lukeSome badass early Pulitzer contenders out of Turkey
Thomas Fricke (he/him)That is a typical #sufi one of the #istanbul #dervishes with #gasmask
They are very present in the city
🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼The dervishes intrigued me as a child, and to see one now with a gasmask, defiantly standing their ground, is awesome 💖💖💖
@pascaline @coolhand.bsky.social
I have been five time there a decade ago. Hope to see a democratic turkey somewhen again.
Until then https://soundcloud.com/mercandedeofficial/sets/sufi-traveler
Sufi Traveler
Listen to Sufi Traveler by Mercan Dede #np on #SoundCloud
I met someone who had fled Turkey a long time ago. He told me Turkey was getting less and less secular and that he felt this, and didn't feel safe anymore. This was before Erdogan, but he saw it all coming and changing.
Sigh.
The world is a mess.
And it's all because of a few people wanting to be very rich and very powerful.