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LOZAN
Word of the Week May 16, 2025

LOZAN

Say it with the right nasal twang — Lozann — and you’ll have unlocked the secret handshake of the Turkish political subconscious. Treaty of 1923. Not a historical detail but a question of national identity, psychological posture, and dinner-party risk assessment.

Nazlan Ertan