Thread by @ClaireBerlinski

It is good. I think the images in #olay will be hard to understand to people who didn't live through those events, and some of the subtext in #susaman won't make sense to Anglophones who wouldn't grasp the meaning of some of these issues.

https://twitter.com/canokar/status/1171494892054253570

But I still think people should watch them: They convey more about Turkey than most conventional reporting does. Watch #olay for the imagery, more than the music or lyrics: That's really what the place feels like, day after day, for normal people, for long periods.

I didn't think #olay was especially interesting musically (in fact I thought it was awful, musically), but the collection of images and the emotions associated with them sure took me back. #Susamam was more interesting musically and artistically.

But I have grave doubts whether the emotion these videos generated can translate into "organized, strategic political movement." It's an explosion of passion when what Turkey needs is a relentless, determined, coordinated opposition--which has been shown to work.

But not well enough yet.