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Lost my wallet somewhere on my way from Europe to Asia.
Kaptan offers me tea in his cabin, makes some phone calls, takes me back to the European side where I get my wallet at the pier. Nothing missing.
Faith in humanity restored.
@JannesTessmann Absolutely true!! Have left my purse on a city bus in Antakya (with $1,000 and U.S. credit cards in it), my wallet on a bus to the airport, and my purse on an intercity bus between Antakya and Islahiye - returned every time the same day without any item missing. I 💛Türkiye!!
BOLD — Gen. #Milley slams #Trump in his farewell address:
- “We don’t take an oath to a King, or a Queen, or a tyrant or a dictator. And we don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator. We take an oath to the Constitution.. & we’re willing to die for it.”
For those of you interested in what's happening in my neighborhood these days - we live about 45 minutes from #Antakya (#hataydeprem) and 10 minutes from Hassa in #Turkiye#DepremiUnutma
@bbcworldservice On today’s Business Daily, @goncatokyol and I take you to the heart of the earthquake zone, where you can hear everyone in this thread tell their stories in their own words.
https://t.co/YDpeULlHpk
"Daddy, pick me up" a heart-wrenching photo from #Idlib, #Syria, in 2017, shows a young boy named Abdul Basit moments after losing his legs in a #Russian and regime attack on Habeet village. He implores his father to carry him as he can no longer move. #DontForget
Another week, another conservative meltdown. @MehdiRHasan and @AymanM highlight the hypocrisy behind the Right’s reaction to Lizzo’s historic performance.
Today I toured @AuschwitzMuseum with @AuschwitzJCF. This is a story that has to stay alive, that we have to tell over and over again. We can all do our part to terminate hate if we are willing do the work and educate ourselves. Never again.
When Pete Buttigieg comes for someone, he doesn’t carry a sledgehammer…he wields a scalpel.
And in this must-see clip, Pete slices Ron DeSantis into a million little pieces.
Say what you want about Boris Johnson, but he's a superb orator -- here's his powerful tribute to the #Queen in Parliament today:
https://t.co/N171Gfng0g
On Sept 12, 2001 -- 24hrs after 9/11 -- Queen Elizabeth ordered the U.S. national anthem be played at the Changing of the Guard outside Buckingham Palace.
Nothing like that had occurred in 600 years.
🇺🇸🇬🇧
Are you ready to implement language as a feature at the platform level? @globalizediva shares how @Airbnb did it and the questions to ask to find out if you’re ready to embark on the same journey. https://t.co/3tdBGYKFPk
Sometimes I have the urge to translate and interpret the absurdities of my country and this is one those moments. A famous Turkish religious sect leader was preaching about the pop songs and how disgusting the lyrics were. He said “It is all ‘kiss me, lick me, swallow me’”Then +