Isobel Finkel

@is_fink

Journalist formerly in/of Turkey (on a Boston detour til summer '19)

Istanbul
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Joined August 2013
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  1. 9 hours ago

    Partly because i went on Bursa TV to check the local results and found nothing but penguins. Penguins, and reassurance that a great tradition is alive and well.

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  2. 9 hours ago

    An election worth going back on Twitter for

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    1 Aug 2017

    This YouGov research on Brexit proves baby boomers hate their own children

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  4. Retweeted
    28 Jul 2017

    Kadri Gürsel, Akın Atalay, Ahmet Şık, Murat Sabuncu and Ahmet Kemal Aydoğdu to remain behind bars.

    Güray Öz, Turhan Günay, Önder Çelik, Bülent Utku, Musa Kart, Hakan Kara, Mustafa Kemal Güngör are free pending trial
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    28 Jul 2017

    After 3 years, confirmation that Gulnara Karimova is alive! But with all those corruption investigations we may not see her for some time

    Uzbekistan charges former dictator’s daughter with theft of $2bn
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  6. 27 Jul 2017
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    I wasn't joking. 8 windows in our house completely smashed.

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  7. 27 Jul 2017

    Istanbul sky blackening as if for a repeat of last week's insane rain that had people swimming through the streets

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  8. 27 Jul 2017

    No great surprise that every album tiny has released this year made the Mercury Prize shortlist, but pretty cool nonetheless

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  9. 26 Jul 2017

    Washington Post'e göre Trump hükümeti = 'muzlara hakaret' 🍌

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  10. 25 Jul 2017

    4,000 year-old bond

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  11. 24 Jul 2017

    The most unholy of Turkish metaphors benefits, in this 1980s advert, from graphic illustration: "As easy as pulling hairs out of butter"

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  12. Retweeted
    24 Jul 2017

    When the Jacobins met Kafka

    A lot of pressure on the Prosecutor in the Cumhuriyet case to produce results: he faces life imprisonment in another case as potential FETÖ.
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    24 Jul 2017
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    Inside the courthouse where trial against is held. The writing behind the judge reads "Justice is the foundation of the state"

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    23 Jul 2017

    Huge crowd outside Caglayan court this morning in solidarity with journos and execs on trial for journalism. Media

    Cumhuriyet Gazetesi ile dayanışmaya gelenler adliye önünde açıklama yapıyor
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    18 Jul 2017

    İstanbul'da yağış rekoru kırıldı. Aralık ayı boyunca yağan yağmur miktarı 1 günde aşıldı. by

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    18 Jul 2017

    anlamsız fotoğraflar 5854

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  17. 17 Jul 2017

    Free foot baths in Istanbul

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    Istanbul yağan yağmur nedeni ile sel altında....!
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  18. 17 Jul 2017

    PT As faithfully recorded in the Olive Oil Times https://t.co/RNPBkPNWhP?amp=1

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  19. 16 Jul 2017
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    Unless of course you're Ismail Balaban (the blond one), who's just been crowned champion at the 656th annual Kırkpınar oil wrestling fest

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  20. 16 Jul 2017

    You can't win every fight

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