William Armstrong

@WJ_Armstrong

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    7 Feb 2018

    Pleased to unveil 's new member system. Sign up for exclusive material: Transcripts of the entire archive (50+ interviews so far) and a 30% discount on over 200 books from 's Turkey/Ottoman History series.

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  2. 2 hours ago

    Unclear whether they are stepping back. A number of prominent govt-friendly names have come out against this initiative/rhetoric. But major TV station (A Haber) and newspapers (Sabah, Yeni Safak, Star, etc) are still pushing it.

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  3. 2 hours ago

    Twitter account alleging local election vote-rigging (), set up and spread by certain pro-govt media figures, hasn’t posted in 14 hours.

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    3 hours ago

    And yes, this has worrying implications in the real world. Two days ago, a government supporter told me Kurds in big cities had "committed treason" against Erdogan by voting for the opposition. Another said "terrorists stole” the election in Istanbul.

    'Who organized the coup at the ballot box': Pro-govt paper in describes election results in , where ruling party is contesting opposition win of mayorship, as a coup, likening it to protests, 2013 corruption…
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    3 hours ago

    “Our alliances are just on paper,” says a Turkish war veteran who earned a U.S. Silver Star while fighting side-by-side with Americans in Korean War. 🤝Here is a good take on uneasy relationship of US-Turkey spanning over half-a-century by

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    4 hours ago

    Good thread on Turkey’s mysterious election day vote count reports.

    In the old days (til 2011), the Turkish state news agency and other large media organisations would send people to the counting stations & send through early reports to scoop official results. Those other organisations, for various financial or political reasons then dropped out
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    6 hours ago

    Reports that law being crafted that will set a cap on value of tenders that municipalities can decide independently on. Anything above set limit would as per mulled law be authorized/decided by presidency according to a very solid Turkish journalist.

    ‘Erdoğan karışamaz’ diyenler için bir ipucu... “Belli tutarın üzerindeki ihalelerin onay makamını Cumhurbaşkanı olarak belirleyen değişikliğin hazırlığı yapılıyormuş. Böylece muhalefetteki…
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  8. 14 hours ago

    Figures come from the municipal council audit commission's report for 2018, released by a CHP commission member last week.

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  9. 14 hours ago

    According to this report (from before the election), Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has debts of 22 billion liras (trebled since 2014). Last year it had a deficit of 3.7 billion liras.

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    23 hours ago

    Another on point piece from in today's

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    Apr 2

    A bit of background explaining the link between Pelikancılar & Bosphorus Global (in Turkish) by :

    "A Twitter account has been opened allegedly by the infamous Bosphorus Global and will share the alleged electoral fraud. Sabah columnist, Hilal Kaplan, who falsely claimed that the votes would be counted again, was the first person to share the account."
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    Apr 1

    I covered 5 elections in during 2011-2016. Of those 2014 local elex (when Gokcek beat (?) Yavas in Ankara) & June 2015 general elex (where Davutoglu lost AKP’s majority & Erdogan forced snap polls) were the most surprising & strangest. But last night topped it all.

    The authorities' candidate lost, and for 12 hours state institutions froze while a decision was made whether to acknowledge it.
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    Apr 1

    Among the things at stake if the AKP loses Istanbul - the huge municipal subsidies to Islamist foundations, some linked to the Erdoğan family

    sadece şu tablo değişebilirse bile çok şey demektir. rakam ise zaten inanılmaz. 847.592.858
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    Apr 1

    Buyrun size ilçeler haritası yaptım.

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    Apr 1

    Saat 16:05 itibariyle bu yazılar hala bu halde duruyor. Sonuclar belli olmadan once bu kadar emin yazılması bir yana, hala kaldirilmamis olmaları inanılır gibi degil.

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  16. Apr 1

    Ruling AKP's provincial head says Yıldırım won Istanbul mayoral race. Says party will appeal over 300,000 votes ruled out as "invalid", mostly from AKP stronghold districts.

    AKP İstanbul İl Başkanı: İstanbul'da sonucu etkileyecek şekilde usülsüzlüklerden elimizde fazlasıyla mevcut
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    Apr 1

    AKP to appeal results in all Ankara districts - party sec.-gen.

    AK Parti Genel Sekreteri Şahin: Ankara için açıklanan verilerle elimizdeki oyların değişiklik gösterdiği yerler var. Ankara'da 25 ilçenin tamamında itiraz edeceğiz.
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    Apr 1

    After a long election night in Turkey, a clearer picture is emerging today. President Erdoğan's alliance won a majority of the national vote. But he is facing the blow of losing Istanbul + Ankara + a string of key economic hubs. Full story w/:

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    Apr 1

    Turkey's election body says wins election for Mayor of . Margin of victory is just 27,889 votes. Ruling AKP has indicated it will contest results.

    YSK Başkanı Güven: "Ekrem İmamoğlu'nun 4 milyon 159 bin 650, Binali Bey'in 4 milyon 131 bin 761 oyu sisteme tanımlanmış vaziyette."
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    Apr 1

    Absurdity in local elections: pro-govt newspapers this morning declare AKP victory over key city , as do TV channels, so it’s likely that a lot of Erdogan supporters believe their candidate actually won Istanbul.

    Yandaş gazetelerden bazılarının sabaha hazırlanan sayfaları İstanbul'da AKP'yi galip gösterdi.
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  21. Apr 1

    +1 With the alliance system applied differently in each province almost impossible to draw a useful national picture. Best to just look at individual district/province/metropolitan races.

    This👇 many, many times over. People in Türkey voted in different local contests — hundreds of them — so please don’t draw a clumsy national picture by totting up the numbers.
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