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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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Happy
#Pride
to all from Pushy and us. She furvently hopes the ban will be lifted next year. #Istanbul#AşkAşktırpic.twitter.com/66pOkpF77x
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We’re appalled by the police violence against LGBTI+ activists in Istanbul, who gathered to read the Istanbul Pride Committee's press statement on the unlawful and ridiculous
#Pride ban. Our solidarity is with the courageous queer activists of #Turkey.http://m.bianet.org/english/lgbti/209921-police-attack-with-shields-pepper-gas-after-pride-parade-statement-read …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Riot police now trying to disperse crowds down side streets, trying to break it up into smaller groups.pic.twitter.com/xLxZsBDKPY
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Police have fired their first tear gas rounds. Because obviously they see that as proportionate.
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A small and defiant crowd on side street refusing to fall silent.
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Police water cannon at the ready. To stop people walking joyfully down
#Istanbul’s main pedestrian street.#Pridepic.twitter.com/mvenIfzC12
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#Istanbul’s governor has banned#LGBTPride for the 5th year in a row. But we’re off to support it - because#lovewins.#Proud#AşkAşktırpic.twitter.com/GQYkigdrIW
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Trump casually claims he's personally responsible for persuading Erdogan to not "wipe out" the Kurdspic.twitter.com/5YohWx383D
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"I left
#Turkey because I couldn't see a future. I had to travel 30 hours from Munich to vote. Now maybe I'll be able to come back here". My@BBCFooC piece on@ekrem_imamoglu's#Istanbul victory, what it means for#Erdogan - and 16 years of Erdoganism.https://soundcloud.com/marklowen/turkeys-turning-point-1?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - Mark Lowen RetweetedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Why are people risking their lives to flee El Salvador? Our latest report for the
@BBCNews @OrlaGuerin with @goktay @photojuancarlos and moihttps://vimeo.com/344924032Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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#Imamoglu criticised partisan, defaming media. “I can’t call them journalists. A columnist wrote +100 columns against me&my family - he never met me.” Says digital media is best way to overcome democratic challenge. “This election taught media that libel won’t take them anywhere”Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
“There were people who tried to insult me about my roots. You can’t insult people about their ethnic origin. If I were Greek or Christian, I’d proudly say I was so. This just made me sad because they were lying. Their job was to come up with things about Ekrem
#Imamoglu”.pic.twitter.com/P1WgD0crOW
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Asked about speculation that he has ambitions beyond mayor,
#Imamoglu says he’s at the beginning as he takes his mandate. “Winning the election is not the destination. I’ll fulfil my term and then see what the people will ask of me: to be mayor again or in another position”.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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#Imamoglu calls the case against#Istanbul#CHP chair@ccanannnnnn “a political intervention, a political threat, intended to show they can always attempt to restrict freedom of people if they want to”. Says he’ll stand by Canan Kaftancioglu “as a companion and friend”Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
#Istanbul new mayor@ekrem_imamoglu tells foreign press if govt tries to limit his powers the people would see it as counterproductive manoeuvre &teach them another lesson. On#LGBTPride he’ll “always allow demos as long as peaceful”. Will discuss with governor why they banned itpic.twitter.com/T4bAbukzsA
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Trump also bonded with Putin over a scorn for journalists. “Get rid of them. Fake news is a great term, isn't it? You don’t have this problem in Russia, but we do.” “We also have,” Putin answered, in English. “It’s the same.” They shared a chuckle.pic.twitter.com/atGGYxnwfc
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