What a surprise that a rape victim is not a “reliable” witness. Being attacked, suffering trauma and then you’re supposed to give a detailed report and answer questions that bring back all the memories and make you relive the whole ordeal.

Eye witnesses in general aren’t that reliable. That’s why you get 4 different descriptions if four people are questioned about the same fender bender they witnessed. Getting the colour of a sweater wrong does not mean that a person is lying or that the account in general is questionable.

They have a King

They are a heterogenous scene and therefore not uniformly organised (something to be thankful for). There’s more than one King (I haven’t read about a selfproclaimed queen though), different “Governments”, self-governing bodies… some of them cooperate, some can’t cooperate… As long as you don’t have to deal with them it sounds quite funny - They produce their own ID cards and driving licences because they do not believe in the existence of the Federal Republic of Germany. But if it exists it’s only a Ltd. Or Germany is still under military occupation. But if you encounter them irl… oh boy. And funny left as soon as some of them got their hands on weapons and actually started attacking people.

And that is why you don’t take your actual phone or laptop when you’re travelling to a country with questionable laws/procedures. Always take a burner. It’s what a lot of companies have also implemented as a precaution when they send their employees on business matters.

Gezi Park 2.0?

Not good was yesterday when the university degree got revoked. I still had hope that that’s been a warning and the sole step against a potential opponent. Today that hope got squashed and there’s no more pretending that Erdogan won’t use every trick from the little dictator’s handbook. It’s bad news for Turkey and those citizens who were looking forward to a positive change. There are enough problems that need to be adressed and if Erdogan stays in charge will likely be ignored.

Unfortunately I feel that there won’t be real pressure put on him internationally. He’s in a comfortable position due to the war in Ukraine and the other conflicts in Syria, Israel/Palestine and so on.