Category Archives: Visits from the Karagöz puppets

Karagöz ignores the war drums, slinks back from Celtics-Fenerbahçe game

Posted on October 8, 2012 by lizcameron

Karagöz has been absent over the past few days – that impish puppet man with the screeching voice and penchant for somersaults – he is just blocking out the drums of war that we are hearing from Erdoğan’s now-infamous peace via … Continue reading →

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Saf and Dobra rejoice at Recep Güven’s stunningly human commentary on the PKK in Diyarbakır

Posted on October 7, 2012 by lizcameron

Yesterday, the Saf and Dobra puppets were really feeling the weight of their love-hate relationship with Turkey – and the U.S. to boot. In fact, they were quite twisted up about it, mirroring, of course, my own beloved M.’s feelings. … Continue reading →

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Saf and Dobra remember Samandağ, roll their eyes at Erdoğan’s insane war and peace comment

Posted on October 6, 2012 by lizcameron

Recently, those impish puppets, Saf and Dobra, to be specific, expressed their hot and cold feelings about their home country through sharing (veiled commentary) poetry from Wislawa Szymborska with you. As you may recall, these two puppets (just two of the … Continue reading →

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