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Senior Journalist @BBC | Covering Turkey, ME and beyond @BBCWorldService | Previously BBC Turkey Bilingual Correspondent | Instagram: selingirit
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Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, the Vatican has said www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...
21.04.2025 08:06 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
RSF’den Erol Önderoğlu: Yedi habercinin Saraçhane eylemlerini takip ettikleri halde “eylemlere katılmak” suçlamasından YARIN yargılanacağı davada, sahte delillerle yargılamaya gidildiği için beraat ettirilmelerini istiyoruz. Gözaltı ve tutuklama kadar ne yazık ki kovuşturma da keyfiyet taşıyor.
17.04.2025 10:14 — 👍 26 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
Two of Turkey’s top journalists Timur Soykan and Murat Ağırel have been detained this morning on what their papers say are false charges based on their work www.bbc.com/turkce/artic...
10.04.2025 09:09 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0A graphic video shows the moment that Israeli troops fired on aid workers in clearly marked vehicles in Gaza, killing 15 people. The footage contradicts Israel’s version of events in an episode that has drawn international scrutiny. Read witness accounts: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/w...
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Chemical burns, assaults, electric shocks - Gazans tell BBC of torture in Israeli detention www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BBC's Mark Lowen deported from Turkey after covering protests: "To be detained and deported from the country where I previously lived for five years and for which I have such affection has been extremely distressing."
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Seven journalists arrested for covering the protests following the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu have been released pending trial
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My piece exploring the latest crackdown on the media, its parallels to past threats against press freedom, and the broader challenges shaping Turkey’s media landscape @ BBC World Service
26.03.2025 12:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
These pics were taken by Yasin Akgul, one of the seven journalists remanded in custody in Turkey. Bulent Kilic, Zeynep Kuray, Hayri Tunc, Ali Onur Tosun, Gokhan Kam, and Kurtulus Ari also arrested. It's not the 1st time journalists reporting on public unrest have faced pressure
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Turkish police detained dozens of politicians, lawyers and journalists in dawn raids. The detained journalists include Bülent Kılıç, Zeynep Kuray, Yasin Akgül, Ali Onur Tosun, Zişan Gür and Hayri Tunç. They were covering the protests against Mayor Imamoglu's arrest www.bbc.com/turkce/artic...
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Ekrem Imamoglu is jailed pending trial this morning on corruption charges. His arrest had triggered mass protests in Istanbul and beyond for four days. Today his party is set to elect him as their presidential candidate www.bbc.com/turkce/artic...
23.03.2025 08:04 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and one of Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan's strongest political rivals, has been arrested just days before he was due to be selected as a presidential candidate. Imamoglu is accused of corruption and aiding a terrorist group www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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David Lynch
See you on Mulholland Drive.
16.01.2025 20:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Such a warm welcome Piero, thank you. Not fully present here yet though, but will get there soon :)
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