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“‘He is immortal now,’ my father said. ‘There is no one else but Erdoğan.’” (111)
“Mv father used to say they would arrest anyone.” (112)
— 14 hours, 5 min ago
“Mv father used to say they would arrest anyone.” (112)
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Esra
is on page 140 of 256
“But mostly these were women who had been at protests, or written emails to their local representatives, or worked for the wrong newspapers, or studied at the wrong schools, or spoke the wrong languages—subversives.” (138)
— 9 hours, 43 min ago
Esra
is on page 133 of 256
“History repeats itself so fast in Turkey, faster than in any other country. The return to our real lives was just around the corner; the erosions of democracy and the rule of law would be shored up once again; Erdoğan, as all strongmen in Turkey do, would face his fall—it was all just around the corner.” (130)
We’ve been saying that for a long time but he’s still here with his minions.
— 14 hours, 3 min ago
We’ve been saying that for a long time but he’s still here with his minions.
Esra
is on page 91 of 256
“Only the loudest are heard, and what is the fate of facts, then? What is the fate of reality when all manner of counterfeit narratives sweep over the people in ridiculous noise? What happens to the truth of things when those who whisper it can't be heard over the most grotesquely repeatable, the most engagingly idiotic, absurd, and outrageous lies?” (84)
— Oct 08, 2026 11:45AM