Optimism on 20 January 2021
Today has been a wonderful day. First of all, it snowed when we got up. After I had wined for a while for snow (I mean even Istanbul and Northern Germany had recently gotten snow after all), we finally got Read More …
Tag: Politics
Protest Photos: No Ban, No Wall
First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for Read More …
Photos from the Women’s March Boston
Over 100,000 people gathered today for the Women’s March Boston. I was supposed to meet my friends at 10.30 a.m., but had totally underestimated that everybody was using public transport to get to the Boston Common. All the trains arriving Read More …
2016, we need to talk
Dear 2016, I was really looking forward to meet you. It was the last day of 2015 and it snowed so much in Istanbul, where I was to visit some of my best friends, that we had to give up Read More …
Atatürk, Erdoğan & die Geschlechtertrennung
Nach dem Nationalfeiertag in der letzten Woche ist auch heute ein wichtiger Tag in der Türkei: es wird Atatürks Todestag gefeiert. Der Republiksgründer ist am 10. November 1938 gestorben. Im letzten Jahr war ich an diesem Tag in Ankara (Teil Read More …