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

Istanbul and beyond
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  1. 37 minutes ago

    We’re live all day as votes in what’s much bigger than just a local election - it’s a pivotal moment for and President , which will determine if his political rise has ended and if people start talking about the post-Erdogan era.

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  2. 1 hour ago

    Good morning from a busy polling station, where 101-year-old Saadet and her 82-year-old son-in-law Öztürk have just voted for the AKP candidate, Binali Yildirim. “We’ve seen a lot of elections in our time”, they tell me. “We trust our President, God willing he’ll win”.

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    4 hours ago

    Over 10m ppl go to the polls for the rerun of mayoral elex. ⁦⁩ won the first time round, by a slight margin of 13,000, then the vote got cancelled. If he wins again, this could be “the beginning of the end” for Mr Erdogan

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  4. 18 hours ago

    “Without a man or woman in it, certainly without anybody from the United States in it”

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    Jun 22

    Istanbul vote rerun: Ambitious mayor takes on Erdogan's man

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  6. Jun 22

    "If he loses...he'll still be President, though many will perceive it as the beginning of the end". My piece on a watershed moment for in the rerun. In a tight battle with , seizes on the hope for change:

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    Jun 20

    I'm not being funny but is the friend we all need. Look how much he cares about whatever is sad about :(

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  8. Jun 21

    Pro-government paper questions the authenticity of...wait for it...’s university diploma. Yes, the very issue that has dogged President for years. You couldn’t make it up.

    Sabah gazetesi: İmamoğlu'nun diploması şaibeli
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  9. Jun 21

    ANOTHER election, I hear you cry? My lovely colleague and the rest of the fab team have produced this snappy video to explain what it’s all about and why it matters

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    Jun 20

    Interior Minister Soylu: Opposition team are preparing to run Istanbul "together with the LGBTs": a threat "not only to Istanbul, but to Turkey"

    Soylu: Etrafta da hep şu konuşuluyor, İSPARK ve benzeri bilimum yerler HDP ile anlaşıldı. Şimdi bu ekip LGBT dahil olmak üzere İstanbul yönetimine hazırlanıyor. Ben bunu Türkiye için de İstanbul için de bir tehdit olarak görüyo…
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  11. Jun 20

    Yet another flashpoint heating up in as sends a 2nd ship to drill for gas around , which Cypriot government says violates its own territorial waters. Ankara doesn’t recognise Cyprus maritime claim, says gas also belongs to Turkish Cypriots

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  12. Jun 20

    Solidarity with , one of 's rare independent news outlets mysteriously suspended by three days before the election. Follow English edition for a crucial take at a crucial moment. Hoping Turkish version reinstated soon.

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    Jun 20

    "The damage at the blast hole is consistent with a limpet mine attack" A closer look at the stricken oil tanker, which the US military say was attacked by Iranian security forces Tehran has denied any involvement [Tap to expand]

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    Jun 19

    Unbelievable story — how millions was stolen by identity fraudsters pretending to be the French foreign minister

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  15. Jun 19

    US-Iran tension, oil markets nervous, regional divisions deepening - it's a combustible mix. Watch our piece on board a US navy facility in the Gulf, as we're taken to see one of the tankers attacked last week. With

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  16. Jun 19

    We were taken out by US navy off the coast of UAE to see the damage in the Kokuka Courageous, one of two ships attacked last week, which US says was caused by an Iranian mine. Iran denies involvement. Watch our report tonight on and

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  17. Jun 19

    Greek, PKK, Gulenist - and now Egyptian autocrat: how the Turkish government has depicted Imamoglu as it fights to keep on to Istanbul through increasingly divisive rhetoric.

    President Erdoğan speaking to crowd in Istanbul: "On Sunday, will we say Sisi or will we say Binali Yıldırım?"
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  18. Jun 19

    We were shown the magnet that the US says was left on the Koukaka Courageous by Iranian forces when they attacked the ship last week in Gulf of Oman - and fragments of what is said to be an Iranian limpet mine. Magnet was used, US says, to removed an unexploded mine. Iran denies.

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    Jun 18

    Virtually all newspapers in ran the same 42-word story on the death of . It was WhatsApped to news editors by a govt official. This TV anchor - reading from a teleprompter - even ended her report: "Sent from a Samsung device."

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    Jun 17

    At 10 : + special report from +LondonBridge + +stabbings + + +Murray driving

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