While I was in Kosovo, the second season of “Squid Games” dropped. I saw the first season and enjoyed it; I have not yet had time to fit the second season into my day but hopefully can soon.

However, I do remember that in the TV show, the forced contestants are all given identical track suits to wear, identified only by individual numbers. This was on my mind when I saw a group of Turkish soldiers approaching the chow hall one day– all wearing pretty much identical track suits.

The track suit is hugely popular all over large areas of Europe, but especially in the eastern and Balkan areas. While Türkiye isn’t part of the Balkans geographically (it is Asia Minor), it does kind of fit in socio-politically. So they wear the uniform of the region: track suits.

Track suits look pretty comfortable, I have to admit (I don’t have one myself) and a lot of the people in our Task Force went out and got their own track suits, usually the ones that are more colorful… you know, going for the proper Eastern European look, I guess.

But damn, all I could think about was “oh, cool, they’re filming an episode of Squid Games right here in Kosovo!”

If you haven’t seen the show, check it out; it is a Korean drama with some comedy elements to it. I enjoyed it.