Alexander Thatcher
@alexthat.bsky.social
American working on the Caucasus and Turkey, focusing on Armenian and Circassian issues. Yaratılışta bilgim olmadan var olan ne varsa rızam olmaksızın var.
There comes a time in every man's life when his sister's obsessive lesbian fanbase discovers you're in Turkey and write about Turkish politics and make a long post about her advocating for the boycott of regime-aligned businesses.
March 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
There comes a time in every man's life when his sister's obsessive lesbian fanbase discovers you're in Turkey and write about Turkish politics and make a long post about her advocating for the boycott of regime-aligned businesses.
A lot of Western Anatolian Köfte (meatball) dishes derive from Balkan migrants, but can anyone think of *why* these taste and look so Albanian to me? I asked the owner of the restaurant and he said his family was "from Kosovo, in Skopje."
February 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A lot of Western Anatolian Köfte (meatball) dishes derive from Balkan migrants, but can anyone think of *why* these taste and look so Albanian to me? I asked the owner of the restaurant and he said his family was "from Kosovo, in Skopje."
Düzce saw huge numbers of Circassian, Ubykh, Abkhaz, Laz and Georgian migrants arrive in the 19th Century, and it's not difficult to see why. Germans, Poles and Scandinavians came to the Midwest because it reminded them of home. This place looks and feels like the Caucasus.
February 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Düzce saw huge numbers of Circassian, Ubykh, Abkhaz, Laz and Georgian migrants arrive in the 19th Century, and it's not difficult to see why. Germans, Poles and Scandinavians came to the Midwest because it reminded them of home. This place looks and feels like the Caucasus.
1999: Make my mom take me to a Greek restaurant for my birthday because it makes me incredibly happy.
2025: Get paid to go to an Armenian tavern with a live Greek language music performance.
2025: Get paid to go to an Armenian tavern with a live Greek language music performance.
February 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
1999: Make my mom take me to a Greek restaurant for my birthday because it makes me incredibly happy.
2025: Get paid to go to an Armenian tavern with a live Greek language music performance.
2025: Get paid to go to an Armenian tavern with a live Greek language music performance.
I helped write a piece for the latest Central Asia and South Caucasus Bulletin about the trial of the leaders of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
February 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I helped write a piece for the latest Central Asia and South Caucasus Bulletin about the trial of the leaders of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
Yes what we learned from the 20s was that inflation results in cool politics, bubbles are good, tariffs are excellent, isolationism works and is chill, and that it's extremely cool when a dumb old right-wing leader relies on fascists with fun and eccentric beliefs about Bronze Age Aryans.
January 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Yes what we learned from the 20s was that inflation results in cool politics, bubbles are good, tariffs are excellent, isolationism works and is chill, and that it's extremely cool when a dumb old right-wing leader relies on fascists with fun and eccentric beliefs about Bronze Age Aryans.
Trump II already having this vibe.
January 28, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Trump II already having this vibe.
I've been losing weight very quickly since I got back to Istanbul. Probably a combination of factors - can't afford alcohol, very mobile, normal sleeping schedule. But I think a huge part of it is every other meal is chicken, rice and salad.
January 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I've been losing weight very quickly since I got back to Istanbul. Probably a combination of factors - can't afford alcohol, very mobile, normal sleeping schedule. But I think a huge part of it is every other meal is chicken, rice and salad.
Occasionally he's got it.
January 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Occasionally he's got it.
Today is the 18th anniversary of the assassination of the left-wing Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. Hrant advocated for reconciliation between Armenians and Turkey, and was broadly recognized as one of the most
January 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Today is the 18th anniversary of the assassination of the left-wing Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. Hrant advocated for reconciliation between Armenians and Turkey, and was broadly recognized as one of the most
Who put up this weird mixed German-Turkish poster all over Tbilisi, can I meet them
January 2, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Who put up this weird mixed German-Turkish poster all over Tbilisi, can I meet them
The richest man in the world turned the most influential social media application into the Völkischer Beobachter and now he's forcing me to watch his mental breakdown as his alt quote tweets his alt denying that his alt is his alt.
December 31, 2024 at 12:22 PM
The richest man in the world turned the most influential social media application into the Völkischer Beobachter and now he's forcing me to watch his mental breakdown as his alt quote tweets his alt denying that his alt is his alt.
Funny that this cover of Orhan Pamuk's Snow makes the novel's setting, Kars, look physically indistinguishable form the nearby Armenian city of Gyumri.
December 30, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Funny that this cover of Orhan Pamuk's Snow makes the novel's setting, Kars, look physically indistinguishable form the nearby Armenian city of Gyumri.
There is no hero like Ivanishvili, there is no soccer player like Kaladze and Kavelashvili.
December 29, 2024 at 8:45 AM
There is no hero like Ivanishvili, there is no soccer player like Kaladze and Kavelashvili.
The entire twitter immigration debate:
December 28, 2024 at 12:28 PM
The entire twitter immigration debate:
"Watching my baby sister in an A24 horror movie about Mormonism with Hugh Grant on the walls of my apartment, which was part of the British Consulate during the Georgian Democratic Republic" is apparently a thing I am doing with my life.
December 25, 2024 at 10:46 AM
"Watching my baby sister in an A24 horror movie about Mormonism with Hugh Grant on the walls of my apartment, which was part of the British Consulate during the Georgian Democratic Republic" is apparently a thing I am doing with my life.
When I die print out this picture of a used bookstore in Istanbul in 1977 and put it on my grave.
December 24, 2024 at 9:22 PM
When I die print out this picture of a used bookstore in Istanbul in 1977 and put it on my grave.
Day 24 of a protest movement that's supposed to be dying.
More people, higher energy, more positive than I've seen in a very long time. Everyone is waiting for President Zourabichvili to speak.
More people, higher energy, more positive than I've seen in a very long time. Everyone is waiting for President Zourabichvili to speak.
December 22, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Day 24 of a protest movement that's supposed to be dying.
More people, higher energy, more positive than I've seen in a very long time. Everyone is waiting for President Zourabichvili to speak.
More people, higher energy, more positive than I've seen in a very long time. Everyone is waiting for President Zourabichvili to speak.
Georgia is facing a political crisis. The government is illegitimate in the eyes of most of the people, especially the President the government is trying to force through.
Has anyone considered: President and/or Prime Minister Bibiko?
Has anyone considered: President and/or Prime Minister Bibiko?
December 21, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Georgia is facing a political crisis. The government is illegitimate in the eyes of most of the people, especially the President the government is trying to force through.
Has anyone considered: President and/or Prime Minister Bibiko?
Has anyone considered: President and/or Prime Minister Bibiko?
Üç ay Pangaltı'da yaşayacağım.
December 18, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Üç ay Pangaltı'da yaşayacağım.
Real fun stuff happening on Twitter.
December 17, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Real fun stuff happening on Twitter.
This is so embarrassing. This country deserves a leadership better than this.
You routinely hear from European diplomats and people connected to them that this is a routine occurrence - government lying about every detail of a meeting, and incompetence, arrogance during them.
You routinely hear from European diplomats and people connected to them that this is a routine occurrence - government lying about every detail of a meeting, and incompetence, arrogance during them.
December 17, 2024 at 8:30 PM
This is so embarrassing. This country deserves a leadership better than this.
You routinely hear from European diplomats and people connected to them that this is a routine occurrence - government lying about every detail of a meeting, and incompetence, arrogance during them.
You routinely hear from European diplomats and people connected to them that this is a routine occurrence - government lying about every detail of a meeting, and incompetence, arrogance during them.