Mark Bentley

@MarkABentley

Journalist/analyst. Ex-Turkey bureau chief and head of European investment news for Bloomberg. Retweets not endorsement

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    2 hours ago

    Pick a number from 51 to 99

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    2 hours ago

    Coming from the airport on the main freeway, I was reminded that even if Muharrem Ince has taken over social media, Erdogan has captured the main highways—I did not see one sign for Ince for over 5 miles. Easily about a hundred for Erdogan.

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  3. 2 hours ago

    Candidate fairs even worse. Not one reference in 5 days on AA’s other Twitter channel . No wonder she is complaining. A total blackout

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    2 hours ago
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    this also a parliamentary elections plus neither the akp nor the opposition need the AA Canlı tweets , people can got directly to the candidate own twitter page. social media mad it an even playing field

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  5. 3 hours ago

    Anadolu is traditionally the top source for all Turkish media - newspapers, TVs, news portals It will be the same for election results this Sunday

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  6. 3 hours ago

    Turkey’s state-run news agency Anadolu is run by Senol Kazanci, a former adviser to Erdogan Once an autonomous body, Anadolu is now for Erdogan what Pravda is for Putin This is shaping up to be Turkey’s most unfair election, and voting hasn’t even started yet

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  7. 3 hours ago

    Turkish opposition candidates get zero coverage on state-run Twitter channel over the past week The agency is funded by taxpayers About 70% is Erdogan 25% other govt ministers 4% “anti-terror” struggle *Former PM Ciller gets 3 mentions thanks to AKP support

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    8 hours ago

    The Guardian today has printed in their newspaper a list of 34,361 refugees who are known to have died trying to make it to Europe.

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    10 hours ago

    Turkish court bans all news reports about Erdogan's son killing a woman in a car accident 20 years ago, because one of the opposition candidates mentioned it in a rally.

    İstanbul 9. Sulh Ceza Hakimliği, Ahmet Burak Erdoğan'ın talebi üzerine Sevim Tanürek cinayeti ile ilgili aralarında ve haberleri…
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  10. 6 hours ago

    One positive is an apparent commitment to lifting the state of emergency. But as Erdogan now gets increased powers, it’s not clear whether this will have any effect at all

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  11. 6 hours ago

    Statements from govt officials give no real sense of any commitment to such an effort. Pro-market officials such as deputy PM Simsek are vague, Erdogan advisers talk only about a production-based economy & lowering rates. Turkey appears far from ready

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  12. 6 hours ago

    Turkey needs to: 1. Stop the bleeding in its economy 2. Find the capital for a comprehensive restructuring program/help companies with dollar debts, respected economist says. Couldn’t agree more

    “Bulun şu işin dibini artık”
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  13. 7 hours ago

    Turkey firmly back in the old days. Erdogan re-alligned himself with hardliners and here we are. What a shame

    The music group Koma Rosîda's singer Jiyan, who was detained for singing a song that contains the word 'Kurdistan' in its lyrics at 's Ağrı rally on Monday, has been arrested and…
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  14. 7 hours ago

    I’m not sure Erdogan and his circle know how close Turkey is to full-blown crisis Let’s hope this is just electioneering. People are having a hard enough time in Turkey as it is

    Turkey prioritises lower interest rates – Erdoğan adviser
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  15. 8 hours ago

    Turkish house sales jump after incentives, price cuts Good for the economy, good for votes, but will it last?

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    9 hours ago

    TV has just played this campaign video 3 times in 10 minutes. And with the theatrical phoenix images and echoes of the statues of Ataturk pointing, the message is clear: the new father of the nation making rise again

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  17. 10 hours ago

    I suspect there's much discussion in the presidential palace about recent central bank action. Erdogan's unorthodox advisers, and perhaps the president himself, may be pointing to renewed lira weakness as "proof" that higher rates don't work

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  18. 10 hours ago

    Erdogan repeats vow to bring down interest rates Not sure what the Turkish president is trying to do here -- spark another currency selloff before elections? Seems he's also criticising recent rate hikes by the central bank...

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    22 hours ago

    AKP thugs try to storm Halk TVs live Halk Arenasi program, where Kemal Kilicdaroglu was to appear. One policeman got injured during the chaos between thugs and audience.

    SON DAKİKA | Kılıçdaroğlu'nun canlı yayına katılacağı alanda gerginlik: Bir polis yaralı …
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  20. 22 hours ago

    Probably the best profile of Erdogan I’ve read. So many half-baked/generic versions out there Top overviews take book-like research, talking with ex-advisers/ministers/confidants. appear to have achieved this. Well worth a read indeed

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