Around 2017 I sank into a long depression and all but stopped reading for about three years. I’m still amazed and so relieved to be on the other side of that particular tunnel. Grateful for the artists, writers & visionaries who expand, enrich & shape my world. Thank you thank you. Míle buíochas ✨

“We’re coming to the end of the world as we know it and we will need each other. This shouldn’t create fear, it should create humility and generosity and kindness.” — Ece Temelkuran, Nation of Strangers (2026) @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social #linotype #letterpress #bellhooks #yokoono #rememberlove

Many thanks to German critics for selecting “Nation of Strangers: Unsere Heimat Sind Wir” as the second best book of January 2026. Vielen Dank! Published by #RowholtVerlag Translated by #MichaelaGrabinger

…a series of intimate, warm-hearted letters addressed to the growing international community who find themselves displaced and “unhomed”, Nation of Strangers reveals how a sense of belonging Is contingent on the necessary strength we can draw from one another, without alienation or estrangement.

Thank you #TheNerveNews Thank you Michael Morris www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...

If anyone with an academic paper to write is interested, it would be Great to take Ece Temelkuran’s book, and map out where the Ford government is on the 7 steps to fascism. #onpoli

“Humans are incapable of functioning and living together without a good story to bind them and keep a certain set of values intact. That’s why the lack of a story in neoliberalism, the lack of meaning and cause, can be unbearable for the human mind.” #cdnpoli

“Whatever the answer is, it ought to be clear to all of us that it does not include the luxury of not taking action, namely political action. Our concept of joy should be refined to understand that collective action does not only make for a better world, but a fulfilled individual.” #cdnpoli

When this episode of #TheContext with @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social#TheContextfirst aired, her warning about rising autocratic power felt urgent. Now, the threat has only accelerated. This conversation helps make sense of how we got here and why engagement matters.

"Quando l’8 dicembre ha deciso di creare campi di deportazione sul modello di Giorgia Meloni, l’Europa – il continente faro del diritto– è diventata un luogo sempre più insidioso". Leggi l'opinione di Ece Temelkuran.

“Equality, liberty, fraternity- has been turned into a tasteless joke. … Don’t ask for real equality,and don’t think you have the liberty to ask for it. Please do not disturb the audience by organizing a fraternity to interrupt the play. Otherwise,vote join NGOs and say what ever you want. #cdnpoli

The Guardian asked important opposition figures in authoritarian states what they should have known earlier. This warning should be taken seriously in Europe. VERY seriously. Less panels, more real engagement.

A thoughtful and inspiring read. I highly recommend 👇

“Drop the arrogance, drop the exceptionalism.” - Ece Temelkuran, author of How to Lose a Country. Interview essay by Danielle Renwick.

Building solidarity in a fragmented world Reciprocity. Dignity. Solidarity. Generosity. To feel human. Being humble. Being more compassionate. @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social [Watch Noraly Schoenmaker / Itchy Boots travels in S8. People with dignity] youtu.be/Xq7DGu7oWlU?...

"Enough counting the morbid symptoms; the birth of the new world is overdue. Yet, for the last push, we need to conceive of a strong new heart to deliver the future of humanity." - @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social

It’s time to announce the Nation of Strangers UK book tour! In February, I’ll hit the road to rebuild our lost homes with you all. It will be a togetherness against these unhoming times. For more information about the book and tickets 👉 buythebook.online/nation-of-st... @canongate.co.uk

A special evening for Nation of Strangers at Brian Eno’s studio. Nation of Strangers is coming in February from @canongate.co.uk I’m incredibly grateful to everyone who joined the early launch party. If you want to know more about the book buythebook.online/nation-of-st...

‘Together by political thinker and poet Ece Temelkuran creates an original vocabulary for a “politics of emotion.” Thank you for this wonderful review @brokentusk1.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @scribnerbooks.bsky.social

“Americans “should look to other countries, especially in the global south for solutions and for what not to do,” said Ece Temelkuran, a Turkish writer and author of How to Lose a Country. “Drop the arrogance, drop the exceptionalism.””

More beautiful, insightful words from the force of nature that is @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social ❤️

Solidarity in a fragmented era. Global Dialogues panel / Barcelona youtu.be/Xq7DGu7oWlU

'It gave me an outlet to talk about my own homelessness, while tapping into the human condition of being unhomed' Turkish writer Ece Temelkuran speaks to The Bookseller about her latest work of non-fiction, Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century 👇

📚 Grateful for a thoughtful conversation with Caroline Sanderson in The Bookseller about Nation of Strangers — on belonging, borders, and where “home” lives in a shifting world. Booksellers, I hope the interview finds you. Sometimes home is a conversation. 🌿 #NationOfStrangers

That night at #KilnTheatre was special. Some trusted friends even told me that the event should be turned into a pamphlet. If you weren’t there, here’s the recording of the #intelligencesquared night in two parts. open.spotify.com/episode/4m1s... open.spotify.com/episode/74Tn...

Such a joy to see that people are turning to Together: A Manifesto Against A Heartless World against the darkness of our times. Now with an updated preface from @canongate.co.uk canongate.co.uk/books/5295-t...

New arrivals are always welcomed. No such thing as coming late. We need each other, we need “us” urgently. Luckily, now is an endless thing.

@ecetemelkuran.bsky.social found the perfect way to describe this (below). All these terms are designed to give the sense that there is no such thing as right and wrong.

New book coming. Nation of Strangers -Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century. Check it out here buythebook.online/ece-temelkuran

“Ece Temelkuran is a brilliant thinker, and her work here is as conceptually illuminating as it is beautifully written ... In this time of rampant fascism, …Nation of Strangers is both a call and a comfort, a book that made me feel so much less alone” Omar El Akkad

New book coming. Nation of Strangers -Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century. Check it out here buythebook.online/ece-temelkuran

If you need to listen something calm and thoughtful, here’s @fieldzine.bsky.social podcast with me. Many thanks to #SamField for being who he is. open.spotify.com/episode/6w8O... #HowToLoseACountry #Together via @canongate.co.uk

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It was a special #howtoloseacountry night at #KilnTheater in #London . We cried, laughed and most importantly felt not so alone anymore. Many thanks to everyone who was there and special thanks to the brilliant #intelligencesquared and @canongate team.

"Where there is no social justice, democracy is just a theatrical act." ~Ece Temelkuran

It's the time for the new, the beautiful and the humane! In Together, award-winning political thinker, author & poet Ece Temelkuran gives an inspiring vision for change by showing fresh possibilities for better world we might want to live in & new vocabulary for political action for 21st century.1/3

Ece Temelkuran is schrijfster en journaliste. Na de mislukte staatsgreep in 2014 verliet ze Turkije en keerde niet meer terug. In 'Verloren land' omschrijft ze hoe een democratie in zeven stappen tot een dictatuur omgevormd werd.

See you on Thusday in #London at #intelligencesquared with #cocokhan It is a good time to talk about Fascism and how we are going to stand against it. No? www.intelligencesquared.com/events/how-t...

"Today it is being organised and mobilised by the wide grin of the new fascism and is spreading across the globe." If you want to understand what Ece Temelkuran means by the Radical-male, I urge all to read her important book: Together. 10 Choices for a Better Now. share.google/1TUVZ6j742yy...

I've read a lot of commentary about this harangue, but alarming for most women is the blatant misogyny, not just a hatred of "woke" - this is the backlash of the patriarchy on full display, what journalist Ece Temelkuran calls the rise of the Radical Male. share.google/01IJBBdkP3O8...

📰 “Rejimin kalbinde duran şey, itaat.” 💬 Ece Temelkuran, faşizmi ve çıkış yollarını FİKİR Dergisi’ne anlattı. 👉 Peki, gerçekten rejimi sarsacak olan ne? https://twp.ai/E6CNnU #FİKİRDergisi #Faşizm #EceTemelkuran

From X 👇🏼 Hoping that @bsky.app will be a better digital home soon, for it seems I’ll have to exile myself from X as many have already done.

@ecetemelkuran.bsky.social yaprak özer'e hâlimizi anlatmış; dinleyiniz, daha rahat-derin nefesler alacaksınız! www.youtube.com/live/r36KGL0...

"Neoliberalism feeds fascism: fascism is embedded in neoliberalism." - Ece Temelkuran #Fascism #Politics #Neoliberalism #NewInternationalist #democracy #usa #gop #fascists 👉 Vote 'em Out!

@ecetemelkuran.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/nana...

'How to Lose a Country: 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship': 'paralysing dissident masses through court cases is far easier when the leader can call people terrorists, and when members of society are too polarised to support each other in the name of equality before the law.' #DefendDemocracy

📰 “Rejimin kalbinde duran şey, itaat.” 💬 Ece Temelkuran, faşizmi ve çıkış yollarını FİKİR Dergisi’ne anlattı. 👉 Peki, gerçekten rejimi sarsacak olan ne? https://twp.ai/E6AX0s #FİKİRDergisi #Faşizm #EceTemelkuran

Reading Together by @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social I'm struck by this bit- about how even in accepting refugees people would rather see a thing to help than a whole person with a life and who might be able to help others... thread coming... I've put the transcript in the alt text

1. 🧵"They have the courage to do this because of the hypocrisy of the Western establishment." @faisalalyafai.bsky.social recalls his conversation with @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social on how authoritarians have been emboldened by Western failures. newlinesmag.com/podcast/chin...