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BBC Turkey Correspondent. Previously based in Athens and Belgrade. Heart belongs to a Portuguese. All views my own.

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  1. 2 hours ago

    Journalist from pro-govt paper on the man who attacked ’s opposition leader : “his biggest misfortune was that he was caught on camera”. So the big problem wasn’t that he punched someone, but that he was filmed doing it.

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  2. 3 hours ago

    supreme election board YSK rules against one of 's petitions, which was that the votes of those people dismissed by emergency decree (well over 100,000) should be excluded. We wait for the ruling on AKP's main objection: for a complete re-run in .

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    23 hours ago

    insiders gave me a rare glimpse into division and discontent within the party. They urge to draw lessons from the loss of rather than to challenge it. My report for

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  4. Apr 22

    President breaks his silence on attack

    Erdogan: "Yesterday at a martyr's funeral an unwanted incident occurred. Protests against CHP head Kılıçdaroglu turned to violence. Event is being investigated... We are against all types of violence and terror. We will not allow anyone to harm Turkey's peace."
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  5. Apr 21

    It’s the morning after ’s opposition leader was attacked by a mob. The current President, never shy of the spotlight, has not said a word. No condemnation, no message of support, no call for unity. It has taken the ex-President to speak out and fill that void.

    Ana muhalefet lideri Sayın Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’na bugün yapılan saldırıyı kınıyorum. Siyaset diline hakim olan nefret söyleminin tehlikesi umarım artık farkedilir.
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    Apr 21

    Pro-government TV channel on the attack on Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu: "With that emotional (atmosphere) these things can happen."

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    ATV Ankara Temsilcisi Şebnem Bursalı: "O duygusallıkla bu tür şeyler olabilir."
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  7. Apr 21

    Pro-government paper today accuses of supporting terrorism, asking if its new mayor of Istanbul is happy after 4 soldiers were killed by PKK. Daily incitement & vitriol spewed out in government mouthpieces and then vigilante attacks. Not hard to see the link.