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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 04/12/2024

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EU countries are expected to raise their combined defense spending to €326 billion — equivalent to a record 1.9 percent of gross domestic product — in 2024, capping a 10th year of growth in military investment, the European Defence Agency said today.

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EU defense spending projected to boom to €326B

War in Ukraine is prompting 22 of the EU’s 27 member countries to raise their defense spending again.

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Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Belarus Days are upcoming in Brussels. Lots of free cultural activities including movie screenings and art exhibitions to showcase the ongoing struggles Belarussian people face in fighting and promoting free and democratic Belarus. www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/belarus...

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Belarus Days 2024

Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Yes, same, I come quite often and rarely see tourists (foreigners, yes, but likely for work). MD needs to hire a good PR company to work on tourist attraction

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Lielos esmu redzējusi Arizonā un viņi leca virsū 😂 Man arī bail ļoti, bet tuliņ pēc tam lidmašīnā izcēlās kautiņš un tas novērsa arī manu uzmanību.

Nebija ļoti liels, tad laikam normālais

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I was too focused on trying to not scream

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Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Had a very interesting fellow Passanger on a Turkush airlines flight yesterday - a healthy, lively cockroach. Gave me near heart attack

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“Seviyye Talip”, the complicated and twisted tale of Ottoman modernization, is now available in English, translated by Iclal Vanwesenbeeck! Seviyye could arguably be one of the most fascinating and rebellious women in late Ottoman literature. Can’t wait to teach this one!

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Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Paskat kas man vārda svētkos no Latvijas atbrauca. :) Apsveicu @elinakursite.bsky.social un Sarmīte Kolāte ar publikāciju!

Nesi Altaras @nesialtaras.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

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Bluesky’s gonna make it

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Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

May we never lose the courage to relentlessly advocate for our freedom and security and hold in our hearts those truly selfless today fighting for our security and that of Europe’s at the frontlines in Ukraine. Saules mūžu Latvijai! ❤️🇱🇻

Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Happy Independence day, my beautiful Latvia 🇱🇻 Today I think of your prosperous and secure future but also all those who came before us, those starved, tortured, those who kept the idea of Latvia in their hearts as yet a dream or already a memory.

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Nesrine Malik @nesrinemalik.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I really don’t understand this whole ‘stay on Twitter and fight’ thing. You’re jousting with bots and reply guys and wading through ads it’s not Waterloo.

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Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

Maureen*, apologies for this stupid typo

Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

Favorite reads of 2023 out of the 34 I have read so far with hopes to still reach my humble goal of 36 by the end of this year. Favorite Turkish translation was that of Soysal’s Dawn by magnificant Mayreen Freely

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Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

I am looking to read about Eastern Slavonia and the Erdut Agreement. Any advice on books/articles where it has been examined in depth? Many thanks!

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Oleksa Drachewych @odrachewych.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

20 Days in Mariupol is now available on Youtube. It is a first-hand account of the horrors Russia inflicted upon Mariupol in the early days of the escalation against Ukraine. It details some of the earliest known atrocities Russia committed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvAy...

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20 Days in Mariupol (full documentary) | FRONTLINE and The Associated Press

Ukrainian journalist Mstyslav Chernov and his colleagues risk their lives to document Russia's siege of Mariupol in this FRONTLINE/AP documentary. The Guardi...

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Selim Koru @selimkoru.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Did you ever wonder why they call Erdoğan "reis"? I wrote something about it: kulturkampftr.substack.com/p/erdogans-u...

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Erdoğan's Unofficial Title

Why do his followers call him "reis"?

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Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

Not sure why it shows as forbidden link, works just fine. Please click here: www.ceps.eu/ceps-events/...

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Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

The European Commission will be publishing its Enlargement Package next week, to mark the historical event for Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia, DG Koopman will speak together with DPM/MFA Nicu Popescu at CEPS here in Brussels. Do register! www.ceps.eu/ceps-events/...

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The Wonder (2022), what a marvelous movie set in 1862 Ireland. An Irish masterpiece really. An eerie story of religious dogmatism, the subjugation of women, their bodies and even their appetite. (filmsky)

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With Paul Newman right? I’ve heard it is great, will definitely watch after finishing. Have you read the two others in the series?

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Thank god for coffee and a book during lunch break to keep us sane in Brussels. A fantastic book too!

A photo of a coffee cup with flat white in it and a copy of Richard Russo’s “Nobody’s Fool”

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And specifically to this part “Yazgan laments that hammams have lost their role in modern times and have become mere touristic sites. Hoping to restore their position in communal life”. Exhibitions are of course nice, but hammams have lost their role for myriad reasons also economic.

Hi, Im referring to the hammam experience price itself.

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Explore rule of law rankings for 142 countries in the WJP Rule of Law Index

In the latest WJP Rule of Law Index, Turkey ranks 117 out of 142 countries, behind countries like Russia and Belarus. This however is a small increase by 1 place in comparison to the last Index. (Menasky) worldjusticeproject.org/rule-of-law-...

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Turkey's 500-year-old hammam unveils Istanbul's Ottoman secrets

On the discoveries that came to light when restorating the Zeyrek Cinili Hammam in Istanbul's Zeyrek area. However, I doubt that an exhibition is what will restore hammams for non-tourists when entrance costs 60+ EUR, a price most Turks cannot afford. [menasky] www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

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The 16th-century Zeyrek Cinili Hammam, commissioned by corsair-turned-admiral Barbarossa and built by imperial architect Sinan, has found second life after surviving fires, earthquakes and suspicious ...

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Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Very interesting, thanks, especially in light of recently having read Sands' latest.

Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

Very timely publication by SWP on Turkey's reactions to Russia's war against Ukraine against the background of regional dynamics in the Black Sea. "US policy in the Middle East has a major impact on how Ankara positions itself in the Black Sea region." [menasky] www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

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Turkey in the Black Sea Region

Ankara’s Reactions to the War in Ukraine against the Background of Regional Dynamics and Global Confrontation

Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

Also very true, but I stay off Twitter/x here there is not enough to scroll

Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

Rainy and cold Brussels, says, it will rain for the next week to come. Now no excuses to not get through that half-read book pile on my nightstand.

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Onur Isci @onurisci.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Just received a copy of the recently published - A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey, edited by Alp Yenen and Erik-Jan Zürcher. This book, to which I contributed with two chapters, is the collective work of numerous great scholars. Happy to be among them. Many thanks, Alp

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Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Seriously, another example of how Twitter is just cesspool at this point. No moderation. People casually sharing videos of a human being chased and shot at multiple times, as if it is a normal behavior.

Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Is the point about Commission’s President being “unelected” a left-over from toxic Brexit strategies or do people remember it from even before that? Where is this nonsense disinfo point from?

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Daniel Fiott @danielfiott.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

“Today, the members of the European Council have adopted a statement that sets the EU’s common position on the unfolding situation in the Middle East” www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

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Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

Went to see Avant-Garde in Georgia (1900-36) exhibition with my mom at Bozar here in Brussels. Levan Chegoshvili, Niko Pirosmani and fantastic short film “Deda Ena” by Meggy Rustamova. Part of eiropalia 2023, so go go go!

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Gale Anne Hurd @galeannehurd.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

The Tbilisi hotel I'm staying in, Stamba, was formerly a publishing house and books are everywhere here! You're destined to visit...

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 11/10/2023

We are going to get - and rightly so - a discussion about over-reliance on technology. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/w...

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Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Belgium became the first EU state today to announce this move too, by using tax in compliance with Belgian tax code. Glad to see some move on this, as the Commission announced in July it would present a proposal on legal pathways to do this.

Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Tried Habesha village yesterday, a new Ethiopian restaurant in Brussels. I feel that non-European cuisine is usually somewhat of a miss in Brussels, but this place was both very tasty and atmospheric

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Selim Koru @selimkoru.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

My observations and thoughts on what the Israel-Palestine war and its implications for Turkey: kulturkampftr.substack.com/p/what-will-...

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Elizabete Aunina @eaunina.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Just the thoughts I had, had not heard, have not read but on it goes onto my list.