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BBC Turkey Correspondent. Previously based in Athens and Belgrade. All views my own.

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Joined December 2010
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  1. 17 minutes ago

    Ilhan Kesici reported to have congratulated Muharrem for being nominated candidate for presidency - but no confirmation yet from the party or Ince himself. Formal announcement due Friday morning.

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  2. 1 hour ago

    Announcement of opposition coalition (CHP-Iyi-Saadet-DP) that was planned for today has been postponed to the weekend as details are worked out. Crossing 's deep divisions is a huge challenge.

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    : "Christiane Amanpour, Anderson Cooper Glenn Greenwald & Oprah Winfrey sentenced to life imprisonment for ‘plotting to overthrow the state’." This may seem wildly far-fetched but in , this is exactly what is happening. My piece

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    5 hours ago

    Massive market reaction to worse-than-expected April inflation data sends Turkish lira plunging as much as 1.3% to a record 4.2296 per dollar

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  5. 5 hours ago

    Strong piece by our on the pious ditching their belief. “TV shows say atheists should be killed, should be sliced in pieces”, says ’s atheism association. But anecdotal evidence on the gradual increase of deism and atheism is worrying the authorities here

    Is 's conservative youth increasingly turning their backs on Islam and becoming deists or atheists? Listen to my piece for …
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  6. 5 hours ago

    Sir David on is asked what he would like his legacy to be. “I don’t think I deserve one”. The humility of a truly extraordinary man.

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    18 hours ago

    As it's claimed Donald Trump wrote his own 2015 health letter, doctors admit that the signs were there:

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  8. 20 hours ago

    Good to see! Thanks for the quick response. Kolay gelsin

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    "*" There is quick solve for İstanbul's citizen. We love all them and work like the wind.…
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  9. 23 hours ago

    These are public plant pots, a rare touch of green in concrete-filled, litter-strewn . Left like this in for months. Çok berbat.

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    May 2

    “According to the World Cities Culture Forum, parks and gardens cover a mere 2% of Istanbul’s total area, compared with 33% in London. Among the 34 cities surveyed, only Dubai fares worse.”

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  11. May 2

    The biggest threat to 's future

    Quality of education, 2017 1. Switzerland 2. Singapore…
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  12. May 2

    You couldn’t make it up: the letter by ’s former doctor praising his “astonishingly excellent” health, noting he’d be the “healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency” was, says the doctor, written by himself.

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    May 1

    Ratings agency S&P downgrades Turkey, warning of “risk of a hard landing for Turkey’s overheating, credit-fuelled economy.”

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    May 1

    Thanks to & his team for this report from about the integration of Syrian children into Turkish schools. This is what wants to achieve in our projects aiming to support Syrians in their efforts to integrate into Turkish society.

    "I have & friends. We're the same" has absorbed 3.5m Syrian refugees. Now the has funded a project to integrate them into Turkish schools. Our piece from on the school with no borders. With …
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  15. May 1

    An alliance election: CHP, İyi Party, Saadet and DP to form alliance to challenge AKP-MHP one, in hope of depriving government of parliamentary majority. But pro-Kurdish HDP left to fight alone to get above 10% threshold. Opposition unity only goes so far in nationalist

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    Apr 30

    FLAGGING: The White House adjusts its statement on Iran to say Iran “had,” not “has,” a “robust, clandestine nuclear weapons program that it has tried & failed to hide from the world...”

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    May 1

    Erdogan's party plans to send more than 12 million Turkish retirees a check in the mail a week before elections in June

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  18. May 1

    First challenge of the day: actually making it to the office. This is what meets you at every road up to Taksim. Welcome to the May Day holiday in .

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  19. Apr 30

    Pollsters are notoriously politicised in and we’re still 7 weeks away from the election - but if this trend continues, it’ll worry the occupant of the presidential palace

    Latest poll suggests presidential elections on 24 June might run for a second round. Support for President Erdogan projected to remain at 42 % …
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  20. Apr 30

    Here comes the vote-buying... What economic crisis?

    Turkish Elections update Turkish PM announces a comprehensive fiscal/administratory package:…
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