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

Istanbul and beyond
Joined December 2010
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  1. 30 minutes ago

    2 weeks before election in which needs to shore up nationalist support & push below threshold, PM Yildrim says won't hesitate to attack base in Qandil. PM Abadi says Turkey must respect Iraqi sovereignty "even if it is a Turkish election campaign"

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    5 hours ago

    Turkey is holding early elections so why does it matter? 🇹🤔 Here's the BBC's Turkey correspondent on what you need to know

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  3. 4 hours ago

    When he called early elections, they seemed easily in the bag for Pres . But 6 weeks is a long time in politics. My piece on what's shaping up to be 's most tightly-fought electoral test in years

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  4. 7 hours ago

    Everything you wanted to know about 's election...but were afraid to ask. Our digital explainer from Istanbul:

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    Jun 7

    Votes being entrusted to an airline that won't even give passengers opposition newspapers...

    Turkey is taking every step to ensure the security of votes of Turkish expats, who will participate in the country’s presidential and general elections between June 7 and June 19.
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  6. Jun 7

    Absolutely extraordinary. includes in its map of for its official campaign video, running regularly on Turkish channels. Irredentism and nationalism gone mad.

    MHP campaign ad depicts Cyprus as Turkish territory [Video]
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  7. Jun 6

    stressing the humble over the lavish: after promising to turn ’s 1000-room presidential palace into a place of learning, now turns his sights on the 300-room presidential summer house in Marmaris, saying he’ll make it into a facility for the disabled

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    Marmaris’e yaptırdığı 300 odalı yazlık sarayı, engelli vatandaşlarımıza tahsis edeceğim.
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  8. Jun 6

    A week of protests has shaken and forced the resignation of the Prime Minister. So what's fuelling the unrest? Our piece from , with and Suha Kawar

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  9. Jun 5

    is the world-leader in many things...including a candidate for the presidential election holding an election rally over Twitter from his prison cell

    Herkese günaydın. Sanırım dünyada ilk kez, bir cumhurbaşkanı adayı cezaevinden miting konuşması yapacak. Bugün saat 11.00'de HDP sosyal medya araçlarından sizlere sesleniyorum. Görüşmek üzere...
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    Jun 4

    Diplomacy in 2018 be like.

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  11. Jun 4

    “Government 0, People 1” says this protester in as ’s PM Hani Mulki is forced to resign after a wave of anti-austerity protests. Unions say they’ll continue protesting until income tax increases are withdrawn

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  12. Jun 3

    The country that saw the biggest exodus of its millionaires in 2017 is.... 12% of them emigrated, according to this report, “fleeing deteriorating financial conditions...and ’s crackdown on his critics, including those in business.”

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  13. Jun 2

    Major attack by bots tonight - dozens of accounts tweeting me pro- messages, many using , all users with Turkish names but distant locations, following same 4 accounts but with no followers. This is getting boring,

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    Jun 1

    The Trump era in two Reuters alerts

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  15. Jun 1

    In last 2 weeks of May, state broadcaster gave 67hours 58mins airtime to /, 6hours 43mins to /, 23mins to , 12mins to /, 8mins to / and 0mins to /. A “free and fair” election, Turkey-style.

    TRT'nin Erdoğan'a 68 saat, Muharrem İnce'ye 6 saat ve diğerlerine de toplam 45 dakika ayırdığı anlaşılalı birkaç saat oldu
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    May 31

    Tim Sebastian: Which western country approved of the [ coup attempt]? : Unfortunately the big majority of them. Sebastian: Name me one. Cavusoglu: I can give you the name. Sebastian: Which one? Which one? Cavusoglu: Many European countries.

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    May 31

    this is the most British thing I’ve seen all week

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    May 31

    ’s 5th. anniversary. Calm so far with heavy police presence. Will the protesters defy the police to enter Gezi Park sealed off since last night?

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  19. May 31

    Today I asked a taxi driver to drop me at Ataturk Kultur Merkezi on Taksim. He’d never heard of the building. An iconic symbol of the Republic didn’t figure - and the last bricks are gone now. This is site of new Ataturk Cultural Centre being built in the model of the new

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  20. May 31

    2 of my favourite things about the language: there’s a special greeting you give when entering a sauna or having a haircut; and that when spelling out your name, a city in is used for each letter (E as in Edirne, D is Diyarbakir, T is Trabzon...)

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