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Deniz Ertug

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Aug 30, 2020, 9:38 PM

Daniel Tragerman. Israelis know his name and his beautiful face. Being a Turk I was not aware of him until when I was doing a research about the crimes committed by Palestinians terrorists. That was when I came upon...

Aug 27, 2020, 8:59 PM

Returning Back

I needed to take a break. Thinking and writing on Israel is a heavy weight on your shoulders, especially if you are living in a country marked by antisemitism (antizionism) and anti-Israelism. So I returned back to my own...

May 25, 2020, 11:52 PM

A Bunch of Happy Zionist Turks!

I have been on Twitter for almost a year. My account, “Israil’e dair” (twitter.com/e_israil) is solely on Israel. I am sharing my own course notes on Israeli history, articles taken from newspapers and the information that is shared by...

Mar 17, 2020, 1:44 PM

Keep the clowns at home!

"We are not going out". "We are staying at home" These are the slogans we share these days. People share booklists, activity lists, "Netflix" lists on social media. Being an intro-extrovert I have no problem being at home. There...

Feb 11, 2020, 9:47 PM

For Turkey The Bell Tolls

We are losing our boys. We are losing them but for what? For which divine mission are we losing them day by day? For Islam? For national interest? No none of these reasons actually explain Turkish foreign policy and...

Jan 11, 2020, 7:52 PM

Atiye’s adventure:Your life as a gift

Netflix Turkey has a new show: Atiye. I just finished watching Season 1 and I have already become a fan of it. Why am I sharing it with you? Because I know, to my surprise, in Israel Turkish series...

Dec 30, 2019, 11:37 PM

Rules for Jews in Turkey

Today I want to share with you the daily crap that every Turkish Jew knows. Dear fellow Jews living in Turkey: In 1492, Turks welcomed you all and you lived happily ever after till the end of the Ottoman Empire....

Dec 27, 2019, 10:34 AM

Jesus: the Palestinian Messiah

All identities are fabricated, each nation is "an imagined community" as Benedict Anderson calls it. But a few of them are totally imaginary and they have no solid basis at all. They are given a kiss of life for...

Dec 13, 2019, 7:39 PM

Who do you side with?

The defeat of Jeremy Corbyn made my day. Bye bye Mr. Antisemite! Some might ask “Why would you care since you are living in Istanbul and you have no intention to move to the UK?” Yes, exactly. I don’t...

Nov 29, 2019, 12:01 AM

‘An Israeli Like’ on Twitter

Unlike many people, Twitter is a new place for me. I have an account on Israel (Here it is: www.twitter.com/e_israil). It is not my personal realm, I try to keep my stuff to a minimum. My whole focus is...

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I was born in Istanbul. I like drawing, writing, singing and collecting Lego. I am interested in existentialism, Judaism, yoga, literature and theatre. I am living with my parents, my elder sister and my cats.

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