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Sai On Blue Sky @saifiles.bsky.social · 5d

I've read a lot of commentary about this harangue, but alarming for most women is the blatant misogyny, not just a hatred of "woke" - this is the backlash of the patriarchy on full display, what journalist Ece Temelkuran calls the rise of the Radical Male.

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The US military has long been an engine of social change. Hegseth's approach runs counter to that

The U.S. military has historically been an engine for cultural and social change in America. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s vision for the armed forces he leads runs counter to that.

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FİKİR @fikirgazetesi.org · 6d

📰 “Rejimin kalbinde duran şey, itaat.”

💬 Ece Temelkuran, faşizmi ve çıkış yollarını FİKİR Dergisi’ne anlattı.

👉 Peki, gerçekten rejimi sarsacak olan ne?

https://twp.ai/E6CNnU

#FİKİRDergisi #Faşizm #EceTemelkuran

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Ece Temelkuran @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social · 7d

From X 👇🏼 Hoping that @bsky.app will be a better digital home soon, for it seems I’ll have to exile myself from X as many have already done.

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Ece Temelkuran @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social · 9d

Teşekkürler.

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Hakan Giritli @hakangiritli.bsky.social · 9d

@ecetemelkuran.bsky.social
yaprak özer'e hâlimizi anlatmış;
dinleyiniz, daha rahat-derin nefesler alacaksınız!
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Hakikat Yorulmadan; Siyasete Rağmen, Birlikte Var Olma Çabası

YouTube video by Yaprak Özer

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CubanX @cubanx.bsky.social · 10d

"Neoliberalism feeds fascism: fascism is embedded in neoliberalism." - Ece Temelkuran
#Fascism #Politics #Neoliberalism #NewInternationalist

#democracys="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#democracy #usan class="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#usa #gopn class="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#gop #fascistsss="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#fascists

👉 Vote 'em Out!

"Neoliberalism feeds fascism: fascism is embedded in neoliberalism." - Ece Temelkuran #Fascism #Politics #Neoliberalism #NewInternationalist

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Auntie Fa @nananancy.bsky.social · 13d

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Auntie Fa @nananancy.bsky.social · 13d

My Interlibrary loans arrived!

2 books: How to lose a country by Eve Temelkuran and How to stand up to a dictator by Maria Ressa.

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blayneydeborah.bsky.social @blayneydeborah.bsky.social · 19d

'How to Lose a Country: 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship':

'paralysing dissident masses through court cases is far easier when the leader can call people terrorists, and when members of society are too polarised to support each other in the name of equality before the law.'

#DefendDemocracy

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FİKİR @fikirgazetesi.org · 28d

📰 “Rejimin kalbinde duran şey, itaat.”

💬 Ece Temelkuran, faşizmi ve çıkış yollarını FİKİR Dergisi’ne anlattı.

👉 Peki, gerçekten rejimi sarsacak olan ne?

https://twp.ai/E6AX0s

#FİKİRDergisi #Faşizm #EceTemelkuran

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Sarah Chalmers Page @sarahchalmerspage.bsky.social · 28d

Reading Together by @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social

I'm struck by this bit- about how even in accepting refugees people would rather see a thing to help than a whole person with a life and who might be able to help others... thread coming... I've put the transcript in the alt text

Black text on white paper, highlighted in bright pink. The bright pink highlight reads "Because as Gassama and I know very well, if you take refuge in a foreign land the most curious deprivation that comes with your new life is that nobody asks for your help anymore. It is mentally and emotionally more manageable for the natives to see the refugee or the exile as only the receiver of help.

Welcoming a refugee with basic needs is always more manageable for the hosting society than accepting the fact that they might he welcoming into their space a real person, a new life."

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Sep 8

1. 🧵"They have the courage to do this because of the hypocrisy of the Western establishment." @faisalalyafai.bsky.social recalls his conversation with @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social on how authoritarians have been emboldened by Western failures.

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Talat Yaqoob @talatyaqoob.bsky.social · Aug 22

Absolute joy and privilege to chair a further two discussion at the Edinburgh Book Festival. The first with Ece Temelkuran, journalist and author of “How to Lose a Country” and “Together” on the rise of fascism and how we fight it. She was brilliant, unapologetic, and wise. Please read her books!

Two women standing side by side. On the left Ece Temelkuran and the right talat yaqoob.

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Ece Temelkuran @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social · Aug 24

Many thanks for your generous and brilliant chairing, Talat. Very much looking forward to meeting again.

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Sai On Blue Sky @saifiles.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Ece Temelkuran @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social · Aug 15

Together is out in #Canada What to do and how to BE against Fascism. A proposal for a deep moral transformation to defeat the political evil. The sequel to How To Lose A Country. Published by @simonandschuster.bsky.social

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Sarah Chalmers Page @sarahchalmerspage.bsky.social · Aug 20

Brilliant talk today by @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social at @lighthousebks.bsky.social

A thread! So, firstly, her editors wimped out of her prefered subtitle - How to Lose a Country should be the 7 steps from democracy to fascism, not dictatorship. I have amended my copy...

The front cover of a previous edition of Ece Temelkuran's book How to Lose a Country- the Seven Steps from Democracy to Fascism. My edition has the old title- instead of fascism, it says dictatorship. So the cover now has a piece of scrap paper with fascism in red biro, the font mimicking the block white font of the original cover (which is black with white writing). Except I can't find my sticky tape so it's held on with shiny green and red star stickers.

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Ece Temelkuran @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social · Aug 18

#Together against the rise of global fascism!

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Ece Temelkuran @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social · Aug 16

See you next week in #Edinburg at @edbookfest.bsky.social

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Ece Temelkuran @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social · Aug 15

Homeless words, yes.

Ece Temelkuran @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social · Aug 15

Together is out in #Canada What to do and how to BE against Fascism. A proposal for a deep moral transformation to defeat the political evil. The sequel to How To Lose A Country. Published by @simonandschuster.bsky.social

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Maronno Winchester :antifa: @pierostrada.sociale.network.ap.brid.gy · Aug 13

Cittadini e intellettuali non contano più nulla - Ece Temelkuran - Internazionale

https://www.internazionale.it/magazine/ece-temelkuran/2025/07/09/ruolo-intellettuali-cittadini-potere

> Chi si illude che il potere abbia ancora bisogno della democrazia e di […]

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Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · Aug 12

Beautiful question 🙏
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Reading @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social
Her 2025 preface to ‘Together’ is a manifesto for love against a heartless world.

Goodbye, heartless world
Dear Reader,
The gloves are off; the cut-throat world order no longer pretends to be pretty. The icing on the cake - the rule of law, liberal democracy, human rights and all that - is now unnecessary. All that we imagine would protect us from dark forces is melting. Fascism, after making strong footholds in the political sphere, is now threatening basic human morality. Genocide is pending, and it will be against all those with basic human decency.
The world has become heartless. Therefore, there is no point in calling rulers to shame or listing political and moral atrocities. It is a system whereby those who speak of dignity, equality and caring for fellow humans are simply an inconvenient redundancy.
Rather than dragging out the tired old ways and being crushed repeatedly, it is better to admit it. We are defeated. Despite this, dear reader, here I am - waiting for you. And you are here too. The reason for us to meet on this page is that we still believe in humanity and that we suffice to begin anew.
Enough counting the morbid symptoms; the birth of the new world is overdue. Yet, for the last push, we need to conceive of a strong new heart to deliver the future of humanity. This new heart is urgently required to gather all the protestations of the…

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · Aug 12

Book Fringe Round up!

There's a lot of noise & creative chaos in Edinburgh during the festivals, so the latest newsletter has a wee recap of Book Fringe delights incl:
@ecetemelkuran.bsky.social Rosie Day Randa Jarrar Daniel Harding @vashtiharrison.bsky.social & more!
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Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · Aug 8

“The vast land you thought you belonged to does not shrink down to a table overnight. It takes years. You may assume that the cause of this shrinking is oppression and the fear it generates. But in fact it does not begin at the moment a clown takes over the presidency”
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Your Country Didn’t Change Overnight. You Just Weren’t Paying Attention | The Walrus

Authoritarianism doesn’t begin with a dictator. It starts when the idea of justice quietly disappears

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Altered State @alteredstatetalks.bsky.social · Aug 8

Our Aug book of the month

HOW TO LOSE A COUNTRY - THE 7 STEPS FROM DEMOCRACY TO FACISM

By @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social pub by @canongate.co.uk

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#books #alteredstate #botm #democracy #farright #facism #politics #ecetemelkuran

August 2025 | Books

It never starts with concentration camps. Populist/nationalist Governments don’t come into power fully formed - they creep. Turkish journalist and author Ece Temelkuran lists the early warning signs t...

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Ece Temelkuran @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social · Aug 1

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Sai On Blue Sky @saifiles.bsky.social · Jul 31

When Ece Temelkuran writes or speak, pay attention.

"Authoritarianism doesn’t begin with a dictator. It starts when the idea of justice quietly disappears."

From the Canadian magazine, The Walrus, Ece Temelkuran
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Your Country Didn’t Change Overnight. You Just Weren’t Paying Attention | The Walrus

Authoritarianism doesn’t begin with a dictator. It starts when the idea of justice quietly disappears

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