#turkish anon asks

[honestlyitsjustsam]

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[allmythologies]

day 25 of horror mythology: akarisi

al karisi is a demon in turkish folkore whose name means “the scarlet woman,” or “the red wo man.” al karisi stalks women who have recently given birth to a child. many al demons will kidnap or otherwise harm infants, but al karisi is primarily interested in the new mothers. she watches and waits for the mother to fall asleep before entering the room and cutting out the woman’s liver. she has hypnotic powers which render her targets paralyzed when they meet her gaze. it is said that they can be fully conscious and aware of what’s happening but unable to move or to call out while the demon tears into them and takes their organs. when she strikes her victims, it doesn’t leave a bloody murder scene. there are no gashes, cuts, or even bruises upon her prey. it appears to the world that the woman suffered a sudden and mysterious death in her sleep.

[metamorphesque]

lol unfollowed dumb hoe

good riddance!

(It appears that some people are devoid of both the conscience and the bravery required to face history and recognize the misdeeds of their ancestors.)

[totally-kosher]

Oh nah man i was just checking i didn't want to assume anything out of the blue. I just wanted to ask why you choose to believe in this particular ideology

I believe in this ideology because men are too comfortable doing anything they want to a woman like me. Just today I was threatened with hot oil to my face when I was arguing in a civil way. Another time I got my glass and drink spilled all over me because a man couldn't 'control himself' aka I was totally right and he was not. Dehumanized. I've witnessed the most bloodiest, violent punches a man could ever give to a woman. I'm from the middle east and I'm sick of women and homosexual people being st0ned and b3aten and h@nged. I'm so sick of it.

Radical feminism, unlike liberal or white feminism focuses on de-rooting this systemic oppression of women instead of embedding women into it. The oppression of women is based on their sex.

Sex is real and I can't stand it when people try to erase that with gender ideology in the west.

[gemsofgreece]

Hello! When looking at the history of greek turkish relations I have recently come across turkish people pointing out violence that the greek army has committed againt turks. Specifically during the war of independence. Although I feel uneasy cause that information seems to always be coupled with a underestimation of the greek genocide and the ottoman occupation. From what I have seen from brief research, there were massacres against turks of the Peloponnese at least during the war of independence. So I guess my question is, do you think that it is wrong to celebrate march 25th, or to be so upset with the history of what the ottomans and/or turks have done to greek people if there were also massacres against turks (although maybe not as many)?

Maybe this is a dumb question, but I get uncomfortable and confused when i hear these things.

I hope that makes sense and if you answer this thank you so much in advance!

Hello! The Greek war of independence was a violent movement against an established conqueror reigning over the indigenous people. All wars are violent but the motives of the wars are in fact not created equal. There are wars, such as the defensive and independence wars, that are generally more justified than the conquests, the civil wars and most other types.

I remember the Greek history post series I made a few years ago - I started the Revolution post with a note saying something like “it is viewed as a time of glory for the Greek history but be warned that it was not a walk in the park”. It definitely wasn’t. You should take into consideration that it had little chance to be anything other than a violent revolt - it was the uprising of a small bunch of people, with no military training except for their few commanders who had been either missionaries or bandits, no resources, not much hope, against a vast empire. This was a war that mathematically could not happen with diplomacy or any sort of political or financial leverage as there was nothing Greeks could offer in return for their freedom that could ever tempt the Ottomans to agree. The Greek revolution which started from the Peloponnese, was in fact part of the trio of planned revolts, the other two in the Danubian Principalities and Constantinople. These two were suppressed by the Ottomans in time. Furthermore, a little known fact is that for all the 350 years - give or take - of Ottoman hegemony over the Greeks, a revolt sprang on average every three years in some place of Greece. Make the math for how many efforts these people did over the centuries. And these were all suppressed. So when the Peloponnesian revolt worked, almost against all odds, this was a development that took even the victors by storm and in the early months of the war, those masses of vengeful irregular rebels at times lost sense of right and wrong.

I am talking of course about the Sack of Tripolitsá, as I bet you mostly mean as well and as I know this to be the Turks’ favourite mantra. However, an important difference between Greek and Turkish wrongdoing I have observed is that Greeks do not gloss over or revise or deny the atrocities of Tripolitsá. Not only that, but what happened there was fast condemned by the Greek warriors themselves and was in fact sobering, as for the remaining years of the war Greeks were definitely more restrained in their dalliances with the enemy. What happened in Tripolitsá is known to have happened by the masses in the absence of the general commander (Dimitrios Ypsilantis), who rushed back when he heard of it, and the at least distancing from it even by some of the most fearsome warriors, such as Theodoros Kolokotronis. Kolokotronis, in his memoirs, seemed to be aware that the Greeks will storm into the city and kill non-Christian civilians, and made pacts to protect some Albanians, which he honoured. But he entered the city late and what he saw far exceeded what he expected to happen. He expressed reproach for the atrocities, which however he explained was actually somewhat mollified when they led him in front of a tree in the city square which was used specifically to hang Greeks.

When I entered Tripolitsa, they showed me a plane tree in the market-place where the Greeks had always been hanged. I sighed. "Alas!" I said, "how many of my own clan – of my own race – have been hanged there!" And I ordered it to be cut down. I felt some consolation then from the slaughter of the Turks. ... [Before the fall] we had formed a plan of proposing to the Turks that they should deliver Tripolitsa into our hands, and that we should, in that case, send persons into it to gather the spoils together, which were then to be apportioned and divided among the different districts for the benefit of the nation; but who would listen?

- from Kolokotronis’ memoirs

The death toll varies for Tripolitsá, somewhere between 8,000 - 15,000 gruesomely slain according to contemporary historians. Kolokotronis himself is open and real enough to number them at 30,000, but according to historians this was a miscalculation on his part. The point is that this gruesome bleak time in Greek history is not denied by me, you, Kolokotronis himself who was a symbol of this war, the Greeks, nobody. Nobody takes pride in it. And this is not the reason we celebrate the independence war.

Reasons to celebrate the independence war were clear, unspoiled and hard victories such as those of Dervenakia, Alamana, Gravia and numerous others and some reasons to commemorate the Greek revolution are, say, the Sortie of Missolonghi:

Or the essentially permanent destruction of Psará:

Or the massacre of Chios:

Or the treatment of Greek Cypriots:

Ever heard a Turk analyse these (and many more) and view them through an introspective critical light? Nope. Maybe there are but I haven’t seen any yet. The best most understanding thing I have heard is “the past is in the past”. And well this is 200 years stuff. What about 100 years stuff??? Like you said, Turkey officially denies the Greek, the Armenian and the Assyrian genocides, plus all the progroms against the Greeks which were happening till the freaking 50s.

*The Armenian genocide counts 1.5-2 million victims.

Should they justify themselves for how the Greeks - indigenous of Asia Minor and having majorities in the coasts even a hundred years ago - have ended up being 3,000 in all this massive country? They do. They give a range of answers from “no, Greeks weren’t indigenous here” to the fantastic “they deserved it”, I don’t know which one is better. For Constantinople alone:

My dear Anon, Greeks HAD to revolt against the Ottoman Empire. We do not know how history would unfold if the Greek revolution didn’t happen, the Ottoman Empire would most likely fall again, but since the Greek independence weakened it earlier than it otherwise would, and if the revolution hadn’t happened, a lot more Greeks would have ended up assimilated before the fall. And I believe we would be so very different. We all know that we all still face issues due to the feudal and corrupted system of the empire that has infiltrated Greek politics still. Imagine if all that stuff was a few decades fresh. No European Union. And of course no Northern Greece. Things would be sooo different at our expense, if things didn’t happen in the way they did back then. I am frankly weirded out by a few Greeks - usually young and of certain political views which have turned into their entire identity - (not talking about you and not at all against the political views, I am only criticising the lack of moderation) who are really trying to deconstruct and renounce the Greek revolution, with arguments such as that;

a) Greeks fought because they thought they would live better and be richer if they were independent, so they also did it for themselves and for the spoils and not just for the nation (yes and? You just described all humans on the planet who think that they can prosper better in their own sovereign state, so what exactly is your problem with that?????)

b) Greeks had a great time in the Ottoman Empire because the Rum Millet was governed by the Greek Patriarch and they were allowed to be Christian (yes which is why they attempted 100+ revolts to which Turks always retaliated with thousands of killings. Fun times indeed. It was also so great to have no education and sense of your heritage unless you were a rich merchant in Constantinople or became a tax collector taking taxes from Christians and giving them to Turks or converted to Islam and spoke Turkish and got a a Turkish name so ESSENTIALLY DEGREEKED YOURSELF, the very definition of freedom, quite right.)

Those types of Greeks, they frankly baffle me. History itself shows that Greeks overall wanted out of the empire. In fact, most if not all subject nations in the Balkans and the Arabic ones in Middle East and North Africa at several points revolted against the Ottoman Empire. Subjects wanted OUT of it. Even Muslims wanted out of it. Could they all be unfair to the nice empire? Just because a few ones had managed to prosper through diplomatic relations with the Ottoman officers or just because some didn’t want to partake in the wars because they obviously dreaded their failure and what it would cause to them (all very human, normal concerns) it doesn’t mean they had a great time in the empire. I am so weirded out by such arguments when they don’t come from Turks. And of course, if you have to change name, religion and language in order to prosper, then immediately the argument of freedom and equality falls apart on its own!!! “Greeks were privileged in the empire because they could prosper if they converted to Islam and spoke the Turkish language” So, Greeks were privileged if they stopped being Greeks. Nice. Are those people proof-reading the things they write? I wonder. Next thing, they will start apologizing for gaining independence.

In the end, the Greeks of the 19th century were products of the Ottoman society they lived in. They rebelled violently against an - ultimately - violent state. It would be hard to be accustomed to drinking tea in pretty china and killing enemies only with the sharpness of your words as a subject in the Ottoman Empire. That revolt was harsh indeed - and it was frankly what was needed to succeed. Unfortunate but true. Nobody - certainly not the Greeks - ever takes up arms cheerfully. We grieve for our wrongdoings in Tripolitsá, well at least I do, but heck no I don’t feel bad for the War of Independence, I feel proud of it and I feel like I ought to acknowledge the sacrifice of people, who were hardened humans far from perfect, few of whom could also have their own motives, but did have a hope for their descendants to be who they are now with their opinions on the Internet in their sovereign state in their geographically and historically indigenous lands. I found this insistence of certain young Greeks to strip those Greeks as a whole - from the biggest warriors to the unknown soldiers - from all sorts of noble ideals offensive and disgraceful. The Society of Friends were indeed inspired by their ideals. Even foreign Philhellenes were inspired by ideals enough to come here and fight! So why are these Greeks now dying to argue that all Greeks were ready to die along with their families for the chance of some spoils?! It doesn’t even make much sense! Some would be corrupt or desperate enough for that, and some would not. People are people and there are all sorts of them. It comes down to the fact though that the Greek revolution succeeded because people believed it was the right time, and the right mentality had been formed, and it spread from the three initial members of the Society of Friends (Xanthos, Tsakalof and Skoufas) to a great part of Europe. It was never a little thing and it was not an era fallen from grace. It was an important era with its undoubtedly bleak moments. As it happens with all important eras that change history, including the other two revolutions of the romantic period; the American and the French.

Meanwhile, the Turks happily celebrate annually the Sack of Constantinople inside Hagia Sophia. They have the sack as an annual anniversary. The SACKING. The Fall of Constantinople. Like, the CONQUEST. You understand? The invasion. Seizing the foreign city and celebrating this 600 years later inside the biggest landmark of the defeated inhabitants. Have you ever seen another nation celebrating such a thing in 2023?! Not a liberation, not an independence, A CONQUEST. 600 YEARS LATER. Beating up the corpse! STILL!

So, I personally am not confused at all. My heart aches for all those non-Christian women and children and peaceful civilians who were lost, maybe gruesomely, certainly unfairly. But it also aches for so many Christians who had the exact same fate without ever being the attacker first. Confused overall about the Greek revolution? Heck no! For all the evil Greeks have ever done, Turks have managed to outdo them in retaliation or in advance every time somehow. This is a feat in its own right, I guess. I can not be guilt trapped by anyone who speaks only of Greek war crimes in relation to their affairs with the Turks. I am laughing. Think about it, and perhaps you will start laughing too.

[zilodak]

how would selin’s wedding dress look like when she got married to johnny

See I'm torn because on one hand I would love to imagine that she had a traditional düğün in Turkey but realistically, as a nuclear physicist working in the US who had access to sensitive information, she probably wasn't allowed to wander too far off and had to marry in the US far away from her family.

So her dress would've been something like this, with a lot of laces and laced sleeves.

[befuddled-calico-whump]

i never realized sahota was indian up till the last few anon asks (hope im not wrong) what gave you the inspo for his ethnicity?

honestly it just sorta happened as his original story was written. I didn't have a clear picture of Ander in my head through the first few chapters, and picked up details along the way that narrowed him down from "undescribed scared college student" to "south/southeast asian" to "Indian"

[lqfiles]

i’m so excited for the next part 🇹🇷🇹🇷😭😭🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷😭😭😭😭

next part is gonna be written !!! i haven’t finished it yet but we’re cooking… yeahhh we are COOKING KINDA trust me 🔥💯

[niyeyazdimm]

Amkek

[yeastinfectionvale]

The fact that if Uccio was canonically hot and with a bit more personality your crazy scenarious about marc vale uccio would be more real among the fandom. It would be basically the plot of many turkish telenovelas. Two brothers but a female came between them (kuzei and Gunei) or two best friends but again a female test them and changes their lives (ezel)

But you can not convince anyone with the way Uccio is like a smelly bag of potatoes

Yes but isn't that the best bit? He's this guy we know nothing about and his whole identity to us is based on his extremely successful friend. He's been there for all of it and we know nothing. He's clay, he's a wax tablet, he's a clean slate.

Also he smells like a yoghurt shop.

[yanderealm]

trying not to request for yan blade becuz yan blade would be more terrible than the yan kafka you wrote 😫😫

ohhh r u serious? i feel so offended rn, go ahead and request or i'll eat your nose! 👀🤧

[honestlyitsjustsam]

FADE COSPLAYERINI GÖRDÜM!! AŞIRI OLAAAYYYYYYYDI!!

Büyük Fade heykeli korkunçtu SKFMSŞFMAPRKŞS. They did my sis dirty.😔

OF FADE HEYKELI AHSHSHSH yakindan daha tuhaf duruyor ama eforlari icin riot i affedebilirim

Bir cok cosplayer vardi sanirim riot onlari tuttu: sage, kj, jett ve viper gordumm

[vetteldixon]

hi i remember that you had some posts about seb's diary that he wrote on his website, but i can't find those entries anywhere, could you post the link please? (i may just be very bad at navigating his website pls forgive me)

i put stuff about seb's website in the tag #you can do anything at sebastianvettel dot de! it is indeed a pain in the ass to navigate his website--you have to do so thru the wayback machine which is slow for one thing, and it's been inconsistently archived so there's a lot of dead ends. all i can really say is good luck!

[totally-kosher]

selam, blog ingilizce ama türk bayrağını görünce türkçe bildiğini düşünüyorum? türk-kürt fark etmez, gerçekten bu ülkede benim gibi birini bulduğum için aşırı mutluyum. lezbiyenim ve Müslümanım ve bu ülkede ikisini bir arada olmak ayrı bir zor. herkes dini istediği gibi kullanıyor ve en zor anlarımda okuduğum bazı makaleler vardı ingilizce aşırı mantıklıydı ve İslam'ın aslında homofobik olmadığının ve Hz. Muhammed'in kimseyi eşcinsel olmaktan/davranmaktan dolayı cezalandırmadığını öğrendim, ama bazen yine de kendimi kötü hissediyorum. Tekrardan seni bulduğuma çok sevindim, dualarımda olucaksın! İyi akşamlar!

Merhaba, evet, türkçe anadilim oluyor ama diaspora türküyüm (:

Etnik olarak hem türk hem kürt'üm. Aynı zamanda lezbiyenim, bunu duyanlar genelde şok olurlar. 'Öyle bir şey yok' veya 'türkler öyle pisliklere bulaşmazlar' diyenlerde var. Türk halkının çoğunluğu homofobik olduğundan veya homofobik, homoseksüellerin olmadığı yerlerde yaşadığı çevrelerden geldikleri için böyleler, kafana takma. Sevgiyi, aşkı ve desteği hak ediyorsun ve biz türk, kürt lezbiyenlerin sayısı insanların düşündüğünden daha fazla.

İnşallah bir gün Türkiyede bizi kanunlarla korur ve evliliklerimizi tanır. Bana her zaman yazabilirsin!

[gulnarsultan]

Hello. I’m not that anon, but I think I can answer your question. From my quick search, there are no Turkish series involving “Yandir”. This may be a misspelling of Yandere. I think the anon was asking if you’re going to write more Yandere Turkish series.

Hello. Thanks a lot for your help. When my requests are opened again, I am thinking of writing yandere Turkish series. Feature Black Love ( Kara Sevda) But it would be better if they write down which Turkish serials they want.

[zilodak]

okay might sound a bit dumb but like are some of your characters turkish??? im kinda new to your account but i never really see people make turkish characters so thats really cool! also are you going to make a comic or something with your characters/story because id love to see that.

Yes most of my ocs are Turkish (especially outside of Sim Spring) because I am also Turkish! And yes I'm planning on that!

On that note please don't take these characters as "representation" though. I don't like generalization.

I always struggle with writing Turkish characters because i like writing flawed and bad characters but there's always a voice in my head telling me to not do that because we're 'under-represented' already outside of the country. Most Turkish characters I know are either outright villainized or an extremely Orientalist depiction that further fuels hatred and bigotry or even fetishization against us.

I like giving my characters nuances. And you'll see with Sim Spring my mantra going into it is "you can empathize (or not) with these characters' struggles, but they do not justify their actions"