Hasan
@hasans.bsky.social
Mainly posting on Turkey & Middle East. Interested in regional politics, power struggles, history & technology.
Erdogan’s regime has figured out how to exploit Twitter/X’s geoblocking policy and is now doing so without restraint.
Anyone deemed a threat, whether a journalist, activist, or even a presidential candidate, can now wake up to find their account arbitrarily banned in their own country.
Anyone deemed a threat, whether a journalist, activist, or even a presidential candidate, can now wake up to find their account arbitrarily banned in their own country.
X'teki paylaşımları ve YouTube'da hazırladığı bir video gerekçe gösterilerek tutuklanan gazeteci @furkankarabay.bsky.social'ın X hesabı, millî güvenlik ve kamu düzeninin korunması gerekçesiyle erişime engellendi ve X platformu hesabı Türkiye'den görünmez kıldı. ifade.org.tr/engelliweb/g...
May 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Erdogan’s regime has figured out how to exploit Twitter/X’s geoblocking policy and is now doing so without restraint.
Anyone deemed a threat, whether a journalist, activist, or even a presidential candidate, can now wake up to find their account arbitrarily banned in their own country.
Anyone deemed a threat, whether a journalist, activist, or even a presidential candidate, can now wake up to find their account arbitrarily banned in their own country.
Türkiye’de artık arşivler, yani tarih, rejimin lehine değiştirilebiliyor. Hiç abartısız, distopya romanlarında okuduğumuz olaylar yaşanıyor.
May 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Türkiye’de artık arşivler, yani tarih, rejimin lehine değiştirilebiliyor. Hiç abartısız, distopya romanlarında okuduğumuz olaylar yaşanıyor.
Şimdi merak edip Sırrı Süreyya Önder’in 2018’de neden yine hapse atılmasına baktım ve öğrendim ki, cezayı veren mahkemenin başkanı, bugün Ekrem İmamoğlu’na ve İstanbul Belediyesi’ne kurulan kumpasın savcısı: Akın Gürlek.
May 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Şimdi merak edip Sırrı Süreyya Önder’in 2018’de neden yine hapse atılmasına baktım ve öğrendim ki, cezayı veren mahkemenin başkanı, bugün Ekrem İmamoğlu’na ve İstanbul Belediyesi’ne kurulan kumpasın savcısı: Akın Gürlek.
Halk desteğini kaybettikçe, kontrol edemedikleri tüm mecralara karşı daha da saldırganlaşıyorlar. Ama saldırganlaştıkça daha da fazla kaybediyorlar. Artık tam anlamıyla bir kaybetme kısır döngüsünün içindeler. Öyle de kaybediyorlar, böyle de.
Erdoğan: "Sokak röportajı adı altında terör estiriyorlar, eline mikrofon alan herkes gazeteci değil"
Erdoğan: “Sokak röportajı adı altında terör estiriyorlar, eline mikrofon alan herkes gazeteci değil”
AKP Genel Başkanı ve Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, sokak röportajlarına ilişkin sert açıklamalarda bulundu, "Sokak röportajı adı altında terör estiriyorlar" dedi.
medyascope.tv
May 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Halk desteğini kaybettikçe, kontrol edemedikleri tüm mecralara karşı daha da saldırganlaşıyorlar. Ama saldırganlaştıkça daha da fazla kaybediyorlar. Artık tam anlamıyla bir kaybetme kısır döngüsünün içindeler. Öyle de kaybediyorlar, böyle de.
Hoşçakal Sırrı Süreyya Önder.
Varoluşunla, mücadelenle, sanatınla çok şey öğrettin bize. Seni hiç unutmamak üzere, hep güzel hatırlayacağız.
Varoluşunla, mücadelenle, sanatınla çok şey öğrettin bize. Seni hiç unutmamak üzere, hep güzel hatırlayacağız.
May 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Hoşçakal Sırrı Süreyya Önder.
Varoluşunla, mücadelenle, sanatınla çok şey öğrettin bize. Seni hiç unutmamak üzere, hep güzel hatırlayacağız.
Varoluşunla, mücadelenle, sanatınla çok şey öğrettin bize. Seni hiç unutmamak üzere, hep güzel hatırlayacağız.
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there has to be something severely wrong with you psychologically to sit there while people bull shit you like this
Bondi: "President, you first 100 days has far exceeded that of ANY other presidency in this country. Ever. Ever. Never seen anything like it. Thank you."
April 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
there has to be something severely wrong with you psychologically to sit there while people bull shit you like this
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🧵 on the IDF's investigation into the slaying of 14 paramedics and a UN worker, alongside unanswered questions and findings from media investigations.
IDF releases investigation into the killings, leaving open more questions than it answers:
- Says soldiers thought first clearly-marked ambulance was carrying Hamas militants; doesn't explain why.
- Says soldiers couldn't see flashing lights; unclear why.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
- Says soldiers thought first clearly-marked ambulance was carrying Hamas militants; doesn't explain why.
- Says soldiers couldn't see flashing lights; unclear why.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
IDF says ‘misunderstanding’ led to killings of Gaza emergency workers
The IDF inquiry could lead to criminal charges from a military prosecutor, but it left key questions about the Gaza killings unanswered.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🧵 on the IDF's investigation into the slaying of 14 paramedics and a UN worker, alongside unanswered questions and findings from media investigations.
FETÖ’cülerin hazırladığı belgeler, gizli tanık ifadeleri ve avukatlık faaliyetlerinin delil sayıldığı düzmece bir davayla Selçuk Kozağaçlı’nın 8 yılı çalındı.
SON DAKİKA | Hukukçu Selçuk Kozağaçlı, tahliye edildi.
April 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
FETÖ’cülerin hazırladığı belgeler, gizli tanık ifadeleri ve avukatlık faaliyetlerinin delil sayıldığı düzmece bir davayla Selçuk Kozağaçlı’nın 8 yılı çalındı.
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1/4Turkey woke up this morning to the news that two prominent journalists had been detained. These two journalists are known for reporting on the most significant mafia and corruption cases in the country.
April 10, 2025 at 6:32 AM
1/4Turkey woke up this morning to the news that two prominent journalists had been detained. These two journalists are known for reporting on the most significant mafia and corruption cases in the country.
Otokrat olmaya hevesli birinin Erdoğan’ı sevmesi çok normal.
Trump: Erdoğan’ı seviyorum, o da beni seviyor
Trump: Erdoğan'ı seviyorum, o da beni seviyor - Diken
07/04/2025 - ABD Başkanı Donald Trump, İsrail Başbakanı Binyamin Netanyahu'yu ağırladı.
www.diken.com.tr
April 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Otokrat olmaya hevesli birinin Erdoğan’ı sevmesi çok normal.
Sokağa çıkmaya utanması gereken herif hala mücadeleden falan bahsediyor ya sabır.
Kılıçdaroğlu: Anayasal haklarını kullandıkları için tutuklanan gençler serbest kalana kadar mücadele edeceğiz gazeteoksijen.com/turkiye/kili...
Kılıçdaroğlu: Anayasal haklarını kullandıkları için tutuklanan gençler serbest kalana kadar mücadele edeceğiz
Gazete Oksijen
gazeteoksijen.com
April 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Sokağa çıkmaya utanması gereken herif hala mücadeleden falan bahsediyor ya sabır.
Damning evidence proving Israel committed another horrific war crime and lied about it. And just like countless other instances, it’ll be held responsible by absolutely no one and will keep committing more with impunity.
Video obtained by my colleague Farnaz Fassihi shows how the IDF deliberately attacked, over several minutes, a convoy of ambulances and other emergency vehicles in #Gaza. #Israel wrongly claimed that the vehicles drove without emergency signals and headlights. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On (Gift Article)
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of the incident, which described the vehicles as “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency ...
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Damning evidence proving Israel committed another horrific war crime and lied about it. And just like countless other instances, it’ll be held responsible by absolutely no one and will keep committing more with impunity.
The words of a political prisoner shouldn’t be behind a paywall @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Opinion | I am Erdogan’s Main Challenger in Turkey. I Was Arrested.
President Erdogan of Turkey has jailed me because he knows he cannot beat me in an election.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The words of a political prisoner shouldn’t be behind a paywall @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Day by day, Erdogan is plunging Turkey deeper into a draconian regime.
Anyone or anything he sees as a threat to himself is labeled "a threat to public order," then either imprisoned, deported, purged, or punished in one way or another.
Anyone or anything he sees as a threat to himself is labeled "a threat to public order," then either imprisoned, deported, purged, or punished in one way or another.
BBC journalist Mark Lowen, who was in #Turkey to report on the protests, was deported earlier today.
Turkish authorities detained him for 17 hours and then deported him for “being a threat to public order."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Turkish authorities detained him for 17 hours and then deported him for “being a threat to public order."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC reporter arrested and deported from Turkey
Mark Lowen was covering the protests in Istanbul when he was arrested and later deported back to the UK, the BBC has said.
www.bbc.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Day by day, Erdogan is plunging Turkey deeper into a draconian regime.
Anyone or anything he sees as a threat to himself is labeled "a threat to public order," then either imprisoned, deported, purged, or punished in one way or another.
Anyone or anything he sees as a threat to himself is labeled "a threat to public order," then either imprisoned, deported, purged, or punished in one way or another.
Kılıçdaroğlu’nun ‘şaibeli kurultay’ safsatasıyla ilgili yaptığı açıklamaları izliyorum. Bu adam gerçekten eşi benzeri görülmemiş derecede bir omurgasız.
Herif, CHP’nin başındayken AKP’ye 13 yıl kazandırdığı yetmezmiş gibi, şu haliyle bile AKP’ye yaranmayı başarabiliyor.
Herif, CHP’nin başındayken AKP’ye 13 yıl kazandırdığı yetmezmiş gibi, şu haliyle bile AKP’ye yaranmayı başarabiliyor.
March 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Kılıçdaroğlu’nun ‘şaibeli kurultay’ safsatasıyla ilgili yaptığı açıklamaları izliyorum. Bu adam gerçekten eşi benzeri görülmemiş derecede bir omurgasız.
Herif, CHP’nin başındayken AKP’ye 13 yıl kazandırdığı yetmezmiş gibi, şu haliyle bile AKP’ye yaranmayı başarabiliyor.
Herif, CHP’nin başındayken AKP’ye 13 yıl kazandırdığı yetmezmiş gibi, şu haliyle bile AKP’ye yaranmayı başarabiliyor.
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As a boy, Berkay coined the phrase “Her şey çok güzel olacak” (everything will be beautiful) when he met İmamoğlu on the campaign trail in 2019. It’s still the slogan most closely associated with the mayor. Today Berkay, now a 22yo student, was sent to jail for protesting
🔴 "Her şey çok güzel olacak!" sloganının mimarı Berkay Gezgin, gözaltına alındı
"Her şey çok güzel olacak!" sloganının mimarı Berkay Gezgin, gözaltına alındı - Tr724
Tutuklanmasının ardından İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanlığı görevinden uzaklaştırılan Ekrem İmamoğlu’na seçim çalışmaları sırasında “Her şey çok güzel olacak!” diye seslenmesiyle tanınan Berkay…
buff.ly
March 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
As a boy, Berkay coined the phrase “Her şey çok güzel olacak” (everything will be beautiful) when he met İmamoğlu on the campaign trail in 2019. It’s still the slogan most closely associated with the mayor. Today Berkay, now a 22yo student, was sent to jail for protesting
So many still don’t seem to get it. This isn’t just Erdoğan doing his usual authoritarian stuff. This is the ultimate escalation, the endgame.
If he gets his way this time, a country of 85 million becomes a full-blown autocracy, ruled by a man who can’t be voted out any longer.
If he gets his way this time, a country of 85 million becomes a full-blown autocracy, ruled by a man who can’t be voted out any longer.
March 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
So many still don’t seem to get it. This isn’t just Erdoğan doing his usual authoritarian stuff. This is the ultimate escalation, the endgame.
If he gets his way this time, a country of 85 million becomes a full-blown autocracy, ruled by a man who can’t be voted out any longer.
If he gets his way this time, a country of 85 million becomes a full-blown autocracy, ruled by a man who can’t be voted out any longer.
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Erdogan's post-cabinet address just now signalled zero compromise amid protests.
He accused opposition using "street terrorists” to attack police "instead of answering corruption allegations". Said CHP cannot be trusted to "run the state, let alone municipalities".
www.trthaber.com/haber/gundem...
He accused opposition using "street terrorists” to attack police "instead of answering corruption allegations". Said CHP cannot be trusted to "run the state, let alone municipalities".
www.trthaber.com/haber/gundem...
Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan: Provokasyonlarla vatandaşlarımızın huzurunu bozmaktan vazgeçin
Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, "Provokasyonlarla vatandaşlarımızın huzurunu bozmaktan vazgeçin. Cesaretiniz varsa yolsuzlukların, hırsızlıkların, alınan rüşvetlerin hesabını verin" dedi.
www.trthaber.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Erdogan's post-cabinet address just now signalled zero compromise amid protests.
He accused opposition using "street terrorists” to attack police "instead of answering corruption allegations". Said CHP cannot be trusted to "run the state, let alone municipalities".
www.trthaber.com/haber/gundem...
He accused opposition using "street terrorists” to attack police "instead of answering corruption allegations". Said CHP cannot be trusted to "run the state, let alone municipalities".
www.trthaber.com/haber/gundem...
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In a sense, he does. Elon Musk made clear long ago that X always cooperates with governments to block anything any local government deems "illegal," whatever US or international laws say. That's why we moved to Bluesky.
March 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In a sense, he does. Elon Musk made clear long ago that X always cooperates with governments to block anything any local government deems "illegal," whatever US or international laws say. That's why we moved to Bluesky.
In the history of Twitter/X, it’s never been this easy for Erdogan to censor accounts at this rate and speed.
It’s as if he has direct backdoor access to do whatever he wants.
It’s as if he has direct backdoor access to do whatever he wants.
X has suspended in Turkey the account of Bianet, long established as a straightforward source of information about human rights issues
March 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
In the history of Twitter/X, it’s never been this easy for Erdogan to censor accounts at this rate and speed.
It’s as if he has direct backdoor access to do whatever he wants.
It’s as if he has direct backdoor access to do whatever he wants.
Reposted by Hasan
Taking on Erdoğan: protesters rise up against Turkey’s president
https://www.ft.com/content/65721cf9-63dc-4414-a3c8-904abbdf6211
https://www.ft.com/content/65721cf9-63dc-4414-a3c8-904abbdf6211
Taking on Erdoğan: protesters rise up against Turkey’s president
Demonstrators warn arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the president’s main rival, risks transforming the country into an autocracy
www.ft.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Taking on Erdoğan: protesters rise up against Turkey’s president
https://www.ft.com/content/65721cf9-63dc-4414-a3c8-904abbdf6211
https://www.ft.com/content/65721cf9-63dc-4414-a3c8-904abbdf6211
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I’ve written about this in many places over the years, but Erdoğan’s insistence was that the state and even the nation were synonymous with himself. But in doing so he also made any challenge to his rule existential, because it would implicitly place at risk the survival of the nation.
March 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I’ve written about this in many places over the years, but Erdoğan’s insistence was that the state and even the nation were synonymous with himself. But in doing so he also made any challenge to his rule existential, because it would implicitly place at risk the survival of the nation.
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The most iconic photo of Turkey’s protest so far.
Ümit Bektaş for Reuters.
Ümit Bektaş for Reuters.
March 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The most iconic photo of Turkey’s protest so far.
Ümit Bektaş for Reuters.
Ümit Bektaş for Reuters.
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More horrifying videos of police violence on protestors are emerging. This is from #Istanbul. Police using rubber bullets on protestors and attacking them with batons.
March 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
More horrifying videos of police violence on protestors are emerging. This is from #Istanbul. Police using rubber bullets on protestors and attacking them with batons.