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In Turkey, elected neighborhood representatives known as 'muhtars' connect residents to authorities and vice versa.
And while they're less visible than mayoral candidates, their relevance and prominence has grown under Pres. Erdoğan.
@semabesevli.bsky.social reports:
And while they're less visible than mayoral candidates, their relevance and prominence has grown under Pres. Erdoğan.
@semabesevli.bsky.social reports:
Muhtar elections: Why Turkey’s oldest and lowest post still matters
KARABÜK —
turkeyrecap.substack.com
March 26, 2024 at 5:41 PM
In Turkey, elected neighborhood representatives known as 'muhtars' connect residents to authorities and vice versa.
And while they're less visible than mayoral candidates, their relevance and prominence has grown under Pres. Erdoğan.
@semabesevli.bsky.social reports:
And while they're less visible than mayoral candidates, their relevance and prominence has grown under Pres. Erdoğan.
@semabesevli.bsky.social reports:
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In 2020, the EU and Turkey banned a pesticide posing serious neurological risks for children.
Years later, the pesticide is still found in Turkish food exports as farmers and food safety experts blame lax enforcement.
@diegocupolo.bsky.social and @semabesevli.bsky.social report:
Years later, the pesticide is still found in Turkish food exports as farmers and food safety experts blame lax enforcement.
@diegocupolo.bsky.social and @semabesevli.bsky.social report:
Turkey banned a hazardous pesticide in 2020. It’s still showing up in food.
İSTANBUL – After multiple government studies in the United States and Europe found a common pesticide posed serious neurological risks for children, the European Union banned it in 2020. That year,...
turkeyrecap.substack.com
January 23, 2024 at 3:31 PM
In 2020, the EU and Turkey banned a pesticide posing serious neurological risks for children.
Years later, the pesticide is still found in Turkish food exports as farmers and food safety experts blame lax enforcement.
@diegocupolo.bsky.social and @semabesevli.bsky.social report:
Years later, the pesticide is still found in Turkish food exports as farmers and food safety experts blame lax enforcement.
@diegocupolo.bsky.social and @semabesevli.bsky.social report:
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With a sharper tone, Turkish Pres. Erdoğan led a Palestine rally Saturday that was characterized by rhetoric against Israel and the West, with some veiled punches towards the opposition.
@ingridwoudwijk.bsky.social and @onurhasip.bsky.social report:
@ingridwoudwijk.bsky.social and @onurhasip.bsky.social report:
Erdoğan’s Palestine Rally: Anti-Western and anti-opposition rhetoric wrapped in a Palestinian fla...
by Onur Hasip and Ingrid Woudwijk
turkeyrecap.substack.com
October 30, 2023 at 5:34 PM
With a sharper tone, Turkish Pres. Erdoğan led a Palestine rally Saturday that was characterized by rhetoric against Israel and the West, with some veiled punches towards the opposition.
@ingridwoudwijk.bsky.social and @onurhasip.bsky.social report:
@ingridwoudwijk.bsky.social and @onurhasip.bsky.social report: