Yvo Fitzherbert

@yvofitz

MA Political Science at Boğaziçi university. Freelance journalist. Bylines for . Research Analyst at

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    It's a mistake for Labour to keep their commitment to ending free movement. Doing so not only implicitly reinforces deeply entrenched anti-migration narratives, it will also mean a significant expansion of border controls. The focus should be levelling up non-EU migrant rights

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    The price of home-made menemen in 2009, 2014 and 2019. visualises food inflation in >>>

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  3. Apr 3

    This is a great thread debunking AKP’s claim of election fraud in Istanbul. I think one thing that everyone can agree on is AA should be challenged to admit where exactly they get their data from - if it’s from AKP observers, this procedure should be halted for future elections..

    Many AKP voices have been claiming Istanbul was somehow stolen at Sunday’s elections. The accusations are essentially four different claims and this short…
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  4. Apr 2

    Belki HDP’den sonra Molokanlar Kars’a dönüp bir parti kurulabilir mi? Bence Ayhan Bilgen sevebilir, gelecek yerel seçimde HDP - Molokan Partisi bir ittifak olabilir mi? 😂

    Kars belediyesi CHP’de idi, sonra AKP aldı, ardından MHP AKP’den aldı. Şimdi de HDP MHP’den aldı. Bakalım HDP’den sonra Liberal Demokrat Parti mi alıyor, Haydar Baş’ın partisi mi.
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    Apr 2

    dün dündü bugün bugündür

    Kalın: Türkiye'de sandıklarda hile yapılamaz
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    Apr 2

    Things are getting serious. May invited Corbyn for tea. This beverage has an important symbolic value in British culture.

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    Apr 2

    Muş, Siirt, Kars, Tatvan, Erciş ve birçok yer şuan 'itiraz' adı altında masa başında HDP'den alınmak isteniyor. Adliye önlerine asker-polis yığılıyor, HDP'lilerin yasal haklarını kullanması engellenirken, AKP hem seçimin bir tarafı, hem de YSK gibi hareket ediyor.

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    Apr 2

    Subsidised food tents () come to an end after local elections. Hard not to see it as electoral strategy by to use state resources for partisan outcome

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    Birçok seçim meydanında, basın toplantılarında ve televizyon yayınlarında tanzim satışların mezara kadar değil 31 Mart Pazar'a kadar süreceğini söylemiştim. Yanıltmadılar.
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    Apr 2

    Today is the death anniversary of Sabahattin Ali, one of Turkey's great writers; the author of Madonna in Fur Coat, among other books. He was imprisoned more than once. He died/was killed while trying to flee to Europe in 1948. May his memory be a blessing, ruhu şad olsun.

    Bu güzel insan 2 Nisan 1948’de fikirlerinden dolayı siyasi baskıdan kurtulmak için Avrupa’ya geçmek isterken yolda öldürüldü...Aklımızda ve kalbimizdesin
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  10. Apr 2

    For more discussion, see thread on TKP/HDP split in Tunceli (), as well as this feature by on Maçoğlu's success in Ovacık:

    While the HDP's stance here is staunchly sectarian, it's *understandable* considering, its strategy was mainly focused on standing up to the trustees appointed in KPM-majority districts, including Dersim. A deal similar to that in Western cities wouldn't have worked for them.
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  11. Apr 2

    In conclusion, I'd say fear of kayyum was a major factor in TKP's victory, and much like Sirnak led to a number of HDP voters to abandon their party in elections. See my thread on Sirnak election for discussion on kayyum dynamic in local elecs:

    This is an extraordinarily unfair playing field: HDP simply don't have the resources and AKP use every trick to intentionally block+starve HDP housing/development projects across south-east.Kurdish voters essentially told you have to vote for AKP to see improvement of services /9
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  12. Apr 2

    HDP's anger is summed up by party spokesman Saruhan Oluç tweet, accusing TKP of working with the state power to defeat their party. Personally, while disappointing for HDP, I think such anger is misplaced as no reason why TKP + HDP can't work as allies /13

    Saruhan Oluç: Dersim’de biz oylarımızı koruduk. Ama Dersim merkeze de yine devletin önemli bir kaydırması ve bir manipülasyonu vardır. Dersim’de bütün güçler bizim karşımızda birleşmiş ve bizim kaybetmemiz için çalışmışlardır. Yaşanmış olan sonuç da bundan kaynaklanmaktadır.
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  13. Apr 2

    Since TKP's victory, theres been number of musings over what this means for Turkish lefts split on pro/anti K.movement. My particular favorite tweet in reaction claimed TKPs victory wasn't just a defeat of HDP, but also of Laclau, Bookchin and Negri /12

    Dersim'de sadece hdp kaybetmedi. Bookchin kaybetti, laclau kaybetti, negri kaybetti. "Sınıf"ı tarihe gömmek isteyenler kaybetti. O yüzden Maçoğlu sadece Maçoğlu değildir.
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  14. Apr 2

    TKP stem from a split-off from Turkish Workers Party in 60/70s + are associated with the 'Gelenek' tradition. They're often seen as opposed to the K. movement and despite a brief electoral pact in the 90s, have not generally worked in co-operation w. pro-Kurdish parties /11

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  15. Apr 2

    Similarly, in other districts, due to new law allowing soldiers to vote in polling booths where they are stationed, many HDP voters voted for CHP to prevent AKP from winning. This was certainly the case in Hozat + Mazgirt where AKP performed strongly (winning latter district) /10

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  16. Apr 2

    Looking at the district vote, given Maçoğlu's success, people were surprised that TKP lost to CHP in Ovacık - TKP candidate Hayati Güngören had been arrested during election campaign so one factor may have been fear he wouldn't be released (much like fear of kayyum in merkez) /9

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  17. Apr 2

    The votes shift between 2014 elections and now suggest that TKP increased share of votes by 20% by taking roughly 10% each from both HDP and CHP supporters. This is something that was confirmed to me by someone close to TKP in an interview /8

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  18. Apr 2

    HDP's campaign focused on the illegitimacy of the kayyum and HDP's candidate said he saw the election as a chance to reject the kayyum entirely - much like across south-east, HDP's campaign focused on need to increase votes to show ppl refuse to accept kayyum /7

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  19. Apr 2

    The demoralization of the kayyum effected HDP's campaign, which was contrasted with Maçoğlu's success. A report by also highlighted how many would vote for TKP because they feared the kayyum returning if HDP won /6

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  20. Apr 2

    In contrast to Maçoğlu's dynamic municipality, Dersim centre was unfairly stripped of its HDP mayor in 2016 due to the 'kayyum'-the Ankara-appointed trustee that replaced the HDP municipalities across the southeast. As a result,Ankara has controlled the municipality for 2 yrs+ /5

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