Trabzonspor: How a Provincial Turkish Football Club Became the World’s Most Honest Barometer of Chaos By the time the final whistle blew last May and Trabzonspor’s burgundy-and-blue confetti drifted into the Black Sea like the ashes of a forgotten empire, the global audience had already moved on. The algorithmic eye had pivoted to the next…
The Man Who Forgot to Leave the Table A Global Postcard on Gürsel Tekin and the Art of Permanent Opposition ISTANBUL—Somewhere between the baklava and the bitter coffee, Gürsel Tekin has been sitting at Turkey’s political banquet for so long that the waiters have started calling him “furniture.” Forty-odd years in the opposition CHP, and…
Turkey vs Serbia: When Two Middle Powers Decide to Throw Elbows in the Balkan Playground By the time you read this, the latest diplomatic “flare-up” between Ankara and Belgrade may have already been memory-holed by the next algorithmic outrage. Still, for those keeping score on how small, proud nations weaponize history, the Turkey–Serbia spat is…
