A Turkish photographer has compiled a photo book on the various ethnic groups that make up the Turkish people and is travelling around the country with three other people to share it. Turkey’s official policy is one of monolithic patriotism (consider the denial of the Armenian genocide). The group has travelled throughout Turkey with their book, often encountering suspicion, to share the pictures and stories of the book with people around Turkey. Their goal is to show both the variety and the uniformity of the different cultures within Turkey, and they’re finding that people are astonished at the similarities.
Like I always say, folks is folks. Sometimes we all just need to be reminded.
Today’s knitted object – B’s socks, in Seawool. Super soft and warm. I think the stitch pattern is both interesting and masculine–K all on even rounds, K4, P4 on odd rounds.
