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Marcel van der Steen @marcelvdsteen.bsky.social · Jul 29

Deze week in De Balkanman, @mitrala.bsky.social over Turkije, de Balkan, raki, rakija en Utrecht. En zelfs nog meer. Luister nu in je favoriete podcastapp.

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Wilma Haan @wilmah.bsky.social · Apr 29

Nadat dictator Assad in december Syrië ontvluchtte, kwamen gruwelijke overblijfselen van het regime aan het licht. NOS-collega's Daisy Mohr en Edmée van Rijn reisden onder andere naar Damascus om daar verslag van te doen. En voor die verslaggeving wonnen ze gisteravond De Tegel ✨

NOS-correspondent Daisy Mohr en cameravrouw Edmée van Rijn winnen Tegel

Mohr en Van Rijn reisden naar Damascus om verslag te doen van de restanten van het regime van Assad.

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Özgür Öğret @ozgurogret.bsky.social · Apr 17

Trial of 5 journalists who covered Turkish protests set to open cpj.org?p=472669

Trial of 5 journalists who covered Turkish protests set to open - Committee to Protect Journalists

Istanbul, April 17, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Turkey to drop charges against five photojournalists, whose trial begins on Friday, for allegedly taking part in protests in Ista...

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Mitra Nazar @mitrala.bsky.social · Apr 15

Highly recommend to listen to @bilgeyesil.bsky.social to understand how Turkey has been and still is increasingly trying to control the media, on and offline 👇🏼

Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · Apr 14

New episode drops tomorrow 👇👇

Bilge Yesil (@bilgeyesil.bsky.social) on Turkey's narrowing media landscape amid mounting political turbulence in the country

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turkeybooktalk.substack.com

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Foreign Media Association @fma-turkey.bsky.social · Apr 10

Well-known investigative journalists Timur Soykan & Murat Ağırel were detained this morning in Turkey after a complaint by suspects in a money laundering case. Their homes were searched & their digital devices confiscated. FMA calls for their release because #JournalismIsNotACrime

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Emek @emekakman.bsky.social · Apr 5

Pikachu protested in Turkey before it was cool. Now he’s unionising against Musk.
You're welcome, world.

BirGün Gazetesi @birgun.net · Apr 5

Pikachu, bu kez Trump ve Musk'a karşı sokakta
www.birgun.net/haber/pikach...

Pikachu, bu kez Trump ve Musk'a karşı sokakta

ABD'nin birçok kentinde on binlerce kişi, Başkanı Donald Trump ve yönetimini protesto etti. ABD eyaletlerinde Donald Trump ve Elon Musk'a karşı düzenlenen eylemlerde Pikachu da meydanlara indi.

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Mitra Nazar @mitrala.bsky.social · Apr 5

The Turkish twitter/X sphere is mass moving to BlueSky at the moment. Hepinize hoşgeldiniz 🙋🏻‍♀️

06jank.bsky.social @06jank.bsky.social · Apr 4

The great Turkish transition from X is beginning in the wake of Elon banning opposition accounts

Nurizade Bey @nurizadefb.bsky.social · Apr 4

Son 24 saatte Bluesky’de hesap açan Türk kullanıcı sayısı 1 milyonu geçti

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Elisabeth Steinz @elisabethsteinz.bsky.social · Mar 25

www.nporadio1.nl/nieuws/podca... - met @mitrala.bsky.social

Podcast De Dag: Imamoglu, rivaal van Erdogan

In Turkije wordt al een week massaal gedemonstreerd tegen president Erdogan en tegen de arrestatie van de burgemeester van Istanbul en presidentskandidaat voor de oppositie: Ekrem Imamoglu. Wie is hij...

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Mitra Nazar @mitrala.bsky.social · Mar 20

Ik heb het gezien! Meerdere burgemeesters. Wegens tijdgebrek niet kunnen melden, zal ik de volgende keer wel doen.

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Mitra Nazar @mitrala.bsky.social · Mar 1

Still many questions regarding the future roadmap of Turkey vs PKK. Here are some possible steps 👇🏼

Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social · Mar 1

According to the pro-govt newspapers, Ankara's roadmap is as follows:

1) Wait-and-see period (4-5 months): PKK and its affiliates in Europe&elsewhere will be closely observed for their compliance with the call for disarmament&dissolution.

Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social · Mar 1

Given the pace and mostly positive responses, my working assumption is that a consensus had more or less been reached among the actors involved. It is likely that we will see some sort of an arrangement concerning Ocalan's release.

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Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social · Feb 27

Some preliminary thoughts about Ocalan's statement (after rereading it&inspired by a conversation with the great [email protected]):

1) Ocalan calls the PKK's ideological basis ("real socialism") dead.

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Euroopan rajalla? @euroopanrajalla.bsky.social · Feb 19

Turkish man is found guilty of "insulting the President" after he filed a complaint about the disinformation spread by the President's election campaign.

It is obvious the law is not the same for everyone.

www.duvarenglish.com/turkish-man-...

Turkish man gets prison sentence after filing complaint against Erdoğan

A Turkish court has sentenced a man to 10 months in prison over “insulting” President Erdoğan after he filed a complaint against the latter. He was under house arrest for 18 months.

www.duvarenglish.com

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Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · Feb 18

New episode 🎧📚

Claudia Liebelt on cosmetic surgery and perceptions of beauty in Turkey

In "Istanbul Appearances", Liebelt researched extensively in Istanbul's beauty salons and cosmetic surgery centres, exploring the sector’s extraordinary growth

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turkeybooktalk.com/2025/02/18/c...

Claudia Liebelt on cosmetic surgery and perceptions of beauty in Turkey

Turkey Book Talk #238 – Claudia Liebelt, professor of social and cultural anthropology at the Free University of Berlin, on “Istanbul Appearances: Beauty and the Making of Middle-Class Femini…

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Gönül Tol @gonultol.bsky.social · Feb 13

A historic shift may be on the horizon, as Turkey and Kurdish militant leader Ocalan engage in unexpected peace talks. After 40 years of insurgency and 40,000 lives lost, Ocalan is expected to call for PKK fighters to lay down their arms. Watch our short explainer www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-rc...

Is this the end of the PKK insurgency? | With Gönül Tol

YouTube video by Middle East Institute

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Mitra Nazar @mitrala.bsky.social · Feb 11

Sultan Donald and his Grand Vizier Musk pasha. This is account Ottomanizes the Trump administration

Donaldnâme @vakanuvisefendi.bsky.social · Feb 4

The Ottoman scribal service is perhaps the dynasty’s finest achievement, allowing the sultan to collect immense tax revenues, mobilize huge armies and fleets, and control territories from Tunisia to Tabriz and from Azov to Aden. But for some reason, Sultan Donald is allowing his new Grand Vizier...

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Mitra Nazar @mitrala.bsky.social · Feb 6

Deze dansschool van de inspirerende Didem Koban kan alle steun gebruiken. Ze doen zulk essentieel en concreet werk met kinderen in Antakya. Meltem Halaceli startte een gofundme -> www.gofundme.com/f/kwetsbarek...

Donate to Help kwetsbare kinderen in aardbevingsgebied Hatay, organized by Stichting Solidarity Kitchen NL

De nood in het aardbevingsgebied is na twee jaar nog steeds h… Stichting Solidarity Kitchen NL needs your support for Help kwetsbare kinderen in aardbevingsgebied Hatay

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Mitra Nazar @mitrala.bsky.social · Feb 6

Twee jaar na de aardbevingsramp, ging ik terug naar Antakya, waar de wonden nog diep zijn. Trauma’s, angsten, rouw, verdriet. Waar begin je om dat te verwerken? Kinderen van de dansgroep van Didem Koban doen het door te dansen wat ze meemaakten. Helen door te dansen: nos.nl/l/2554789

Dans als therapie: Turkse kinderen overwinnen trauma na aardbeving

Onze correspondent Mitra Nazar keert twee jaar na de verwoestende aardbeving terug naar de Turkse provincie Hatay.

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Piero Castellano 🇪🇺 @pierocastellano.com · Feb 4

Turkey's Court of Cassation ruled that a man who beat a girl unconscious, tried to strangulate her, locked her in a barrel, burned her alive, dumped her body in the woods and poured concrete on it, acted because "unfair provocation," rejecting prosecution's charge of premeditated murder.
#femicide

Evrensel Gazetesi @evrensel.net · Feb 4

Pınar Gültekin davasında Yargıtay’ın bozma kararına itiraz eden Başsavcılık gerekçesinde cinayetin işleniş biçimi “tasarlayarak… https://www.evrensel...

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Mitra Nazar @mitrala.bsky.social · Feb 3

Fears of a bigger earthquake that could cause a tsunami in the sea around Santorini, after hundreds of tremors in the past days.
(This is interesting, has this level of predictive warning been seen before?)

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Feb 2

Greece sends rescue teams to Santorini amid fears of big earthquake

Schools shut as precautionary measure and people told to avoid shoreline after hundreds of seismic tremors Greek authorities have dispatched special forces, rescue teams, tents and drones to the island of Santorini after hundreds of seismic tremors were…

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Gönül Tol @gonultol.bsky.social · Jan 21

Sad day for Turkey. At least 66 people were killed after a fire ripped through a ski resort in northwestern Turkey. Culprit is the same: corruption and influence of construction sector over Erdogan. In 2012, after request from the construction sector, ++

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Özgür Öğret @ozgurogret.bsky.social · Jan 19

On Sunday, thousands of people gathered where Hrant Dink, founding editor of the Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos, was murdered in broad daylight 18 years ago in Istanbul, Turkey, to reiterate the call to the Turkish authorities for full justice.
cpj.org/data/people/hr…

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Mitra Nazar @mitrala.bsky.social · Dec 14

The spirit in Tbilisi atm 👇🏼

Publika.ge @publikage.bsky.social · Dec 14

Kavelashvili, come out and play for us!" – Students brought balls to the protest in front of the Parliament, saying that Kavelashvili is as much a president as they are football players.

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Mitra Nazar @mitrala.bsky.social · Dec 14

Meanwhile in Georgia, a pro Russian symbol of anti-west conspiracy theories & mediocre former football player will be announced as the new president today. Widely seen as puppet of authoritarian oligarch Ivanishvili who’s been following Russian playbook, sparking mass pro-EU protests.

Tata Tedoradze🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @tatatedoradze.bsky.social · Dec 14

Situation at the Parliament.

Georgian Dream is holding presidential elections, in which the only candidate nominated by the Dream, former football player and MP Mikheil Kavelashvili, is participating.

📸 @publikage.bsky.social

#GeorgiaProtests
#TerrorInGeorgia

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Mitra Nazar @mitrala.bsky.social · Dec 14

With the fall of Syria’s Moscow-supported regime, a large chunk of Russia’s leverage over Türkiye is gone. But Erdoğan will not take the risk of challenging Russia. Rather, he will continue acting as an intermediary between Putin and the West. -> read @dimitarbechev.bsky.social

Carnegie Politika @ceip-politika.bsky.social · Dec 13

"With the fall of Syria’s regime, a large chunk of Russia’s leverage over Türkiye is gone. But Erdoğan will continue acting as an intermediary between Putin and the West."

@dimitarbechev.bsky.social on Russian-Turkish relations after Assad’s fall:

What Does Regime Change in Syria Mean for Russian-Turkish Relations?

With the fall of Syria’s Moscow-supported regime, a large chunk of Russia’s leverage over Türkiye is gone. But Erdoğan will not take the risk of challenging Russia. Rather, he will continue acting as an intermediary between Putin and the West.

carnegieendowment.org

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