Can Okar

@canokar

A bit of politics, a bit of sport, a bit of debating, sometimes Turkish, usually English.

Joined December 2010
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  1. 1 hour ago

    Turkey's 2024 bid PR company boss: "OK, lads, this vote's not looking good. What could swing Europe round to us?" Young inspired exec: "Everyone loves , right? Nusret will definitely win us the vote!"

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  2. 1 hour ago

    One thing that I did find interesting: whoever put together Turkey's bid video did that classic thing of finding a gorgeous blue eyed kid, the girls all without headscarves etc. I wonder why we feel the need to sell ourselves like that to the West?

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  3. 1 hour ago

    It will surprise absolutely no-one to hear that Germany have been awarded hosting rights for Euro 2024. Turkey loses out again. I would have actually liked to have watched a game in Turkey but clearly, UEFA thinks not.

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  4. 8 hours ago

    Regardless, those stateless globalists at the UN were definitely laughing at him, not with him. Anyone who doubts that needs to visit a doctor.

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  5. 8 hours ago

    Kavanaugh exchange will get the headlines and calling a journalist "Mr Kurd" is weird but I'm still stuck on: "I was in front of a large group of people, most of whom are from either other countries or the United Nations." What does he think the UN is?

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  6. Sep 25

    I pressed send and the kid shuts up. Is Twitter’s algorithm next gen without them telling us?

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  7. Sep 25

    Aggressively angry baby crying on our already 2 hour delayed flight. Kid, you’re right but save the rebellion for later.

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  8. Sep 25

    “We reject the ideology of globalism, and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism.” I really hope there will be people left to write history books and that they will note that this weirdo bragged about grabbing pussies before unhinging everything. Also, he looks really ill.

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    Sep 25

    Erdoğan: Suriye'de terör örgütlerine TIR ve kargo uçakları dolusu silah verenler gelecekte bunun bedelini ödeyecek

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    Sep 25

    📢 Finally found time to tune into the podcast everyone has been talking about for the last 10 days - Excellent dialogue with and on football finances a la turca, why Champions League is so important and why Basaksehir are the most detestable club on earth

    - E27: A look at the club’s finances /w and how it ties in to transfers. …
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  11. Sep 25

    Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, if he stays healthy, will break this record.

    95 seçimde yarıştı ve kaybetti... Şu an 96'ncı seçim kampanyasını yürütüyor. Dünyanın en çok seçim kaybeden siyasetçisi John Turmel
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  12. Sep 24

    I will add this though because my sense of fairness requires it: regardless of previous sins, the guilt by association and social death of actual Gülenists is still terrible. Turkey blatantly needs a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. I’ll happily sit on it.

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  13. Sep 24

    What is especially disappointing is that I have always been consistent. Stealing exam answers and doctoring legal cases were wrong back then as they are now. Being called FETÖ by people who I am 100% certain are former allies is seriously galling given that context.

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  14. Sep 24

    I have to be honest. Twitter’s been less fun these past few weeks. For some unknown (!) reason, I’ve had plenty of trolls calling me FETÖ and it is pretty relentless. That kind of accusation lands people in jail. Throwing it at an agnostic, overly-liberal opponent is just wrong.

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  15. Sep 24

    Reading about this Labour Conference reminds me of years of student politics (mea culpa). The people who now seem to be calling the shots were always nasty, obsessed with Israel and really quite violent. These are not good people. The UK needs to be careful with this lot.

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  16. Sep 24

    Üşenmedim: it turns out the Liechtenstein score dropped because same-sex couples continue to face restrictions on their ability to adopt children. Of course, this ranking is a relative one and the issue is important but Liechtensteinians can probably sleep easy tonight.

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  17. Sep 24

    The headlines from this “biggest backsliders on freedom” will go to Turkey and rightfully so but I really want to know what happened in Liechtenstein.

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  18. Sep 24

    I believe this (by the indomitable ) could/should be titled: “Why we had early elections part XIX”

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  19. Sep 24

    Absolutely love this analysis. This is why I come back to Twitter in spite of the (increasingly frequent) bad days...

    Part of the reason that things in the US feel so turbulent right now is that we're in the midst of a good, old-fashioned, full-blown elite crisis.
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  20. Sep 24

    I feel like playing Fenerbahçe away without our playmaker Ljajic and any recognisable striker might lead to a very frustrating match.

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