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

Istanbul and beyond
Joined December 2010
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  1. 34 minutes ago

    The reaction in Ankara ain’t gonna be pretty. has become one of ’s closest allies.

    The citizens of Venezuela have suffered for too long at the hands of the illegitimate Maduro regime. Today, I have officially recognized the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaido, as the Interim President of Venezuela.
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    Russia accuses Turkey of breaking its promises on Idlib deal and says ceasefire in the opposition-held city has failed, as Putin hosts Erdogan for crunch talks on Syria w &

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  3. 5 hours ago

    I love receiving an email touting an “exclusive interview” with a finance minister by a newspaper owned by that minister’s brother.

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    sentences TV host to year in prison for interviewing gay man -- yes you read that right, one year in prison for a TV host who dared to give a gay man a voice on TV.

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  5. 8 hours ago

    A pretty incredible journey for 's PM from the man who vowed to throw austerity back in the face of , to being lauded in Berlin as the leader who followed budget cuts, is slowly solving the debt crisis and could even be about to resolve name dispute

    Extraordinary to see German conservative press, which fulminated against Syriza in 2015, now lauding Tsipras for doing “unpopular but necessary” things, contrasting him with leadership vacuum elsewhere in Western…
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  6. 12 hours ago

    She’s lost 9kg and an ambulance is reportedly on standby in the prison where she’s been held for a year for daring to criticise ’s military offensive in Afrin... speaks to the daughter of

    “Mum, don’t leave me!” is a Kurdish MP on hunger strike for 77 days. Her health is rapidly deteriorating. I spoke to her daughter and her lawyer who say they are extremely concerned
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    Jan 21

    's lira versus USD

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    21 hours ago

    “Get. Out. Of. The. Car.”

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    Jan 21

    Turkey elections: Questions over 'voter aged 165' and other irregularities

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  10. Jan 21

    Me: so what's been happening here in the month I've been away? Twitter: same old

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    "We are going to poke eyes out of those who set their eyes on our country" says Turkish president in a Sunday rally in Ordu city as he claims major powers want to dismember Turkey, laments the nation's territory…
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  11. Jan 20

    Back from an incredible honeymoon in and . A privilege to experience such stunning, friendly, fascinating countries. The warm people, the gorgeous landscape, the rich - often tragic - history...and what amazing food! Cảm ơn bạn/សូមអរគុណអ្នក!

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  12. 28 Dec 2018

    Checking out of twitter for a little while as I check in on my honeymoon. Kendine iyi bak, Türkiye.

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  13. 23 Dec 2018

    Yeah ok you all guessed too easily. Happy Christmas and Feliz Natal to all those celebrating!

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  14. 23 Dec 2018

    Back in my favourite city. Guess where?

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  15. 23 Dec 2018

    “Zero problems with neighbours”

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    23 Dec 2018

    Let me help: is the guy who had the balls to visit Iraq and Syria many times, to meet your troops, speak to your allies, forge alliances against IS... so you didn’t have to.

    Brett McGurk, who I do not know, was appointed by President Obama in 2015. Was supposed to leave in February but he just resigned prior to leaving. Grandstander? The Fake News is making such a big deal about this nothing event!
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  17. 23 Dec 2018

    The US President claims he doesn’t know the special envoy for the global coalition to defeat ISIS.

    Brett McGurk, who I do not know, was appointed by President Obama in 2015. Was supposed to leave in February but he just resigned prior to leaving. Grandstander? The Fake News is making such a big deal about this nothing event!
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    22 Dec 2018

    Breaking: Brett McGurk, the president's envoy to the anti- coalition, has resigned in protest at 's abrupt decision to w/draw US troops from . Seems he was as blindsided as everyone else, here's what he told me just last week

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  19. 21 Dec 2018

    Heartwarming thread for your Saturday morning

    I wanted the best way to tell my neighbor that he tried it with his late night party. So I wrote him a letter and baked him a cake.
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    21 Dec 2018

    Erdogan owned Trump so quickly and so completely that even the Turkish president was taken aback.

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