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22 Apr, 8 tweets, 2 min read
One of Melih Bulu’s Deputy Rectors at Boğaziçi now has so many jobs because no-one will work for Bulu that his titles won’t fit in 4 tweets. Naci İnci as of today is:

Deputy Rector
Deputy Director of the Institute of Social Sciences
Head of Academic Rules Commission

(cont)
Still Naci İnci:

Head of Course Evaluation Committee
Diploma & Certificate Editing Committee President
Head of Diploma Ceremony Award Commission
Chairman of Honorary Academic Title & Service Awards Commission
Head of Evening Education Graduate Program Coordination Board

(cont)
Somehow still Naci İnci:

Employment Processes Commission President
Head of Undergraduate Education Commission
Head of Postgraduate Education Commission
Head of Evaluation Committee for Transfer Applications with a Central Placement Score

(cont)
Yep, still Naci İnci:

Head of Broadcasting Commission
Head of Foreign Instructor Examination and Evaluation Commission
President of the Arts and Cultural Activities Committee

That’s it for now.

There’s literally another guy who has this many jobs. Melih Bulu is clearly loved.
Oh OK then. This guy, Fazil Önder Sonmez, has endless jobs as well. He’s Deputy Rector but somehow also the Head of the Sexual Harassment Prevention Commission.

Yeah. This guy. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

(cont)
Still that guy:

Deputy Director of Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Dean of Student Affairs
Scholarship Office Coordinator
Chairman of the Dormitories Commission
Head of Student Admissions Committee from Abroad
President of YÖKSİS Committee

(cont)
Seriously, still that guy:

University Student Representative Election Board President
Faculty Member Training Program Executive Board Chairman
Head of Student Activities Coordination Board
Head of Graduation Yearbook Auditing Committee
Head of the Library Commission

(cont)
I honestly wonder whether Melih Bulu knows anyone except these two guys (and the other Deputy Rector who he must hate because he only has 9 jobs):

Bologna Coordination Commission President
Head of the Special Student Applications Evaluation Commission within Scope of Law No. 371

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26 Dec 20
On the left, an ignorant, vainglorious old man, saying the young don’t work.

On the right, a young healthcare worker saying he has no money, no hope, and could be hit by a car on his way home from a 24 hour shift and he wouldn’t care anymore.

New Turkey.
If you watch this video and don’t get a lump in your throat for the kid and raging anger at the sheer inhumanity of the old man, I question your ethics and your ability to drink from the milk of human kindness.

This, right here, is Turkey’s challenge. It is generational.
The problem is there are millions of both that old man and that beautiful little kid.

The forces of unwarranted and inhuman arrogance waged against hopeless yet bright youth is the battle for Turkey’s future.

How it ends is really up to up all of us but it’s not going well.
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Ottoman Chess.

Like normal chess but the Sultan (King) can occasionally strangle his own pieces. Image
Also, if you play for long enough, the game collapses, there’s a Republican interlude and then the Imams (bishops) are allowed to do whatever they like.

It’s a confusing game but it ends with your side owing the other side more money than reasonably exists
“Why did you lose your last game of Ottoman Chess?”

“The Germans lost and for some reason that meant I lost too.”
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23 Dec 20
The AKP can’t reasonably claim moral superiority when it comes to sexual assault of women and abuse of the vulnerable more generally.

But the CHP has to be whiter than white on this.

Right now it clearly isn’t. The #MeToo  movement should replenish the opposition.

Seriously.
It’s natural we hear more details of abuse from the opposition because the opposition should necessarily pull in people who don’t accept abuse.

Our problem is a society that allows powerful men to think that power allows them to exert abuse of authority on those around them.
The opposition may well be attacked by an unfair media and judicial system but at the same time, an abuser is an abuser and the evidence is always there in the person who finally shouts out about their abuse.

If the opposition can’t be clear about this, it’s screwed.
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Given we’re asking whether Turkish twitter celebrities are actual people, I’d love to ask who @drsinanerdil is.

His profile photo is from this group photo from a University of Toronto OISE graduation in 2011.

He doesn’t exist outside of twitter.

Yet followed by 62.3k people...
The only other photo I can find of him is the one below. Old bios talked of ODTÜ and living in Canada. Those are gone now.

There are no publications by a Dr Sinan Erdil. In this world of everything being online, it feels impossible that there would be no trail.
He’s been quoted in Turkish media as an expert on the economy. Yet there is no evidence that this person even exists. Perhaps @drsinanerdil might want to shut me up by discussing what he was doing at UoT in 2011 with the OISE graduating class.

Or discuss how he became a Dr?
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Two things the Finance Minister said last night:

“A weak lira boosts tourism revenue.”
“Turkish citizens don’t care about traveling abroad.”

That tells you everything you need to know about how AKP views Turkey and voters. We should all know our place.
A country with a weak currency will entice investment but only because it’s cheap. That is only one type of competition and it’s not the one you want to aim for.

It’s choosing to be the BIM or A101 of the global market. It limits the dreams of anyone living in that country.
Instead of attempting to develop a truly competitive economy, labour force and vision, Turkey appears to have thrown in the towel to compete on price alone.

“No more holidays or nice things for you. You just work for a pittance, let the foreigners actually enjoy life.”
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Turkey’s President is about to give a national address about COVID-19 following two rapid acceleration days taking the case count past 5,000. I’ll be live translating here. A lot of rumors that he will be announcing a shutdown. Let’s see.
In the meantime, I’m watching AHaber. It’s normally very difficult to watch, with deeply partisan and conspiracy-laden commentary.

Tonight there seem to be some really qualified medical experts talking a lot of sense. Surprising but welcome.
The empty lectern appears, flanked by six Turkish flags. This is going to be a serious announcement.
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