I don't know why it wasn't mentioned in this article, but it is widely assumed that Sweden's bid will fly through the ratification process in Turkey as soon as it's called. That's part of the reason he hasn't called it: he's got an election coming up. He's trying to show what a strong leader he is, getting the northern Europeans to do things on his terms, while also hoping to get rid of a few old political rivals and enemies who have taken shelter there. It'll probably pass quickly after the election, no matter who wins.

The people who Erdogan wants deported from Sweden aren't Kurds. They're political enemies who he claims took part in that 'attempted coup' he staged a few years ago so that he could lock up his rivals, progressives and thousands of schoolteachers.

I remember reading when he died that he had enough material recorded that his estate could still release new albums for years. I wonder what happened to it all.

The place where I live, electricity is cheap, and my house doesn't have any gas lines. Every time that I 'chat' about household appliances, heating, etc this bot keeps insisting that natural gas is very important and the way to go. It's weird. Here's my favourite interaction so far:

"For example, a high-efficiency gas-fired boiler may have an efficiency rating of 90% or more, which means that 90% of the energy in the fuel is converted into usable heat.

In contrast, electric boilers have a much lower efficiency rating, typically in the range of 95% to 100%."

I'm sure that absolutely none of that was being used in illegal international transactions or tax evasion and that everybody used proper accounting measures