Posts by Yavuz Baydar
"The Amoc is slowing because air temperatures are rising rapidly in the Arctic because of global heating. That means the ocean cools more slowly there."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Kan Turkiet gå samma väg som Ungern och rösta bort sin ”starke man”. Läs @yavuzbaydar.bsky.social, som här resonerar om likheterna mellan länderna – men också om de avgörande skillnaderna: open.substack.com/pub/yavuzbay...
The election results will certainly have a contagion effect, but does it have its limits? What are the crucial differences between Hungary and Turkey? Here is my take on the issue.
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“This person is clearly unhinged,” Brennan said. “I think the 25th amendment was written with Donald Trump in mind.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Budapeşte, Kahramanlar Meydanı. Dün gece.
“Orban defol!”, “Rusya dışarı!” sloganları.
Yarın dananın kuyruğu kopacak.
👉 open.substack.com/pub/narblog/...
"45 yaşındaki Hegseth kendisini sert dini motiflerle örülü bir “modern haçlı savaşı”nın önderi olarak görüyor. Müttefiki, kendisi gibi fanatik birer “dinci” olan, İsrail hükümetinin bazı bakanları."
İşte Pentagon’un tepesindeki figürün portresi.
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General Caine replied: “Sir, this is, in my experience, standard operating procedure for the Israelis. They oversell, and their plans are not always well-developed. They know they need us, and that’s why they’re hard-selling.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...
Tydligt budskap: Vi ser till att ditt liv blir ett helvete. @yavuzbaydar.bsky.social skriver om Orbáns och Erdogans hantering av journalister som rapporterar om ”fel” saker. www.svd.se/a/3ppwdM/jou...
Massive No Kings rally in Washington, D.C.
İşte, hukukçu gözüyle, AİHM Büyük Daire’de dün Osman Kavala davasında yaşananlar 👇
@yavuzbaydar.bsky.social'ın mülakatı.
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“Evet” kazansaydı, yargı yürütmenin güdümüne girecek, otokrasi zemini iyice güçlenecekti. Ama anlaşıldı ki İtalya’daki yüz yıllık anti-faşist damar bu vesileyle yeniden hayata dönmekte."
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Notable sign of resistance by a new European generation:
"The result was driven by younger voters, with 61% of 18- to 34-year-olds snubbing the proposals, according to data from the pollster Opinio for the state broadcaster Rai."
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Portrait of a once-brilliant intellectual who became a hero in the eyes of both secular and Islamist segments, by “stand-up” performances in public.
Charismatic, know-it-all, and popular through sheer denialism.
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At least 39 energy oil refineries, natural gas fields and other energy sites in nine countries have been damaged since the United States and Israel began bombarding Iran, a New York Times analysis found. Several have been hit more than once.
Otokraside seçimle değişim olacak illüzyonunu yerle bir eden rapor. Özellikle Türkiye örneği çarpıcı.
V-DEM 2026 indeksi mutlaka okunmalı. Bu yazıda tüm unsurları toparladım.
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Welcome to the "endless wars", that voters believed these guys would end. So far, the greatest swindle of the new century.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Less than four weeks before a key parliamentary election in Hungary, Viktor Orbán will once again come under pressure to unblock the EU’s €90bn loan to Ukraine. arriving in Brussels, he has made it clear he's not in a mood to compromise:
“We'd like to get the oil which is ours from the Ukrainians."
"Today, it is likely to have exceeded $18bn – and the meter is still running."
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
I hope these choices save the Oscars from the junk category amongst the film festivals:
Best Picture: The Secret Agent
Best Actor: Josh O'Connor
Best Actress: Jessie Buckley
Best Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho
Best International Picture: Sentimental Value
"Entre répression de l’opposition, Washington et Téhéran, Erdoğan transforme la guerre iranienne en opportunité politique, malgré les risques migratoires et énergétiques."
Mon analyse sur divers aspects 👇
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The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled.
A truly extraordinary moment.
We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
Act like it.
If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.
Here’s what: The prep deployment of marines and other boots will most likely aim at seizing control of the entire Iranian side of the bottleneck, a new type of Normandie disaster looming.
The Gulf turns slowly into quicksand?
www.wsj.com/video/how-ir...
My column / Mi columna / on his five challenges... 👇
"Erdogan lleva más de dos décadas perfeccionando el arte de la ambigüedad estratégica... No se trata simplemente de elegir entre aliados y enemigos. Está gestionando, al mismo tiempo, cinco cables en tensión."
elpais.com/opinion/2026...
All Modern Warfare Is Chemical Warfare
What we witnessed on Saturday may be the largest release of toxins over a population since the Iran-Iraq War.
nymag.com/intelligence... we are poisoning everyone’s future
"Offers of “free hair transplants for all brave Spaniards” went viral, alongside AI images of Guardiola and Iniesta sporting glossy new manes — the most Turkish act of solidarity imaginable. Flamenco‑saz mashups and improbable kebab‑paella hybrids flooded TikTok."
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History is a vicious cycle: 1930’s are back with vengeance, in the form of multiplied folly.
"Singling out CNN by name, Hegseth said: “The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
“It’s wishful thinking. We used to have a plan how to take out the ballistic missiles, how to deal with the nuclear sites, how to take care of the military industry in Iran. But I never heard that we knew how to do a campaign [of regime change] from the air."
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...