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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
Joined December 2010
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  1. 9 hours ago

    Will President change tack and loosen his grip after the setback in Istanbul, you might ask. The answer:

    Turkey fires central bank chief as policy differences deepen amid economic malaise
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    Jul 4

    Reports now that the S-400 or components are due to arrive in Turkey at the start of next week:

    Cumhuriyet reporting the first S-400 battery will be deployed to... the former Akinci air base, i.e. the command center of the July 15 coup.
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    Jul 2

    Turkish government agency stops scholarships and loans of students who attended gay pride march at top state university

    Emniyetin isteğiyle: KYK, ODTÜ Onur Yürüyüşü’nde gözaltına alınanların kredi ve burslarını kesti
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  4. Jul 2

    Yeni Akit coming in handy as emergency wrapping paper. I knew there was a use for it somehow.

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  5. Jul 2

    Dozens more arrest warrants out for military accused of backing/member of Gulen network. Simultaneous raids across . It barely registers in headlines now but well over 250,000 thought to have been purged since coup 3 years ago, which killed 260 people and scarred Turkey.

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    Jul 1

    PROPAGAND-OFF! Fox News vs. North Korean State TV

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  7. Jul 1

    After is attacked by tear gas and rubber bullets, ’s ex-Family Minister talks of need to protect families from “diseased behaviour”. A country trying to join the EU. This is why we need .

    İnsana huzur, mutluluk, güç ve güven veren sağlıklı bir aile yapısı toplumumuz için elzemdir. Aile bütünlüğümüzü tehdit eden her türlü hastalıklı…
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  8. Jul 1

    A bright mind, a fine journalist, a staunch defender of media and intellectual freedom - and a lovely person. Shamelessly targeted again.

    New criminal prosecution agst me, fr supporting a disobedience campaign in 2016 fr denouncing probe agst in . Once again, charged w ‘terrorist propaganda’. The trial will start on November…
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  9. Jun 30

    says S-400s will arrive within 10 days and that after talks with , US “won’t apply sanctions”. Turkish government believes they can take US President at his word and that he can overrule Congress. Another miscalculation?

    Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan: S-400'ler 10 gün içinde geliyor
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  10. Jun 30

    “Trying to end the family is a betrayal of humanity. We will continue to protect our family and home against those who try to corrupt our values” says ’s Beyoğlu municipality under its new AKP mayor, as justification for using tear gas and rubber bullets against .

    Aile ve aile bağları toplumun temel taşıdır. Aileyi bitirmeye çalışmak ise insanlığa ihanettir. Değerlerimizi yozlaştırmaya çalışanlara karşı ailemizi ve yuvamızı…
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  11. Jun 30

    Happy to all from Pushy and us. She furvently hopes the ban will be lifted next year.

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    Jun 30

    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 ban. Our solidarity is with the courageous queer activists of .

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  13. Jun 30

    Police sweeping the side streets. Happy .

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  14. Jun 30

    Riot police now trying to disperse crowds down side streets, trying to break it up into smaller groups.

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  15. Jun 30

    Police have fired their first tear gas rounds. Because obviously they see that as proportionate.

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  16. Jun 30

    A small and defiant crowd on side street refusing to fall silent.

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  17. Jun 30

    Police water cannon at the ready. To stop people walking joyfully down ’s main pedestrian street.

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  18. Jun 30

    ’s governor has banned for the 5th year in a row. But we’re off to support it - because .

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    Jun 29

    Trump casually claims he's personally responsible for persuading Erdogan to not "wipe out" the Kurds

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  20. Jun 29

    "I left 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 piece on 's victory, what it means for - and 16 years of Erdoganism.

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