Tabula Masa

Issue #145

Not all heroes wear capes, but some wear takkes. Meet Kaldırım Man, aka Syrian refugee Osama Shafie, who walks around Diyarbakır with hand tools and fixes “nails, screws and other stuff protruding from pavements.” A friend of toes. The man of heel.

Don’t miss Idil Karsit’s report on Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı’s arrest and ongoing pressure on the Turkish M…