260708/p18#a260708p18

Security Precaution Led Trump to Use Old Air Force One in Leaving Turkey (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/us/politics/trump-air-force-one-security.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wVA.yFbt.rTqXWQ8rgSKf&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260708/p130#a260708p130

Turkey sees its status in NATO rise, thanks to its weapons factories and Trump (Ellen Francis/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/03/trump-attendance-nato-summit-will-highlight-turkeys-new-prominence/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260705/p33#a260705p33