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Tezer Özlü—the Rebel of Turkish Letters

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Turkey recap @turkeyrecap.bsky.social · 6d

"Tezer Özlü—the Rebel of Turkish Letters" by @kayagenc.bsky.social . [3/5]

Journey to the Edge of Life, a striking composite of memoir, biography, and criticism, dwells on the connection between art and death.

Tezer Özlü—the Rebel of Turkish Letters

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Kaya Genç @kayagenc.bsky.social · 8d

İlk romanım Macera'nın (2008) yayımlanmasından 17 yıl sonra, ikinci romanım yakında Sia Kitap etiketiyle kitapçılarda olacak. İki yıldır üzerinde çalıştığım yeni romanımın yayın programına dair ayrıntıları yakında paylaşacağım.

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Kaya Genç @kayagenc.bsky.social · 10d

Tezer Özlü’nün dünyasını @thenation.com dergisi için yazdım: www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Journey to the Edge of Life, a striking composite of memoir, biography, and criticism, dwells on the connection between art and death.

Tezer Özlü—the Rebel of Turkish Letters

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Kaya Genç @kayagenc.bsky.social · 10d

In @thenation.com @booksandthearts.bsky.social, I have a new essay on Tezer Özlü and her Journey to the Edge of Life, a striking composite of memoir, biography, and criticism, that dwells on the connection between art and death. @transitbooks.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Journey to the Edge of Life, a striking composite of memoir, biography, and criticism, dwells on the connection between art and death.

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Emek @emekakman.bsky.social · 23d

What I love is how you weave cinema, politics and labour — from Ceylan’s films to Syrian tech workers rebuilding home. You map the region’s emotional + political geography without cliché or romance.

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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · Aug 10

Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan has never openly referenced politics in his films, but taken together, his body of work forms one of the most compelling accounts available of what has become of Turkey under Erdogan’s rule.

A renowned director quietly probes life under Erdogan.

Borrowing from Erdoğan’s playbook

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Eurozine @eurozine.bsky.social · Aug 13

Borrowing from Erdoğan’s playbook: Assaults on academic freedoms in the US mirror those happening in Turkey for the past decade, writes @kayagenc.bsky.social via @indexoncensorship.org www.eurozine.com/borrowing-fr...

Assaults on academic freedoms in the US mirror those happening in Turkey for the past decade. Erdoğan’s silence about clampdowns on pro-Palestinian speech at US universities, even when Turkish student...

www.eurozine.com

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Kaya Genç @kayagenc.bsky.social · Aug 16

New substack!

open.substack.com/pub/kayagenc...

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Kaya Genç @kayagenc.bsky.social · Aug 15

In prosecuting Imamoglu & other elected administrators, the government is attempting to solidify the cynicism at the crux of its ideology: There’s no use in seeking moral purity, since only the powerful and the ruthless survive in today’s Turkey. @foreignpolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/t...

A renowned director quietly probes life under Erdogan.

Borrowing from Erdoğan’s playbook

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Eurozine @eurozine.bsky.social · Aug 14

Erdoğan’s silence about clampdowns on pro-Palestinian speech at US universities, even when Turkish students are directly affected, is telling, writes @kayagenc.bsky.social via @indexoncensorship.org www.eurozine.com/borrowing-fr...

Assaults on academic freedoms in the US mirror those happening in Turkey for the past decade. Erdoğan’s silence about clampdowns on pro-Palestinian speech at US universities, even when Turkish scholar...

www.eurozine.com

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Rest of World @restofworld.org · Aug 7

“I was wanted by Assad’s regime because I was an anti-government protestor. I said, ‘I’ll move for maybe one or two months.’ I stayed in Turkey for the next 13 years.”

Meet Syrian tech workers who fled as refugees and are now returning to rebuild
restofworld.org/2025/syrian-...

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Charles Mok @charlesmok.bsky.social · Aug 8

They left Syria as refugees. They’re returning to build its tech industry
After the fall of the Assad regime, tech workers are coming back to help rebuild their nation.
restofworld.org/2025/syrian-...

They left Syria as refugees. They’re returning to build its tech industry

After the fall of the Assad regime, tech workers are coming back to help rebuild their nation.

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Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Aug 10

To Understand Erdogan's Turkey, Watch the Films of Nuri Bilge Ceylan says @kayagenc.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/t...

A renowned director quietly probes life under Erdogan.

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Turkey recap @turkeyrecap.bsky.social · Aug 10

"The Dreamers and Cynics of the New Turkey" by @kayagenc.bsky.social. [5/5]

A renowned director quietly probes life under Erdogan.

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Andy Engin Utkan @utkan.com · Aug 9

The Dreamers and Cynics of the New Turkey

Kaya Genç @kayagenc.bsky.social · Aug 9

Yeni Türkiye’nin Hayalcileri ve Alaycıları. @foreignpolicy.com için Nuri Bilge Ceylan ve sinemasını yazdım: foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/t...

A renowned director quietly probes life under Erdogan.

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Kaya Genç @kayagenc.bsky.social · Aug 10

Thank you @nicholasdanfort.bsky.social and Megan Dubois, my editors at @foreignpolicy.com, for bringing Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Dreamers and Cynics to readers:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/t...

A renowned director quietly probes life under Erdogan.

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Kaya Genç @kayagenc.bsky.social · Aug 9

Yeni Türkiye’nin Hayalcileri ve Alaycıları. @foreignpolicy.com için Nuri Bilge Ceylan ve sinemasını yazdım: foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/t...

A renowned director quietly probes life under Erdogan.

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Kaya Genç @kayagenc.bsky.social · Aug 9

In recent months, the Turkish people have been asked to mind their own business as the Turkish government arrested Ekrem Imamoglu, whose politics of hope and social democratic ideals have run against the prevalent cynicism and opportunism of New Turkey. foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/t...

A renowned director quietly probes life under Erdogan.

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Kaya Genç @kayagenc.bsky.social · Aug 9

In @foreignpolicy.com, I have an essay on Nuri Bilge Ceylan and “The Dreamers and Cynics of the New Turkey”
foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/t...

A renowned director quietly probes life under Erdogan.

They left Syria as refugees. They’re returning to build its tech industry

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Rest of World @restofworld.org · Aug 5

Since the collapse of the regime of former President Bashar al-Assad, Syrian tech workers who fled as refugees are returning to help rebuild their home country

New from @kayagenc.bsky.social:
restofworld.org/2025/syrian-...

After the fall of the Assad regime, tech workers are coming back to help rebuild their nation.

They left Syria as refugees. They’re returning to build its tech industry

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Cathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · Aug 5

Think about how differently you think about these people when they are "tech workers" versus when they are refugees.

Same people. But dignity only afforded them in one context.

Rest of World @restofworld.org · Aug 5

Since the collapse of the regime of former President Bashar al-Assad, Syrian tech workers who fled as refugees are returning to help rebuild their home country

New from @kayagenc.bsky.social:
restofworld.org/2025/syrian-...

After the fall of the Assad regime, tech workers are coming back to help rebuild their nation.

They left Syria as refugees. They’re returning to build its tech industry

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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · Aug 5

They left Syria as refugees. They’re returning to build its tech industry: @restofworld.org

After the fall of the Assad regime, tech workers are coming back to help rebuild their nation.

They left Syria as refugees. They’re returning to build its tech industry

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Unsplintering.bsky.social @unsplintering.bsky.social · Aug 5

"Syrian tech workers who fled during civil war are returning home & launching startups.They face poor internet, cash based economy, & regulatory void. The nation is rebuilding rapidly, even as recurring sectarian clashes pose a risk"

restofworld.org/2025/syrian-...

After the fall of the Assad regime, tech workers are coming back to help rebuild their nation.