Esra Nihal Kandur

@esnika_

British Istanbulite.

Istanbul | London
Joined December 2018
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  1. Retweeted
    1 hour ago

    Sokakta mültecileri toplayıp zorla sınır dışı etmek ne hukuka ne de vicdana sığar. Mülteci meselemizi böyle çözemeyiz. Türkiye’nin ihtiyaç duyduğu şey sürdürülebilir bir entegrasyon politikası, mülteci düşmanlığı değil. iktidar ve muhalefet bu konuda sorumluluk üstlenmeliler.

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    Video for Syrian guys being arrested by the police in and deported to unknown place.
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  2. 4 hours ago

    I am afraid for my friends who have become family. I hate that I feel there is nothing I can do. “It’s the law” does not mean it’s moral.

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  3. 4 hours ago

    Being half-Turkish I always tried to turn away from the racist heritage of Turkey and focus on the accepting-multi-ethnic history. I appreciated the current state/government for hosting so many refugees although imperfectly. Now I feel lost.

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  4. 4 hours ago

    This really hit home. I usually tweet immediately when something regarding Syrians is happening in Turkey. The truth is I have been in denial and in shock. A strong part of my identity was shaped by the accepting nature of Turkey, or how I perceived it rather.

    to everyone in my mentions/dms reprimanding me for apparently giving fuel to anti-turkey people, or celebrating the deportations to a war zone, or justifying what’s happening because conspiracies - this is an issue…
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  5. Retweeted
    7 hours ago

    This is a case of an Uyghur resident in Turkey being given notice that he will be ‘returned’ to China; a country which persecutes the Uyghur community and has placed over 1 million of them in detention camps.

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    Recently some have received official notices from migration about they will be return to their country of origin. Here are a case of its kind, please share this, they will be end up in a or…
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    6 hours ago

    (1) "deported"=legal action taken against people who illegally reside in a country and have violated its laws (2) These are not cases of "deportations" they are cases of refoulement which is clear violation of international law as is still classified as a war zone.

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  7. Retweeted
    Jul 19

    Thread on refugees crackdown in Istanbul - no matter if a person is registered or not/has a work permit or not, a Syrian individual remains a refugee and therefore the principle of non-refoulement should apply.

    What do you do when you receive this message? Your friend telling you that - the situation is out of control, people are warning each other about checkpoints. They’re hitting people in the middle of the street and forcing them…
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  8. Jul 17

    Seems to be the trend in the region. Genuinely hope Turkey doesn’t go that far.

    The Lebanese state has decided to close down Palestinian and Syrian businesses and make sure no Lebanese firms hire Palestinian or Syrian workers.
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  9. Retweeted
    Jul 17

    I wrote column arguing that to deal with anti-refugee sentiment in Turkey, fueled by craven politicians and poor economy, is for Arab & western nations to take in more refugees and Turkey to push for peace settlement in Syria & clarify its strategic goals

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  10. Retweeted
    Jul 15

    I'm not exaggerating here, if this were a Muslim group the media and European politicians would be losing their shit

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    Police raids in Italy have unearthed a huge Far Right cache of weaponry, including an ground-to-air missile. (via )
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  11. Jul 15

    I must add that the BBC as always got the headline wrong. No one went out in the streets for Erdogan. No one would die for another person. We went out in the streets for something much bigger and we will again if the need arises.

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  12. Jul 15

    I would like to remind that Syrians fought alongside us that day:

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  13. Jul 15

    Oddly I do miss the days that followed. There was no hatred, towards anyone, even Syrians. We were together because we fought together.

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  14. Jul 15

    No matter what people may think outside of Turkey we will not let go of those rights without a fight.

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  15. Jul 15

    Yesterday I kept trying to tweet about the because I knew it was important to get the message out. But honestly the experience was too real and too scary. My family members came close to death, and many did lose their families. We fought for our rights and we won.

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  16. Retweeted
    Jul 15

    Three years ago some analysts were penning draft op-eds to welcome a military dictatorship, & certain politicians were waiting to give speeches praising the putschists for 'restoring democracy'. The Turkish people stood in the way of tanks so they could write a different history.

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  17. Retweeted
    Jul 15

    The struggle is real. Every damn summer.

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  18. Retweeted
    Jul 15

    PKK bomb kills 8-year-old boy, 4-year-old sister in eastern Turkey’s Tunceli

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  19. Retweeted
    Jul 15

    This protester got shot while resisting the July 15 coup attempt. Here is his story

    This protester survived the July 15 coup attempt
    On the night of July 15, 2016, massive protests erupted on Turkey's streets against a coup attempt. Muhammet Fatih Ustan was one of the protesters. This is his story.
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  20. Jul 13

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