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Turkey correspondent for . Occasional bylines elsewhere. Opinions my own. RT = interesting. Email: piotrzalewski@economist.com

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  1. 2 hours ago

    The US said it would sell Patriots to Turkey if and when it abandoned the purchase of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia. Turkey has just refused to do so. Yet another simmering dispute with the US is starting to come to a boil.

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  2. Feb 28

    Turkey kicks off largest navy drill in its history - Turkey News

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  3. Feb 27

    Trump’s son-in-law meets Erdogan’s son-in-law, report newspapers owned by media group headed by Erdogan’s son-in-law’s brother.

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    Feb 26

    A grim but important look at issues regarding justice and gender as seen through the lens of the Şule Çet case, by the inimitable .

    I talked to Şule Çet's family & friends, their lawyer , and women's rights advocate from & for my story about a horrific, heartbreaking case that has gripped Turkey. …
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  5. Feb 26

    Turkey's Erdogan to meet White House adviser Kushner in Ankara: CNN...

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  6. Feb 24

    Zehra Doğan, a Kurdish painter and journalist, has been released from prison in Turkey

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    Feb 22

    Must-read piece from on the "creeping liberalism" of Islam in America:

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    Feb 20

    In the first heady days of the caliphate, they burned their passports and denounced their governments. Now the jihadists of Islamic State are acting like aggrieved tourists stranded on a package holiday.

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  9. Feb 20

    Turkey: prosecutors seek aggravated life sentences for philanthropist Osman Kavala (already behind bars for 477 days), actor Memet Ali Alabora, and 14 others. The group are accused of "attempting to overthrow the government" during the 2013 Gezi Park protests.

    Osman Kavala ve Mehmet Ali Alabora için müebbet hapis talebi
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    Feb 19

    EXCLUSIVE: Pence asks Erdogan to drop Russian missiles in secret phone call | Middle East Eye

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  11. Feb 19

    For reasons having nothing to do with their journalism, obviously. | Journalists Hakan Kara and Guray Oz, cartoonist Musa Kart, lawyer Mustafa Kemal Gungor, board member Onder Celik, and accountant Emre Iper will return to prison

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    Feb 18

    VIDEO: 🇹🇷 In Istanbul, stray cats and dogs are not chased from the streets -- instead authorities feed them and give them veterinary care, not only improving their health but that of residents who come into contact with them

    Istanbul vets make city's stray animals feel at home
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  13. Feb 16

    1. Pence on Turkey’s purchase of S-400 from Russia: “We will not stand idly by while NATO allies purchase weapons from our adversaries.” 2. The US will not sell Patriots to Turkey unless Turkey cancels S-400 purchase: official

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    Feb 14

    Excellent news. aim to draft a framework to reduce tensions in the . Would be a major contribution to peace and security in the area. Perhaps driven by the unusual situation that both defence ministers are former armed forces heads

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    Feb 14

    First Pompeo describes Wałęsa as a national hero, and now they’re going to have to arrest Netanyahu. I’m not sure this was in the script.

    BREAKING Netanyahu, in Warsaw, says Poles had 'cooperation' with Germans in Holocaust
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  16. Feb 12

    Pro-gov news channel in Turkey airs footage of deadly (4 killed) army helicopter crash in Istanbul. Anchorman: “I wish this was a video of American soldiers we were showing, and not our soldiers.”

    A Haber sunucusundan helikopter kazası yorumu: Keşke bu görüntü Amerikan askerine ait olsaydı
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    Feb 11

    Saud al-Qahtani was the fall guy in the case, the alleged ringleader. But guess what? He's still advising MbS (despite being fired) and traveling to Abu Dhabi (despite a travel ban).

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  18. Feb 10

    After months of relative silence, Turkey slams China for “reintroducing concentration camps”, “systematic assimilation“, subjecting Uighur Turks to “arbitrary arrests”, “torture and political brainwashing”

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  19. Feb 7

    Some excerpts: “uninformed... for the sake of his personal political gains... no lessons to be learned by us from arrogant French politicians... representing a country known to us by its atrocities in Anatolia by using Armenians... and its responsibility in the Rwandan genocide.”

    Statement of the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Hami Aksoy, in Response to a Question regarding French President Macron’s Remarks on Designating a National Remembrance Day in France regarding the Events of 1915
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    Feb 6

    Greek leader’s visit to seminary in Turkey stirs Orthodox hopes, but raft of issues still divide neighbours

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