Cumhuriyet Pazar is packed again this week

Cumhuriyet Pazar returns with its 1,900th issue, bringing together essays, interviews and features ranging from artificial intelligence to art history.

One article examines how AI has already entered office life. It says the technology now produces first drafts, reports and presentations, leaving people increasingly with the task of making the final check. Another piece by Prof. Dr. Üstün Dökmen looks at the pressure to follow the majority and authority, even when societies clearly see injustice.

The issue also turns to Nepal’s floods, presenting the disaster as another example of people who have contributed least to the climate crisis paying the heaviest price. Other articles explore Wi-Fi baby monitors and the privacy risks created by weak passwords and security flaws, as well as the pressure for success and performance that can turn modern people into their own exploiters.

Culture and the arts receive prominent space. T. Volkan Aslan’s first album, “Seyir,” brings Anatolian instruments together with contemporary, minimalist arrangements. “Gül Budama” examines a family corroded by wealth and privilege through grotesque humor, while a feature on İhsan Devrim follows a cultural journey through tango, publishing, theater, cinema and television. The issue also revisits 1990s food culture and looks at Elizabeth Siddal’s role in Millais’s “Ophelia.”