Aral Balkan<p>Around me in Istanbul there is fear on every face – but I see a resilience that refuses to die</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/29/istanbul-fear-resilience-ekrem-imamoglu-arrest" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/mar/29/istanbul-fear-resilience-ekrem-imamoglu-arrest</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/t%C3%BCrkiye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>türkiye</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/istanbul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>istanbul</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/imamo%C4%9Flu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imamoğlu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/demokrasi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demokrasi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/insanHaklar%C4%B1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insanHakları</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/erdo%C4%9Fan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>erdoğan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fa%C5%9Fizm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faşizm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/humanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/imamoglu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imamoglu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/erdogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>erdogan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>