DJWrongspeed
radio eros
Saw that this morning. Turkey ain't joining the EU anytime soon.
Qu'ran teaches zilch about birth control obviously.
Qu'ran teaches zilch about birth control obviously.
Turkey, ISIS, Kurds and Syria
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LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Serious amount of land and villages being taken by the SDF with US support. Moving quickly westwards...
http://edmaps.com/assets/images/Syria_Battle_for_Manbij_June_1_3PM.png
http://edmaps.com/assets/images/Syria_Battle_for_Manbij_June_1_3PM.png
sihhi
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered
Stunning that this latest round can be reported without the Suruc massacre - intelligence service assistance to the bombers and then blaming the bombing on PKK adherents.
Add to it Turkish assistance to IS was the cause for assassinating the two counter-terror police chiefs in Urfa- the idea this was a war of choice on the part of PKK units is not correct. The reason for the Suruc bombing and Turkish assistance to IS was to weaken the Kurdish movement by chipping away at it to the point of open war, to hold elections under war conditions to knock back the HDP under the threshold and guarantee an AKP majority. The former didn't happen but the latter did.
What's going on now someone described as 'a moving hell'.
miss direct
misfungled
Another bomb in Istanbul yesterday outside Istanbul university. 11 dead - 7 police (police bus targetted) and 4 civilians. And you know what - the bombings barely create a ripple anymore. Everything just carried on as usual apart from metros not stopping at one metro station. Sadly I think we have become used to this situation 
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Erdogan supporting media outlets blaming German secret services apparently.
Again.
Again.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
miss direct
misfungled
Midyat is beautiful, as is Mardin. I've spent many happy times exploring the South East of Turkey. Horrible to see the things going on there and the lack of reporting (thanks to government).
teqniq
DisMembered
What is it with near/middle eastern despots? they always like to blame 'foreign hands'. It seems to be the default fallback option rather than deal with the uncomfortable truth that their troubles are homegrown.
not-bono-ever
meh
I will be there for much of August. erk
miss direct
misfungled
Where are you going, not bono? Honestly, apart from the South East, everything is going on as normal. I'm in Istanbul and will be down South for the next few weeks.
not-bono-ever
meh
Travelling about - will end up east of Antalya, but on the coast 99% of the time. I don't expect any issues.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
not-bono-ever
meh
about 1 km out of the port of kas is an island the size of a football pitch that is Greek- Meis . I can probably swim that if things get messy
Libertad
Sparking up a rollie in the Reichstag
Is that Kastellorizo?
not-bono-ever
meh
Yesh, I think it has about 3 names - I know it as meis
Libertad
Sparking up a rollie in the Reichstag
Some strange geo-political anomaly.
not-bono-ever
meh
If I were a Syrian in Turkey, looking to get out to Turkey - this is swimmable or liloable - a much safer option for your family
miss direct
misfungled
Wouldn't really work with kids though, and a lot of Syrians can't swim... plus the situation at the moment means they will just end up in miserable camps in Greece.
Me too. It's the holiday areas I'm nervous about. I'll be steering well clear of Gumbet for a start.
A strong swimmer could make it from Bodrum to Kos too. Always wondered why more people don't try it. Maybe they do?
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
TAK have just claimed responsibility for the Istanbul bomb + message to tourists:
“You are not our targets but Turkey is no longer safe for you...We have just started the war.”
“You are not our targets but Turkey is no longer safe for you...We have just started the war.”
sihhi
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered
Devleta Tirk a metînger hewl dide ku windahiyên xwe biveşere, di encamê çalakiyê de hejmarê polisên ku hatine kuştin zedetir in.
Desperation and bluff - the announcement in Kurdish has a bit saying the Turkish state is concealing the number of dead police (something very unlikely, the Turkish state always announces numbers of its dead and inflates PKK militants dead).
Desperation and bluff - the announcement in Kurdish has a bit saying the Turkish state is concealing the number of dead police (something very unlikely, the Turkish state always announces numbers of its dead and inflates PKK militants dead).
gawkrodger
Well-Known Member
I'm guessing this is the best thread for this. The YPG now seems to have set up an explicit international brigade for foreign fighters
YPG International | Facebook
https://ypginternational.blackblogs.org/
YPG International | Facebook
https://ypginternational.blackblogs.org/
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Less an international brigade, and more an international platoon.
There's really not very many internationals in the YPG at all. And aside from a couple of examples of small units making a bit of a difference on the ground they're pretty much militarily insignificant.
There's really not very many internationals in the YPG at all. And aside from a couple of examples of small units making a bit of a difference on the ground they're pretty much militarily insignificant.
gawkrodger
Well-Known Member
That did make me laugh
TheHoodedClaw
acknowledging ur soup leg
Hmmm, there are appear to be events happening in Istanbul and Ankara
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