Tor Kr. Birkeland
torkristianx.bsky.social
Tor Kr. Birkeland
@torkristianx.bsky.social
Peacebuilding, nonviolence, democracy, arms trade regulation. Author of Turkey - The Middle Kingdom / Tyrkia - hele historien kort fortalt. English and Norwegian.
This one is pretty offensive but hilarious:

"Fuck off, whore
Sorry
(I said the right thing)"

It's a reference to a street interview that's become a meme: youtu.be/A3FqO7HSKGo?...

A passerby interrupts the interview and says "Erdoğan forever!" and the grandma tells her off.
April 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Another pun, here:
"Honey, can we separate grudges and state affairs?"

Normally it would be religion and state, but religion (din) has been replaced with grudges (kin).
March 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Difficult to translate and several puns, but: "It used too much electricity so I'm switching to eco mode"

Eko refers to Ekrem İmamoğlu.
The light bulb is the logo of AKP.
March 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"If there's no bread, let them eat tear gas. -Recep Tayyip Antoinette"
March 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"My relative is coming home from Silivri so vacate the palace, Tayyip."

(A standard phrase landlords use when they want tenants to leave, is to say that a relative is coming home from Europe. Here, the relative is coming home from Silivri, the prison where İmamoğlu is being held.)
March 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"I came without makeup since I won't be on TV anyway." (Since the mainstream government friendly media are mainly focusing on the few violent incidences and not the nonviolent protests)
March 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
eylem = protest
March 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The "criminal" Ekrem İmamoğlu.
March 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
No comment needed.
March 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"No man has made me as wet as the TOMA" (TOMA is the water cannon the police are using)
March 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
There's a lot of humor in the current protests in Turkey. I'll post some of it in this thread.

This poster says "The elves and dwarves didn't like each other, but together they defeated Sauron."
March 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM