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

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  1. 3 hours ago

    's opposition has finally found its voice. And it's roaring. Can Muharrem do what was for years unthinkable or will President prove the doubters wrong again? My piece for 'From our own Correspondent'

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  2. 3 hours ago

    ’s state news agency gives a lesson on how to discredit election observers before they even start. Now where have I heard the phrase “perception operation” before?

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    Jun 22

    holds its breath till the tightest elections in years where every vote counts and and Kurds could end up as kingmakers. I've travelled from Hakkari to Edirne to assess the mood. Full report here: Camera: Prod:

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  4. Jun 22

    The is wooing the romantics here in Besiktas

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    Jun 22

    Breaking: Turkey's pro-government media reveals Muharrem Ince was playing backgammon on the (exceptionally frosty, it seems) night of the July 2016 coup... and uses a photo from December 2014.

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  6. Jun 22

    Have a good day to you too.

    you're a dog...you biased scumbag, your hatred of Turkey and its president who is loved by the majority is soooo obvious, you bring shame to journalism.
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  7. Jun 21

    Over 15 years Pres has shaped in his image. Ahead of crucial elections, we travelled across the country to hear about a man both revered and reviled. Our piece for on Erdogan's Turkey. With

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    Jun 21

    HDP says more of its election monitors are being detained.

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  9. Jun 21

    “Tens of thousands”. The gall of the pro-government media shouldn’t still amaze me after 4 years here - but it does.

    CHP presidential candidate Ince cheered on by tens of thousands of supporters at a major rally in Izmir ahead of Sunday's election
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  10. Jun 21

    On tonight, we take you across three days before elections that have given the divisive President the fight of his political life. Watch 22.10BST and

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    Jun 21

    Turkish channels NTV, CNN Turk, and Haberturk briefly covered perhaps the largest election rally in the history of Turkey's largest opposition party, with 2 million attendees claimed. They've now all cut to Erdogan's plane landing at construction site of Istanbul's 3rd airport.

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  12. Retweeted
    Jun 20

    HDP'nin cumhurbaşkanı adayı Kasım 2016'dan bu yana Edirne'de tutuklu. Eşi her hafta 3400 km yol yaparak kendisini ziyaret ediyor. ile bu yolculuğu, seçim kampanyasını ve eşine yönelik açıklamaları konuştuk. Tüm mülakat:

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  13. Jun 20

    Μου λείπεις Αθήνα! Nice optimistic piece on wonderful

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  14. Jun 20

    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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  15. Jun 19

    This brave and lovely woman, Lisa Calan, lost both her legs in the bombing of an rally in Diyarbakir before June 2015 election. We interviewed her shortly afterwards () And here she is dancing with her prosthetics 3 years on. An inspiration.

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    5 Haziran 2015'te HDP Diyarbakır Mitingi'ndeki patlamada 2 bacağını kaybeden sinemacı Lisa Çalan, 19 Haziran 2018 HDP Ankara Mitingi'nde çift protez bacaklarıyla dans etti.
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  16. Jun 19

    Nothing to see here - only the ex-mayor of Ankara calling anyone who votes for the opposition “terrorists”

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    Jun 19

    In the shadow of ’s rally in Van, police keep watch over supporters nearby, who gather beneath their candidate running for presidential election from prison

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  18. Jun 19

    Get them young and the loyalty sticks...

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  19. Jun 19

    Well this is a first for me. I feel like Jack Nicholson in ‘As good as it gets’.

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    Jun 18

    Pictures of President Trump and Kim Jong Un in the West Wing of the White House. A few weeks ago, these frames surrounded pics of Trump with Emmanuel Macron, president of France, one of America’s closest allies.

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