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The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself

Diriliş: Ertuğrul

  • Ertugrul is badass

    A short reaction to Diriliş: Ertuğrul: good for what it intends, a dramatic rendering of Ottoman origin myth despite a comic-book hero, and a question about what the Indian equivalent…

  • India, Pakistan, TNT

    Two tweets set side by side: one urging Pakistanis to see themselves as Muslims within India’s ancient civilisation, the other insisting that the only identity is ‘Muslim’, with an Ertuğrul…

  • Watching Shtisel.. (and Turkish TV)

    The author welcomes the availability of foreign series on Netflix, discussing the Israeli drama Shtisel and the Turkish series Yunus Emre and Ertugrul. He argues that Turkish productions have high…

    Omar Ali27 January 20191 comment
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