“Gargara News is here for breaking the digital borders between east, west, north and south. Turkey, Greece, Cyprus and beyond! Translations, interviews, news and culture between community to community. We are under the influence of right wing illusions, fake news, main stream channels, binaries, polarisation, homo-nationalism, xenophobia, pink and white washing. Gargara is here for a more healthy communication, some awareness and realization of real borders are in our minds and hearts.
Some Awareness That Gargara Realised:
There is not enough English news from Greece. Turkish alternative queer media is making translations from main-stream channels and spreading an illusion, pink washing. But also in Greece alternative media turns their back to the east. English translations target audience is not the east, nor migrants or refugees. There is a strong orientalism which is shadowing inspirational resistances and similarities between countries. Why people showing American movies in Greece while a real time Stonewall Riot is happening in Turkey? Why between countries translations happening from English news channels? What can we learn from each other? Let's see!
Lots of queer and women paying the prices of wars, authoritarian regimes, poverty and natural disasters. Every summer fires, every spring floods and always a possibility of earthquakes. There is a lot of migrant from all over the world, also a very big queer community left the Istanbul and spread all around the world. Gargara is migrant and hopes this will create a butterfly effect for a new world; a queer renaissance. Because migration is not just a victim identity, it is also broadening your perspective. Let's start seeing migrants as creative subjects.
In both countries media is under attack and a reality is a struggle. In this struggle Gargara's point of view will be transfeminist, anti colonialist, anti homo-nationalist, anti xenophobic, anti militarist, peaceful yet proud with culture and diversity.
* For now it is a voluntary part-time project. For helping, collaborations or to be part of DM ! You can also reach to share news. Language will be just in English for now. And some mistakes can happen 🧿”
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