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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. 56 minutes ago

    on : “As the president, I don't have the right to order his release. Our judiciary is independent. Let's wait and see what the court will decide”. Talks about prisoner swaps with Gulen and Atilla are figments of our imagination, it seems

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  2. 3 hours ago

    Brilliant. Even the sheet of music balanced on a suitcase!

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    "This is what happens when classical musicians wait for a delayed flight at 10:00 pm." When they found themselves stranded at the…
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    14 hours ago

    Trump on his speech: “I think really well, it’s gotten very good reviews certainly and I think it went very well.” On the laughing: “Oh it was great. Well that was meant to get some laughter, but it was great.”

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  4. Sep 25

    Guardian of the post in my building.

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    Sep 24

    Incredible journalism:

    THREAD In July 2018, a horrifying video began to circulate on social media. …
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  6. Sep 23

    perfection. The end of an incredible fortnight of love, laughter, theatre, politics, friends, family, fado music, celebration, tears...and getting married. The greatest pleasure of our lives.

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  7. Sep 20

    Award news! BBC online's series on leaders - "The Powerful" - has been nominated for a and I'm delighted my piece on 's () is one of the pieces in the collection. Please vote for us! Click here:

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  8. Sep 13

    . Perfect.

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    Sep 13

    In 25 minutes, RT didn't manage to ask Boshirov and Petrov why traces of Novichok were found in their hotel room, why there's no evidence of their backstory & why they went toward Skripal's house on the day of the poisoning, rather than the Cathedral they'd supposedly come to see

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    Sep 13

    God bless . Just spray-spat tea.

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  11. Sep 11

    Hey I love you and everything but your new unbearably loud and annoying Lego safety video is, well, unbearable. Maybe revert to a safety video that does its core job?

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  12. Sep 11

    Enchanting, romantic . If I had to get married in , I might just choose this place.

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  13. Sep 8

    The “sorry sir, the flight is overbooked so we’ve had to upgrade you to business” mornings are my favourite mornings

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  14. Sep 7

    When you're peckish, it doesn't matter if the world's TV cameras are rolling...

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    Erdogan snacking on Persian nuts at the
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  15. Sep 7

    That sound of head-scratching is journalists across the Middle East trying to work out what the hell just happened at the -- "press conference." Three leaders that seemed to be negotiating live on TV with conflicting ideas/topics/solutions. Bizarre format.

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    Sep 6

    Here is Turkish proposal on Idlib, acc to . Erdoğan expected to bring this plan to Tehran summit tomorrow

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  17. Sep 7

    lands in Tehran to meet and on . is odd one out in this awkward trio, backing rebels, not regime. It fears a new refugee influx amid financial problems and when most Turks want Syrians to return. What solution to forestall Idlib offensive?

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    Sep 6

    Stop what you’re doing and consider that nearly a sixth of the world’s people were just (in a deeply moving and unanimous verdict) granted the right to love who they love. To be themselves without fear of arrest. A victory for every Earthling to celebrate.

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    Sep 6

    And here is why it's harder for the White House to build a case that this book is fabrication.

    Woodward has receipts. For instance he publishes the draft letter Cohn swiped from Trump’s desk:
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    Sep 6

    What a time to be alive.

    Kim Jong Un of North Korea proclaims “unwavering faith in President Trump.” Thank you to Chairman Kim. We will get it done together!
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