There’s a reason he’s never pulled that stunt on the Tube though

Not saying you’re wrong, but you also know that yesteryear’s HDP ≠ today’s DEM

Love your daughter for this.

30?!

Oh, your view of how Turks *raise* their kids – I agree with a lot of it – should be the stuff of many a thesis. I do think all the stuff about restaurant etiquette and commenting on cuteness is not to be discounted though. You notice it when you travel elsewhere and it’s not there.

I’m totally with you on the unsolicited advice, though, especially from strangers . It’s far too normalised and mothers get the brunt of it.

All fair. My comment came principally from my experience, which involves my own family and – as you point out – a gender bias. I guess I was trying to make a more generic comment about Turks loving children, which isn’t always the case elsewhere in Europe. Again, in my experience.

It genuinely all comes from a good place, but I can totally see how all the interference would drive you crazy.

I've just come back from two weeks in Turkey with kids and (non-Turkish) wife. Maybe my relatives are more restrained, but I've really enjoyed batting away all manner of germ and temperature alarmism with a casual "he/she'll be fine". It was true.

That said, by Turkish standards my kids are feral.

“The inclusion of this image is free” is a pretty disgraceful way to say we will not pay you.

I was fascinated by Poilievre losing his seat partly because there were 90-odd people on the ballot. People gripe about first past the post in this country but there’s never been a protest like that here

Always keen to hear an expert view. We’re thinking of Çıralı atm

A lengthy post from Ankara's mayor Mansur Yavaş, another possible candidate against Erdoğan, who comes out for İmamoğlu.

Notably, Yavaş himself declares he won't stand for president "while this unlawfulness persists".

We've now had the response from Ekrem İmamoğlu. He calls the verdict "unlawful" – and that only the board of the faculty that give him his diploma could decide to annul it.

This evening's announcement was made by the board of the entire university.

Surely @jessofarabia.bsky.social is the expert here

There will be plenty of commentary about whether this call will be heeded but let’s be plain.

Öcalan just described the PKK as the biggest rebellion movement in the Turkish republic’s history, and he’s right. And he’s now called on it to disband.

This is epoch-making news.

‪And now in Turkish, where the top line is confirmed:‬

‪The PKK has lost relevance in the socialist struggle and must abolish itself. ‬