Howard Eissenstat

@heissenstat

Mostly Turkey. and . Opinions-and snark-are mine alone. Contact: heissens AT

Canton, NY
Joined March 2014
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    Jun 26

    Analysis | Five lessons from the latest elections in Turkey

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  2. 2 hours ago

    A man of simple tastes. I'm celebrating my birthday by taking my family to see the new film, followed by Chinese food at the Jade Yi in , Ontario.

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    3 hours ago

    süleyman demirel’in, cumhurbaşkanlığının son günlerinde bolu’daki okul ziyareti, 26 nisan 2000 "çocuklar; i love all of you."

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  4. 3 hours ago

    Well. The new hit piece has probably gotten them more attention than all the reports they've written in the last three years. And not in a good way.

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    3 hours ago

    If you think the SETA report can't get worse, wait until you read the part where they praise the Chinese International Radio, for their spectacular coverage of the arrest of HDP deputies.

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    22 hours ago

    This is academia in a nutshell.

    I've been working on a journal article for 4+ years; rewritten it top-to-bottom 4 times & left ~35,000 words on the cutting-room floor. Peer reviews drove me insane. I now hate every word of the final vers. On the bright side, it'll be behind a paywall & no one will ever read it.
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    11 hours ago

    I doubt that Cetinkaya will be missed by investors but his sacking is another sign of 's worsening institutional deterioration. So much for those who argued that normalization was next after the local elections

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    7 hours ago

    “an extraordinarily stupid thing to do.” on Erdogan’s sacking of Turkey’s central bank boss “I think the lira’s going to do very badly on Monday.” Will this expose fragility in the financial system?

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    23 hours ago

    Quebec's education minister, Jean-Francois Roberge, makes a fool of himsef by tweeting about his discussion on access to education with the (veiled) Nobel laureate Malala Yousefzai - while his government wants to ban veiled women from working as teachers.

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  10. Jul 5

    Hive mind: any suggestions on best part of Prince Edward Island to stay on for a family holiday?

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    Jul 5

    ❗'s Cassation Court overturns , , 's life sentences. The latter two remain in jail until their retrial. Long overdue recognition of the lack of evidence, but little comfort after 3 years in jail - and the ordeal continues. NOW

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  12. Jul 5

    The *real reason* cattle ranchers get Australian Shepherds

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    Cows trying to scare off a Canadian goose.
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    Jul 5

    dönemin cumhurbaşkanı cemal gürsel, anıtkabir’e gitmek üzere ilk yerli otomobil devrim’e binerken, 29 ekim 1961

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  14. Jul 5

    To frame this another way, Erdogan may well be more "anti-Western" in a cultural sense than say, Bulent Ecevit. But I think you'd be hard-pressed to demonstrate that Ecevit was any less distrustful of Western - and especially American - intentions.

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    Jul 5

    📣 POMED is hiring! We are currently looking for a Program Associate for Civil Society Partnerships and a Turkey Program Coordinator. More info and to apply:

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  16. Jul 5

    I think Ragip Bey has framed this better than most. Turkey's national discourse has generally been negative to foreign powers. The AKP has fed off this, channeled this, and used this, but it is not new or simply "a product of Erdogan"

    Turks, as usual, hate pretty much everyone. A plurality in Turkish citizens believe there countries are posing threat to Turkey:…
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    Jul 5

    Mehmet Altan has been acquitted of the charges

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  18. Jul 5

    Ankara Chief Prosecutor's Office declines FETO investigation into A good time to remind authors of breathless headlines that there is a difference between one of Turkey's 80 million citizens filing a complaint and the complaint actually going forward.

    SON DAKİKA | FETÖ soruşturması Ali Babacan için karar verildi
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    Jul 4

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    Jul 4

    When you read articles blaming for anti-American sentiment.... This is Pew, 2003. Has Erdogan capitalized and perhaps intensified this? Sure. But don't lay it all on his doorstep.

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    Jul 4

    New Turkish mayors weaponize transparency against wasteful spending Very good summary by ⁦⁩

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