This week Istanbul said goodbye to a great patriot and police chief. Abdullah Suzer served more than 40 years including as head of the anti terrorism department. I was lucky to call him baba.
On the tram in Antalya where most of the local Turkish people I’ve met so far have not heard of COP31 and had no idea a major climate conference is opening here tomorrow. An admittedly small sample size but interesting — in most cities where COP is held it is all consuming.