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the go-go days of LiveJournal you could create an easy poll. I used to post…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*k33WwmjC2kv769alLbvjlg.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="b770">And booze:</p><div id="6fb4" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-sorrows-of-gin-13e45db2d635"> <div> <div> <h2>The Sorrows of Gin</h2> <div><h3>Given that today is Friday, I imagine that some of you Mediumans have a date with John Barleycorn tonight. I know I do…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*iM5vOjPbnBZjF7WaFJicTA.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="da6f">And I am a weak but eager ally of #teamHomo</p><div id="9669" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/i-m-not-a-homo-dd38a82e5d0a"> <div> <div> <h2>I’m Not a Homo</h2> <div><h3>It’s important You Know</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*mk42EoLR9JAX2wqjud1Ylw.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="2082">That said, I’m all for “Orthodoxy” in religion:</p><div id="c379" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-reform-is-needed-42b47ddad074"> <div> <div> <h2>A Reform Is Needed</h2> <div><h3>The most orthodox elements of many religions are not the most unchanged elements. The truly orthodox, the strict…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*WhWigUAx4xKcGEx54Iq01g.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="7066">and have frequently written about “religious” subjects like Hindu

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ism:</p><div id="0535" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/what-if-the-hindus-are-right-bd796c69ce56"> <div> <div> <h2>What If the Hindus Are Right?</h2> <div><h3>My Take on Reincarnation</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*dvd_yiy9vHpFkSLFqirzdQ.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="6462">And Suburban Shamanism:</p><div id="66fa" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-survey-of-suburban-shamanism-324a50399aa7"> <div> <div> <h2>A Survey of Suburban Shamanism</h2> <div><h3>The discovery of one of the some of the oldest Koran fragments at Birmingham University reminded me that here at the…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*xpo0juoRwhVS-tXEPFJ7RQ.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="60da">And even the Neo-Platonic nature of the Universe:</p><div id="9779" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/in-hell-they-eat-mayonnaise-4bed492714c6"> <div> <div> <h2>In Hell They Eat Mayonnaise</h2> <div><h3>A Metaphysic of Condiments</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*SPC9GYB40xDgH9m2qquw0Q.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="2fbb">So while anyone who takes a look at my Medium oeuvre, will, no doubt, find SOMETHING that they don’t like, my new readers are likely to find A LOT of things that are not <i>halal</i>.</p><p id="eea2">Last, my favorite Turkish writer is <a href="undefined">Hilal Isler</a>, no hardliner, she. So, while I’m happy to Welcome all of the New Dawn readers and hope they see the humor in what I write, I’m not sure they are going to find what they hope to find if they keep reading.</p></article></body>

Alperen,

Thanks so much for letting me know. I was wondering why this piece was getting SO MUCH LOVE. I’m surprised that the comments section hasn’t turned into a hall-of-flame. Some folks have pointed out that the show is, essentially, Erdoğan propaganda.

Let me be the first to say that pro-Islamist, Erdogan supporting, Turkish nationalists are more than welcome to follow me and clap for my pieces. Beggars can’t be choosers, you know. In the end, Capitalism can’t stop from selling itself. Kylie Jenner and I, we’re both just looking to extend the brand, man. You know what I mean?

The problem for me is that I have zero chance of keeping my new New Dawn readers. The most likely scenario of “what happens next” will be that I will offend them, and then Yeni_Şafak will post my dreck on Twitter, and I’ll become the Turkish Salman Rushdie.

One thing I have in common with Yeni_Şafak is that I like to make up Interviews, but I’m afraid most of my interviews would not sit well with my new hardline audience. For example there is my:

In which The Minotaur weighs in on the status of Cyprus and Macedonia. I wrote that in 2015, so thank goodness HE DIDN’T MENTION THE KURDS.

I obviously love eating pigs:

And booze:

And I am a weak but eager ally of #teamHomo

That said, I’m all for “Orthodoxy” in religion:

and have frequently written about “religious” subjects like Hinduism:

And Suburban Shamanism:

And even the Neo-Platonic nature of the Universe:

So while anyone who takes a look at my Medium oeuvre, will, no doubt, find SOMETHING that they don’t like, my new readers are likely to find A LOT of things that are not halal.

Last, my favorite Turkish writer is Hilal Isler, no hardliner, she. So, while I’m happy to Welcome all of the New Dawn readers and hope they see the humor in what I write, I’m not sure they are going to find what they hope to find if they keep reading.

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