colere.blog is a curiosity journal — a growing collection of short, well-researched articles about the strange, the overlooked and the fascinating corners of culture, history and science.
Why did a football match help start the breakup of Yugoslavia? Why do we say “cheese” for photos? What happened when the world’s oldest tree was accidentally cut down? These are the kinds of questions we love to chase.
Colere is an independent publication based in Turkey, written and edited by a small editorial desk, and published in English and Turkish. Alongside the blog, we turn the best stories into short videos on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram (@colereblog), and build small tools such as AI Check, a Chrome extension that helps people check whether images and videos are AI-generated.
Thanks for reading — if you have a topic suggestion or spotted an error, we’d love to hear from you on the contact page.