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Ayla Jean Yackley

@aylajean

1 year

Today marks 100 years since Greece & Turkey agreed to “exchange” 1.6m Christians & Muslims, forcing them into lands they had never seen. The trauma still binds & divides the neighbours & became the basis for mass expulsions across the world as we unlearned how to live together

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Jared Kushner tells Turkish newspaper: "Like Trump, Erdogan is working to make his country great again."

Mantıklı olan Türkiye ile birlikte hareket etmek

Haberin detayları için tıklayınız

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Istanbul's Greek community celebrates Christmas today with caroling through the streets of Beyoglu. Καλά Χριστούγεννα & Χρόνια Πολλά!

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Writers Yasar Kemal & James Baldwin in Istanbul, circa 1967, with photographer Ara Guler #istancool

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Tweet of the night goes to Turkish opposition politician & lawyer @MTanal who kept vigil with ballots cast in last year's contested Istanbul mayoral election

Av.Mahmut TANAL

@MTanal

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Geleyim mi? Shall I come? @realDonaldTrump @JoeBiden #ABDninSe çimi #Elections2020

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Photographer Ara Guler is reported dead at age 90. He captured Churchill, Dali, Picasso but in 2006 told me “My favorite subject is Istanbul because I understand it best" even if "Istanbul is no longer beautiful. Istanbul is lost." Now the city has lost its greatest documentarian

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my aunt, grandmother & mother in istanbul in 1952 #istancool

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Son-in-Law Summit: Jared Kushner, who is married to Trump’s daughter, meets Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, who is married to Erdogan’s daughter, to discuss US-Turkish economic ties

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Turkey converts another Hagia Sophia church into a mosque. On Christmas. By my count, this 12th century church in the northwest province of Edirne on the border with Greece is the fourth such conversion.

Prof. Dr. Ali Erbaş

@DIBAliErbas

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Edirne Enez Ayasofya Cami-i Şerifi 56 yıl sonra yeniden cemaatine kavuştu Elhamdülillah. Cenab-ı Hak minarelerimizden ezanlarımızı eksik eylemesin. Enez Ayasofya Cami-i Şerifi’nin yeniden inşasında emeği geçen herkese teşekkür ediyorum.

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The US Consulate in Istanbul flies the #Pride flag from its roof after the Trump Administration banned missions overseas from raising the rainbow banner on flagpoles.

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İstanbul'da #OnurAy ı kutlanıyor! Celebrating #PrideMonth in Istanbul!🌈 #LGBTI #pride2019 #pridemonth2019 #insanhaklar ı #humanrights #LGBTIrights #LGBTIhaklar ı #loveislove

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Turkish woman celebrates her divorce outside courthouse after proceedings took 3.5 years 🎉

medyablok

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5 years

İzmir'de yaşayan ve 3.5 yıldır eşinden boşanmaya çalışan İnci Akbay, boşanmasını adliye önünde Erik Dalı parçasını çalan bando ile kutladı.

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Russia hits Turkey where it hurts, halting flights til June 1 &blaming coronavirus outbreak as new cases outpace Europe. Pre-Covid Russia sent most tourists (7m) & billions in revenue Move comes after Erdogan met Ukraine president & discussed weapons sales

Russia restricts flights to Turkey as political tensions rise

Russia will restrict flights to and from Turkey from April 15 to June 1 due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in Turkey, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said on Monday, amid growing politi...

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6 years

Watching @ThePostMovie in Turkey, where at least 120 journalists are in prison, is a strange, almost subversive experience. I heard a collective inhalation among the audience when a character says “The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.”

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Zelenskyy visits Turkey for first time since Russia's invasion, says Erdogan told him Ukraine "has earned right to" NATO candidacy. Erdogan reiterates call for peace talks w/Russia & says he spoke about additional prisoner swaps with Putin who will visit Turkey in next month

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Erdogan calls Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas "a terrorist" & says releasing him from prison "impossible during my rule." Demirtas was jailed in 2016 for his speeches when he led Turkey's 3rd biggest party &despite binding order from European human rights court to free him

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Turkish military releases video of empty ISIS prison after taking town of Tell Abiad from Syrian Kurdish militia YPG. Senior official tells journalists prison showed no signs of a break-out & that guards appear to have freed Islamic State militants to "fuel chaos in the area"

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4 years

Every reporter's worst nightmare: Ismail Demirbas who criticised Turkish president & government's economic policies in vox pop interviews is jailed on charges he insulted Erdogan

Sokak röportajında konuşan Demirbaş tutuklandı - Hacı Bişkin

Antalya'da sokak röportajı sırasında ekonominin gidişatını ve iktidarı eleştiren İsmail Demirbaş hakkında önce ev hapsi kararı verildi, sonra da tutuklanarak cezaevine gönderildi. Babasıyla cezaevi...

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5 years

Defiant @ekrem_imamoglu says he "will never give up" after Turkish results of election in which he ousted ruling party from Istanbul municipality are canceled. Condemns election board for annulling his election, calls on supporters to maintain peace

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Western Turkish city of #Eskisehir opens the #Odunpazari Modern Museum #OMM , a cascade of timber in the historic quarter. Work includes Tanabe Chikuunsai’s site specific bamboo installation

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It’s that time of year again! 2000+ swimmers & I are getting ready to cross 6.5km from Asia to Europe in the annual @2kita1yaris Bosphorus race

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6 years

Looking for news about the Turkish currency's record plunge yesterday? You will hardly find it in Turkish newspapers.

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American physicist Serkan Golge freed from Turkish prison, his lawyer tells me, after being held for nearly 3 years on charges he aided coup plotters. He came to visit family in Turkey, was thrown in prison, lost his job at NASA. My story from last year

Turkish court keeps former NASA scientist in prison

NASA scientist Serkan Golge, in jail on coup-plot charges, lost an initial appeal to a Turkish court. His wife believes he is a captive in Ankara’s feud with Washington, which has flexed diplomatic...

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First snow this winter in Istanbul. Ain't she pretty?

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Turkish court refuses to free civil society leader Osman Kavala at 1st hearing in new trial witnesses say. Kavala has been imprisoned 3+ years w/o conviction despite European Ct. of Human Rights ordering his immediate release last year & his acquittal in separate trial this year

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1 year

Central Istanbul on lockdown today as police seek to block Gay Pride parade. Once home to the Middle East's biggest Gay Pride march, Istanbul has become hostile to LGBTQ+ after government targeted groups as 'terrorists' & dropped legal protections

Umut Gazetesi

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21. LGBTİ+ Onur Yürüyüşü gerekçesiyle Taksim'de abluka! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️21. İstanbul LGBTİ+ Onur Yürüyüşü öncesi Taksim ve çevresi bariyerlerle çevrelenerek ablukaya alındı.

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A small Istanbul publisher is reviving forgotten Armenian literary greats & fighting to save the endangered Western Armenian language | My story about Aras Publishing @arasyayincilik for @AlMonitor

Small Istanbul publisher sustains Armenian literature

Aras Publishing has spent nearly three decades publishing forgotten classics by Armenian writers in both Turkish and the at-risk Western Armenian language.

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Twelve years after he was gunned down in broad daylight, Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink is mourned by tens of thousands, his family still awaits justice from courts & his friend & others fighting for the reconciliation he sought are behind bars

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6 years

Turkish lawyer seeks arrest of former US attorney @PreetBharara on charges he sought to overthrow Turkey’s constitutional order

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@aylajean

2 years

Thousands gather to remember Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink at the spot outside his newspaper where he was murdered 15 years ago today. #hepimizhrantiz May his memory be eternal.

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Ninety-one hours after a powerful quake struck the Turkish city of Izmir, rescue workers pull 4-year-old Ayda alive from the rubble of an apartment building. Our hearts sing @AFADTurkey

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Thrilled to get my copy of Louis Fishman’s ⁦ @Istanbultelaviv ⁩ important work on Ottoman Palestine in which he challenges our understanding of the roots of this conflict

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The Bosphorus Strait is bright & traffic-free on a glorious day as Istanbul begins a four-day lockdown to fight #coronavirus

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Courtroom witnesses & TVs report all defendants ACQUITTED in trial of 16 activists accused of seeking government's overthrow in 2013 #GeziPark protest. This includes prominent civil society figure Osman Kavala, jailed for 2.5 years during trial who faced life sentence w/2 others

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People over age 65 rule Istanbul streets & shoreline on 1st day of #EidMubarak . Turkey imposed #stayhome order on senior citizens 2 mos. ago, this is 3rd Sunday they're allowed out, while rest of country is on lockdown over holiday. One couple said they enjoy the quiet city more

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6 years

IKEA offers "more colourful options for the next hailstorm" after Istanbullus draped everything from sheets to carpets to cardboard over vehicles following warnings from insurance companies about hailstones that never materialised

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Today marks 4 years since arrest of Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas @hdpdemirtas who led Turkey's 2nd biggest opposition party before arrest for political speech. His wife @Basak__Demirtas says after visiting his prison: "Even if he remains a hostage he will not surrender”

Başak Demirtaş

@Basak__Demirtas

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Biraz önce Selahattin ile görüştüm. Geçen 4 yılı konuştuk.

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Inspired by a trip to the aquarium & “fish that don’t have arms” the amazing #SumeyyeBoyaci , who is 15 years old, wins the European Paralympic 50-m backstroke!

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5 years

In US @CNN acts as fierce defender of the press in the age of Trump. In Turkey its venture @cnnturk faces criticism it silences the opposition incl. Istanbul's mayoral candidate whose election was nullified @LauraPitel has the story for @FT cc @jaketapper

CNN Turkey under fire for bias in Istanbul rerun

Criticism awkward for US media giant that casts itself as defender of press freedom

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It’s the 33rd Bosphorus Cross-Continental @2kita1yaris ! More than 2500 swimmers qualified for this year’s 6km swim from Asia to Europe. My favourite day of the year!

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Turkey began stockpiling close to 1 million boxes of "an effective drug," which health minister did not name, 10 days before first #coronavirus case was confirmed here. Government is giving this drug to all #COVID19 patients early after onset of symptoms, free-of-charge

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Trump orders Syria troop pullout during call with Erdogan @hurriyet says. Trump: If we leave Syria will you clean up rest of ISIS? Erdogan: We said we would before & we’re saying we will now. Trump: OK, you do it. Bolton, are you on call? Start the work.

Telefondayken çekilme emri

Erdoğan-Trump telefon görüşmesinde ABD Başkanı, “Suriye’den çekilirsek siz kalan DEAŞ unsurlarını temizleyebilir misiniz?” diye sordu. Erdoğan, “Yaparız”...

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Tens of thousands listen to jailed opposition candidate @hdpdemirtas as his official campaign message is broadcast at Istanbul campaign rally. “Don’t worry about my freedom. I will be free when the people are free,” he says.

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Turkey's opposition candidate Muharrem Ince @vekilince tells massive Istanbul rally he will clean up corruption from the judiciary to football if elected president in tomorrow's historic election @herkesicinCHP #now

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5 years

Happy 96th Birthday, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti!

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1 year

why can’t we have ramazan pide all year long? 🫓

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Turkey detains a dozen people - academics, activists, a filmmaker & civil society workers - in connection with mass protests to save a park five years ago

Turkey arrests high-profile activists and academics in crackdown

Detentions are part of investigation into jailed philanthropist Osman Kavala

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Turkish court sentences Syriac priest Aho Bilecen to more than 2 years in prison for "aiding militants." A lone monk at an ancient hilltop monastery, he gave food & water when strangers knocked on his door in 2018 in what he called an "act of faith"

Mor Yakup Kilisesi rahibi Aho Bileçen'e 2 yıl 1 ay hapis cezası

2018’de manastıra gelen 2 örgüt mensubuna yemek veren Mor Yakup Kilisesi rahibi Aho (Sefer) Bileçen 2 yıl 1 ay hapis cezasına çarptırıldı.

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Yesterday was the 60th anniversary of the great Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet’s death. I’ll share a bit of family lore Nâzım was my grandmother’s childhood friend with whom she spent summers on the Princes' Islands. Here she is with her mother & younger sister Belma circa 1912

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Moving tribute to Dr Dilmener, one of the "lives lost" in Turkey to #coronavirus , by the great @suzanfraser . A Syriac Christian, he never turned away patients too poor to pay, neither in Istanbul nor his hometown of Mardin where he was called a "saint"

Lives Lost: A doctor dubbed Turkey's medical 'Robin Hood'

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Dr. Murat Dilmener sometimes bent hospital rules in Istanbul to ensure patients without health insurance got the treatment they needed.

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Turkey's Erdogan says intercity travel requires permission from governor, all international flights have been canceled to fight #coronavirus outbreak

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One thing I won’t miss after Turkey’s local election this week is looking at posters of men’s faces. About 12% of nearly 15,000 mayoral candidates across the country are female. Of the two biggest parties, about 3% of AKP candidates are women, CHP’s 13%

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@TheZachDownes The sense of satisfaction that comes from pleasing all the people all the time. Plus, pitching is great fun!

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Turkey begins local production of ventilators for #coronavirus outbreak, will cover own needs & support other nations in need, says health minister. Turkey today acquired 50,000 quick #COVID19 test kits from China & plans to obtain up to 1 million, he tells news conference

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Turkish foreign minister denies deal with US on north Syria is a ceasefire. This is only a pause in military operations and after Kurdish fighters leave the area only then will there will be a halt in the operation.

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Turkey this week lost legendary journalist Sami Kohen, who began career at his father’s Ladino paper, then wrote at Milliyet across 8 decades. I remember with gratitude his patience in helping me decipher Turkish foreign policy when I first arrived. May his memory be a blessing.

Türk Yahudi Toplumu

@tyahuditoplumu

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Gazetecilik dünyasının duaeyeni, toplumumuzun gurur kaynağı, müstesna insan Sami Kohen büyüğümüzü kaybetmenin derin üzüntüsü içindeyiz. Başta ailesi, toplumumuz, basın dünyası ve Türkiye’mize başsağlığı dileriz. Baruh Dayan haEmet 🕯 @milliyet @SALOMgazetesi

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Turkish lawmakers perform #LaTesis protest against violence against women in parliament after group who sang the Chilean anthem in public were briefly detained last week in Istanbul

Ali ŞEKER

@draliseker

4 years

Sokakta engellenen kadınların Las Tesis protestosu İçişleri Bakanı Soylu’ya karşı Meclis’te gerçekleştirildi. #AslaYaln ızYürümeyeceksin

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I am an American who has lived in, worked & visited a dozen+ Muslim nations & not one has ever banned me for my passport or place of birth

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Turkish government bans April 24 commemoration of start of Armenian genocide outside of Sureyya Opera House, designed by Armenian architect Kegham Kavafyan. Held for 10 years, vigil was prohibited during Covid-19 lockdown & hasn't been allowed since

Kadıköy'de yapılacak 24 Nisan anması yasaklandı

24 Nisan' Anma Platformu yasaklama kararına ilişkin "Bizler, 24 Nisan Anma Platformu'nu oluşturan bireyler ve kurumlar olarak İstanbul Valiliği'nin kararını gözden geçirmeye ve anma programının 10...

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Twitter closes more than 32,000 accounts from China, Turkey & Russia it determined were "state-linked information operations." Nearly quarter were from Turkey, said to be fake accounts linked to ruling party to amplify its political narrative

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After coup attempt, Turkey sacks 5 from judiciary board that appoints judges & prosecutors. Board then sacks 2,745 judges - state agency AA

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Thousands protest violence against women in central Istanbul after more than 30 were killed last month and as gov’t considers withdrawing from international treaty on gender equality

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Istanbul’s Greek Orthodox held Good Friday mass at Vlahsaray Panayia (Paramithia) church in Istanbul. Built in 16thC for the patriarchate, it was ruined by fire in 1970s. Efforts now underway to restore monument, an important example of church architecture in the Ottoman period

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What do the personal care products my husband & I buy say about us? 🤔

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Civil society leader Osman Kavala marks his 65th birthday in a Turkish prison today. In this video, he explained how & why he dedicated his work to "a society where everyone, whatever their ethnicity or religious affiliation or political ideas may be, they feel themselves equal"

Sona Tatoyan

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Happy 65th b-day #OsmanKavala ! You are a beacon of light in this darkly veiled world. We celebrate your vision of justice, beauty and creativity. We are all better for knowing you. #FreeOsmanKavala #FreeThemAll #humanrights #Turkey ⁦ @FreeOsmanKavala ⁩

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Pod of dolphins makes its way north through Bosphorus Strait yesterday. Spot the calf! Absolutely stunning but reportedly they're forced to travel to the Black Sea to hunt as unseasonably warm weather affects their prey's migration. via #ihlashaberajansi

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In farewell speech, Turkey’s only ethnic Armenian lawmaker @GaroPaylan recalls how a Muslim neighbor saved his grandmother during genocide. “When Erdogan leaves the only chance for democracy is for parliament to assume this will and confront all its problems, past and future.”

serbestiyet

@serbestiyetweb

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VİDEO HABER | Garo Paylan’dan Meclis'te veda konuşması: "Zannettik ki Abdulhamit gittiğinde bu ülkeye demokrasi gelecek. Öyle olmadı. Beteri geldi. Şimdi de zannediyoruz ki Erdoğan gidince demokrasi gelecek. Bu bizim mücadelemize bağlı."

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A bitter #WorldPressFreedomDay in Turkey, where the Constitutional Court ruled rights of veteran reporters Nazli Ilicak & Ahmet Altan were not violated, 1000 days after they were detained. They were given life sentences on coup-related charges in 2018

Constitutional Court Rules There is No Violation of Rights in Arrest of Altan and Ilıcak

Announcing its verdict on the individual applications of journalists Ahmet Altan, Nazlı Ilıcak and Ali Bulaç, the Constitutional Court has ruled that there is no violation of rights in arrest of...

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During Eid sacrifices cow escapes the knife in Asia & swims across Bosphorus to Europe, reenacting Greek myth of Io, transformed into heifer that flees wrath of Zeus’ wife Hera, giving Bosphorus [ox ford] its name While Io eventually returns to human form this cow’s luck ran out

Sputnik Türkiye

@sputnik_TR

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Kasımpaşa'dan denize atlayan kurbanlık dana Balat sahiline kadar yüzdü: Yakalandıktan sonra kesim yerine götürüldü

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"Fog" by the last Ottoman caliph Abulmecid on display today, the centennial of the caliphate's abolition, at art venue opened by Istanbul municipality. Work was a critique of his cousin Abdulhamid's oppressive rule. I wrote about Abulmecid the artist here:

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@xeni I was just thinking that I felt weird, then figured out what it was. I'm in a good mood. For the first time in FOUR YEARS

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Pro-government @CNNTurk ( @CNN ’s Turkish affiliate) discusses whether @HDPenglish , nation’s 3rd biggest party, can be outlawed - without including HDP’s view. The party, whose base is largely Kurdish, says it has faced “systematic” boycott by mainstream media for 5 years

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The presumed mayor of Istanbul @ekrem_imamoglu especially thanks Kurdish voters, as well as other minority groups, including ethnic Armenians, Greeks, Jews and Syriacs "in short this city's, this country's noble citizens."

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Nearly 12,000 Turks entered the US across the Mexican border in the first five months of 2022, according to US border agency. Most are from the towns of Corum & Agri, according to story by @barancsayin

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5 ayda 12 bin Türk, Meksika sınırından ABD'ye kaçak girdi. Bu çetin yolculuğa çıkanlar arasında ise en çok Çorumlular ve Ağrılılar var Baran Can Sayın'ın haberi

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Great pic by @reuterspictures ' @MuradSezer . Just another day on the Bosphorus

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Some 2,400 swimmers in Istanbul about to cross the Bosphorus today in annual @2kita1yaris race from Asia to Europe. Wish us luck!

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@aylajean

3 years

'We knew what the verdict in my case would be before the case even ended,' @candundaradasi tells @guardian 's @mck_beth after a Turkish court jails the journalist for 27 years for his reporting on alleged arms shipments to Syria

Turkey sentences journalist Can Dündar to 27 years in jail

Ex-Cumhuriyet newspaper editor given verdict in absentia on charges described as politically motivated

www.theguardian.com

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@aylajean

4 years

True, Turks are angry & they have a lot of reasons to be. But I'm guessing Istanbul skews the results. The moment you leave it you're reminded of how genuinely kind & cool people here are. Istanbul, for all of its magic, ruins us.

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Erdogan announces Sura Al-Fath to be called from Hagia Sophia tomorrow on anniversary of Ottoman conquest of Istanbul. 6th Century monument served as a church for millennium before conversion to mosque in 1453. It's now a museum widely seen as concession to World Heritage status

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@aylajean

7 years

Syriac Christians see monasteries, churches seized by Turkish state | My story for @AlMonitor

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@aylajean

3 years

Police detain159 students at Istanbul's Bogazici University as month-long protests against government's appointment of a new rector continue, Istanbul governor says h/t @avakado102 I wrote about the protests for @POLITICOEurope , which has the background

Turkish university protests continue over Erdoğan-appointed rector

The president has called students and staff at Istanbul’s Boğaziçi University ‘terrorists.’

www.politico.eu

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@aylajean

5 years

Erdogan says if European Union considers Turkey's military offensive into Syria a form of occupation, then he will "open the gates" to the 3.6 million Syrian refugees Turkey hosts so they can enter Europe. "Pull yourself together," he says to EU

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@aylajean

8 years

Few hundred gather to show respect on 101st anniversary of #ArmenianGenocide in Istanbul where it began

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@aylajean

2 years

Turkey's @BBC bureau prepares to strike this Friday after employer "plugged its ears" to demands for fair pay, union says. Journalists at foreign outlets that won't adequately adjust lira salaries are struggling amid soaring cost of living after the currency crashed in 2021

Gazeteciler Sendikası

@TGS_org_tr

2 years

📢 Hazırlıklar tamam! BBC işvereni, İstanbul bürosunda çalışanların taleplerine kulak tıkadığı ve tüm yapıcı çabalarımıza rağmen masaya makûl bir öneriyle gelmediği için 14 Ocak Cuma greve çıkıyoruz. Hakkımızı alacağız! #BBCdeGrevVar

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@aylajean

5 years

Students, parents and administrators from Istanbul Greek community's high school celebrate Christmas on busy Istiklal Avenue today by singing carols and sharing baked treats. Καλά Χριστούγεννα!

Laki Vingas

@lakivingas

5 years

Zoğrafyon Lisemizin müdürü ,öğrenci ve veliler bu yılda Kalanda şarkılarını Beyoğlunda söylediler, yılbaşı çöreği dağıttılar.Halkın ilgisi bu etkinliğe değerli bir katkı sunuyor.

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@aylajean

4 years

The second-best thing about this video of a dog invading an Istanbul pitch is the play-by-play commentary: "Look at his control of the ball. Yes, he's clearly been training here."

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Ayla Jean Yackley

@aylajean

6 years

Artlovers flock to @IstanbulModern to say goodbye before wrecking ball takes this historic building on Bosphorus too in $1.2b plan to build malls, hotels, cruise terminal. Museum closes Sunday, moves to temp spot. New home to open in 3 yrs. Insallah @laxparsimony @jonnydymond

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@aylajean

10 months

More than 2,600 swimmers are registered for this year’s Bosphorus Cross-Continental @2kita1yaris when we swim 6.5km from Asia to Europe. There’s no race like it in the world!

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@aylajean

5 years

When authorities ban your conference on historical role Armenians played in Turkey's economy & culture, make manti! @HrantDinkVakfi invites neighbours for a day of dumpling-making & eating in delicious defiance after conference was banned in manti capital Kayseri, then Istanbul

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@aylajean

3 years

Artist @AhmetGunestekin ’s new exhibit ‘Memory Chamber’ in Sur district of mainly Kurdish southeast city of Diyarbakir touches wounds still raw from conflict that wrecked historic area cc @PilevneliG

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@aylajean

8 years

At espionage trial, #Turkish journalist @candundaradasi greets supporters. who chanted "Free media cant be silenced"

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@aylajean

5 years

Imamoglu’s sweeping win in Istanbul's mayoral vote has made him the new face of a resurgent opposition. Some see a trajectory ahead that may mirror Erdogan’s own ascent | My story for @newyorker , insights from @sirinmine @makifbeki @_kemalcan @aykanerdemir

The Triumphant New Face of Turkey’s Resurgent Political Opposition

Ekrem İmamoğlu’s victory in Istanbul’s mayoral race has electrified his party and unified a fractured coalition of leftists, Kurds, nationalists, and the disaffected devout.

www.newyorker.com

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Ayla Jean Yackley

@aylajean

2 years

Nothing says 'Welcome to Istanbul' like @SabihaGokcen @Sawkoop taxi forcing my female guest to share a ride w/his buddy, then charging her double (500TL) for trip to Taksim. When I told him what's what he pushed & cursed me & sped off so I couldnt get pix of licence @ibbBeyazmasa

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@aylajean

7 years

Head of Turkey's Election Board says they validated unstamped ballots, which are normally discarded, to reflect voter will #TurkeyReferendum

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@aylajean

7 years

Good morning, Istanbul.

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@aylajean

9 months

Last swimming tweet of the summer, I promise. A few hundred of us are racing off the İstanbul coast from Heybeliada, around Kasikada & back with #aquamasters . There’s nothing like swimming in Turkey’s open waters!

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@aylajean

6 years

For many Turks, Erdogan’s defiance of the US has been heroic, and for that they are willing to pay | My story for @ForeignPolicy

Turkey’s Losing Economic War

Ankara blames Washington for its financial troubles, but it is fighting the wrong enemy.

foreignpolicy.com

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@aylajean

5 years

Some 2400 swimmers signed up for this year’s Bosphorus Cross-Continental @2kita1yaris . We’ll cross from Asia to Europe in a 6.5 km race that is just one of the things that makes life in #Istanbul so great. #wishusluck

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@aylajean

5 years

On #WorldPressFreedomDay US Embassy in Turkey hangs giant sign quoting Jefferson ("Where the press is free, and every man able to read, all is safe"). Erdogan's communications adviser accuses US of "pointing fingers at other nations" while neglecting its own problems

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@aylajean

5 years

Historic day at the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the seat of world Orthodoxy, in Istanbul as it recognises the independence of the Ukrainian Church from Moscow. Some have compared the rupture to the Great Schism @EcuPatriarch

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@aylajean

4 years

For a sense of how the lira's exchange rate is such a fundamental sense of economic well-being for Turks, consider that my 9-year-old and his friends were discussing and following the lira's record low against the dollar today.

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