How Turkey's Canan Kaftancioglu Challenged Erdogan's Power | Time

The 'Badass Chief of Staff' of Turkey's Opposition Faces Years in Jail After Challenging Erdogan's Power. She's Not Backing Down BY JOSEPH HINCKS / ISTANBUL FEBRUARY 24, 2021 5:35 AM EST Snow brings back memories for Dr. Canan Kaftancioglu. Of recess snowball fights in the Black Sea village where she grew up, of warming her hands at her elementary school’s stove before class — and of discovering a poem by Turkish writer Ataol Behramoglu, a favorite of a beloved uncle who would bring left-wing newspapers to her childhood home and discuss the articles inside. “It is about how the snow brings equality between people,” Kaftancioglu says of the poem. “In the snow, we build a new, more equal world.” More:How Turkey's Canan Kaftancioglu Challenged Erdogan's Power | Time