"In Imperial Rome, the bull sacrifice was connected to the worship of Cybele introduced from Asia Minor. The sacrificial ritual represented purification and rebirth into eternal life, and the carved bucrania performed the same function at the entrance to the tomb."
Despite the announcement of the suspension of Turkish trade with Israel, a large number of ships continue to import and export daily between Israeli and Turkish ports.
In #Vovchansk, #Kharkiv region, where active hostilities are taking place, the first executions of civilians by #Russian troops have been reported, police said. A man who tried to flee on foot was killed. Civilians are also being captured.
Evacuations had been taking place, but now the Russian military, trying to gain a foothold in the city, is not allowing locals to evacuate.
Using a loophole in sanctions, #Turkey is disguising Russian oil as its own and exporting it to the #EU, bringing billions in profits to #Russia, Politico writes.
Between February 2023 and February 2024, Turkey increased its purchases from Russia by 105% compared to the previous 12 months. During the same period, Turkish fuel exports to the EU increased by 107%.
The Turkish British writer Elif Shafak has published 19 books, many of which are bestsellers, and her novels have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the RSL Ondaatje Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction. Yet she's also one of Turkish literature's most attacked authors, the victim of a campaign that started with fringe nationalist groups and has now been taken up by individuals associated with the ruling Justice and Development Party. Kaya Genç writes for The Dial about how this case is part of a wider trend in President Erdoğan's "new Turkey."
Today in Writing History May 9, 1946: Ayşe Nur Zarakolu, Turkish author and activist was born on this day. Along with her husband, she cofounded Belge publishing house. She published books on the Armenian Genocide and the human rights of Turkey’s Kurdish population. As a result, the government imprisoned her repeatedly. Amnesty International designated her a prison of conscience.
#Turkey halts all trade agreements with #Israel (Bloomberg) This was signaled when Erdogan cancelled his trip to DC, and discussed ending these agreements & reasserted his support of Gaza and Palestine. Comes on the same day that Columbia (the country) cuts off relations with Israel. @turkey
JPost—#Turkey stopped all exports and imports to and from #Israel as of Thursday, Bloomberg News reported citing two Turkish officials familiar with the matter
#ICJ / Turkey to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel
[…] "Upon completion of the legal text of our work, we will submit the declaration of official intervention before the ICJ with the objective of implementing this political decision,"
I had written an article about anti-intellectualism in #Turkey, focusing on state violence targeting university actors and the criminalization and persecution of critical academics. It may be interesting for some colleagues due to recent worrying developments. @violence@politicalscience@academicchatter@academicsunite
"Getty Museum restitutes ancient bronze head to Turkey" by Elena Goukassian #TheArtNewspaper
"Los Angeles’s J. Paul Getty Museum will return an ancient bronze sculpture of a young man’s head to Turkey after an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office revealed that it had been looted in the 1960s.
Head From a Statue of a Youth (1st century BC-1st century AD), a bronze head with curly hair and light stubble on the chin, is believed to have been created as a separate cast from the rest of a now-lost life-size body that has never been identified. Researchers know the figure was once whole, because the neck has “evidence of ancient joins on the interior along the break”, according to a press release
, and the eyes—now mere holes in the metal—were “once inlaid with an unknown material”."
TikTok CEO #ShouZiChew has said the company will take the fight against the new law to the courts, but some experts believe that for the #US#SupremeCourt, national security considerations could outweigh #FreeSpeech protection.
Israeli foreign minister #IsraelKatz accused #Erdoğan of acting like a “dictator” after #Bloomberg cited two senior Turkish officials saying that #Ankara had significantly ramped up restrictions first brought in last month, halting all imports or exports as of Thursday.
🚨 The U.S. government is trying to stop the freedom flotilla from departing to #Gaza. If you are in #Turkey, or in the United States, please watch: #uspol#Gaza
(Any claim the U.S. government makes about caring about starvation from here on out should be immediately discarded)
"A long stretch of a Roman colonnaded street has been discovered in the resort town of Antalya, southern Turkey. So far a section of wall 100 meters (328 feet) long has been uncovered, but archaeologists expect to find much more, up to 800 meters (half a mile) of the colonnaded wall."
🇹🇷 Archaeologists find surprisingly well-preserved 8,600-year-old bread in Turkey
"The researchers concluded the bread was fermented after performing scanning electron microscope imaging. The analysis revealed air bubbles in the sample and traces of starch grains. They also found telltale chemicals known to be found in cereals and those that indicate fermentation."
'The new measures come a day after Turkey said Israel blocked its attempt to airdrop aid to Gaza. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan promised reprisals against Israel, saying they would be implemented “step by step” and “without delay”.'
07 February, 2023
Mesut Hançer holds the hand of his 15-year-old daughter Irmak, killed while asleep when her grandmother’s home collapsed during an earthquake in Kahramanmaraş, southern Turkey.
Turkey’s main opposition appeared set to retain key cities in Sunday’s local elections, which would be a major upset to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. AP reports: https://flip.it/Co7_rV #News#WorldNews#Turkey#Erdogan
Turkey will continue to press Israel until the Palestinian state is established ( www.infoterkiniviral.com )
Turkey will continue to highlight Israel's unfair policy towards Palestine
Over the "humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza, Turkey stops trading with Israel. ( www.infoterkiniviral.com )
Nearly $7 billion in trade between Turkey and Israel was recorded in the previous year