Mark LowenVerified account

@marklowen

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

Istanbul and beyond
Joined December 2010
902 Photos and videos Photos and videos

You may also like

·

Worldwide trends

Tweets

You blocked @marklowen

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @marklowen

  1. 21 minutes ago

    You couldn’t make it up: state news agency proudly proclaims “a first in history of democracy”: that a jailed presidential candidate is allowed to broadcast election speech from prison cell. That’s one way of putting a positive spin on jailing

    5 replies 36 retweets 44 likes
    Undo
  2. Retweeted
    8 hours ago

    Başak Demirtaş tells me her jailed husband ’s presidential candidate is campaigning against all odds and will be freed once justice is reinstated. Erdogan talking of bringing back the death penalty shows how scared they are of us, she says

    8 replies 146 retweets 359 likes
    Undo
  3. 22 hours ago

    In today’s top news, PM Yildirim slams ’s win, saying the country “can only kill, not sing” and “imperialists rigged the votes” so the contest will be staged in Jerusalem and “sow strife between religions”. Yep, really.

    7 replies 17 retweets 27 likes
    Undo
  4. Retweeted
    Jun 16

    Columnist in nationalist newspaper says it's a scandal that Turks had to turn to the BBC to find out what really happened in Suruç

    Suruç'taki çatışmayı BBC'den öğrenmek! - Arslan BULUT
    3 replies 23 retweets 41 likes
    Undo
  5. Jun 16

    Er... ’s Interior Minister says Muharrem is to blame for the attack. Where do they dream up this stuff?

    Süleyman Soylu: "Burada açık ve net söylüyorum Suruç'taki olayların sebebi Muharrem İnce'dir"
    25 replies 69 retweets 167 likes
    Undo
  6. Jun 16

    says can come and monitor elections...the observers voice concerns about restrictions on freedom of assembly and jailing of ...Turkish government slams the report as “not coinciding with reality”. So all starting fine then.

    Turkey slams OSCE's election observation interim report
    3 replies 52 retweets 50 likes
    Undo
  7. Jun 15

    Muharrem tells me suffering under one-man rule, he’ll bring democracy. Nobody should fear his party, he says. He’s a pious man, only says CHP is anti-Islam. He says he doesn’t want revenge against Erdogan but is running to be President, not judge

    13 replies 128 retweets 333 likes
    Undo
  8. Jun 15

    Muharrem mobbed for selfies as he goes for a walkabout in his home village near Yalova. It’s the image of the humble man of the people his supporters feel has helped build his momentum, from the son of the village to ’s strongest hope of political change in 15 years

    6 replies 72 retweets 221 likes
    Undo
  9. Jun 14

    Amid pre-election tension, armed clash in kills and injured several, including brother of local MP. Both sides blaming each other.

    Suruç'ta seçim kavgası: 3 ölü, 9 yaralı
    5 replies 3 retweets 3 likes
    Undo
  10. Jun 13

    The video goes on.: “If our representatives turn up at the ballot box committee before the other parties, we will finish this in Istanbul before it even starts... The polls are showing it’s not in the bag for us, it’s not looking good”

    This Tweet is unavailable.
    20 replies 192 retweets 142 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  11. Jun 13

    Chilling words in the translation of this video. The fear of electoral fraud in -majority southeast is very real - and will only increase with what was filmed telling his supporters.

    28 replies 200 retweets 159 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  12. Jun 13

    filmed telling supporters “I wouldn’t say this outside of here but if falls below 10%, we will benefit...you know who is who in your neighbourhood, do what is necessary”.

    1:38
    | Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan, basına kapalı olarak yapılan AKP Mahalle Başkanları Toplantısı'nda, "Bunu dışarıda söylemem. Ama HDP'nin baraj altında kalması bizim açımızdan…
    Show this thread
    24 replies 301 retweets 248 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  13. Jun 12

    “We don’t have to verify, because I have one of the great memories of all time, okay?” Lovely write-up of

    1 reply 3 retweets 3 likes
    Undo
  14. Jun 12

    ’s growing interference in the was no doubt the final straw for the () which pushed both sides so as to bring Skopje into its orbit. Presumably there will be warm words, too, at NATO summit next month.

    Greece's northern neighbour to be called North Macedonia after 27 years of wrangling between the two countries
    10 retweets 10 likes
    Undo
  15. Jun 12

    FINALLY.... Athens and Skopje agree that the country formerly known as will now be called “North ”, ending a dispute that’s paralysed relations for over two decades, left anyone outside the Balkans utterly bemused & stopped Skopje’s NATO and EU accession talks

    PM TSIPRAS: WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT
    5 replies 36 retweets 53 likes
    Undo
  16. Retweeted
    Jun 12

    : Malatya’da çiftçi dertli, AKP seçmeni adaylardan şikayetçi 'in haberi

    4 replies 18 retweets 40 likes
    Undo
  17. Retweeted
    Jun 12

    There is every indication from Seoul that the South Korean leadership and military did not know the US was about to cancel Joint Military exercises. "We need to find out" they say. Stunning if true.

    11 replies 113 retweets 105 likes
    Undo
  18. Jun 12

    repeats her pledge to sell state broadcaster which she berates for its propaganda. Goes down well with a crowd who’ve been unable to watch her amidst near-total blackout of her by Turkish mainstream media

    17 retweets 27 likes
    Undo
  19. Jun 12

    Enthusiastic welcome in for Meral as she holds her first rally of today here. A conservative city where she’s hoping to attract former supporters

    1 reply 8 retweets 15 likes
    Undo
  20. Retweeted
    Jun 11

    Is there a special place in hell for a dictator whose regime has jailed up to 130,000 political prisoners and, according to the International Bar Association, is guilty of “systematic murder (including infanticide), torture, forced abortions and starvation”?

    51 replies 173 retweets 281 likes
    Undo

@marklowen hasn't Tweeted yet.

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.