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R. CUMHUR ORANCI
@oranci.bsky.social
Author and editor, Istanbul native
Turcophobics, stay away from me!


Istanbul - New York City
During his lifetime Vladimir Nabokov qualified Dostoevsky as “a cheap sensationalist, clumsy and vulgar,” “a prophet, a claptrap journalist, and a slapdash comedian,” and “a much overrated sentimental and Gothic novelist.”
May 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
In Solidarity !
However, last month US General Michael Langley name dropped Ibrahim Traore's name in a corruption topic at a Senate Armed Services Committe Hearing.
The bourgeoisie launched a campaign to discredit and defame Traoré.
He is the bravest man in modern history!
May 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Long live the unity of proletarians from the whole world!
April 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Istanbul, Kamondo Stairs
Photography by Esra Erdoğdu
April 28, 2025 at 6:37 AM
April 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
April 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
With respect to the Master of Masters, in remembrance of Karl Marx on the anniversary of his death.
March 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Kara Swisher is on The View
March 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"The parade of the German POWs in Moscow in 1944. Not many would return home."
March 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Watching Andor Season 2...
March 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
To understand today’s decay, it is time to reassess Gramsci (at least for me).
February 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
R.I.P.
January 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“The historical unity of the ruling classes is realized in the state." —Antonio Gramsci
January 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Santa Claus over Times Square, New York when the ball is being dropped...
December 31, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Let's bid farewell to 2024 with a poem by Federico García Lorca
FAREWELL
If I die,
leave the balcony open.
The child is eating oranges.
(From my balcony, I can see him.)
The reaper is harvesting wheat.
(From my balcony, I can feel him.)
If I die,
leave the balcony open!
December 31, 2024 at 7:01 PM
"A Russian nuclear power plant will be delivered to the Moon in 2033-2035" -- Russian Space Agency.
A fascist dictator pursued Wunderwaffe 80 years ago, and the world knows how it ended. Now, another tries the same, but history repeats itself.
December 28, 2024 at 6:26 PM
CEO’s waking up on edge as the masses are starting to wake up!
December 14, 2024 at 8:11 PM
November 30, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Trump has just chosen this dude as his latest pick!
November 21, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #576,057!
September 19, 2024 at 11:54 AM
2- However, many disadvantaged individuals find themselves in your country because economic exploitation has destabilized the third world. Read this:
August 24, 2024 at 8:58 AM
I'm saddened to learn about the passing of James C. Scott on July 19.
July 24, 2024 at 6:50 AM
In bourgeois democracies,governments serve the capitalist class.Whichever party the capitalist class supports, people vote for that party. If a party that serves the interests of the capitalist class fails to come to power in elections, the capitalist class often resorts to a coup d'état. Read this:
July 22, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Happy Birthday Sahra Wagenknecht!
July 17, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Yes... We're!
July 4, 2024 at 5:46 AM