Mitra Nazar
@mitrala.bsky.social
Journalist, Turkey correspondent (Dutch Public Broadcaster NOS), Feminist
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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.
July 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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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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.
nos.nl
April 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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 ✨
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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...
cpj.org
April 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Trial of 5 journalists who covered Turkish protests set to open cpj.org?p=472669
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 👇🏼
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.com
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Bilge Yesil (@bilgeyesil.bsky.social) on Turkey's narrowing media landscape amid mounting political turbulence in the country
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turkeybooktalk.com
turkeybooktalk.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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 👇🏼
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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
April 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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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Pikachu protested in Turkey before it was cool. Now he’s unionising against Musk.
You're welcome, world.
You're welcome, world.
Pikachu, bu kez Trump ve Musk'a karşı sokakta
www.birgun.net/haber/pikach...
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.
www.birgun.net
April 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Pikachu protested in Turkey before it was cool. Now he’s unionising against Musk.
You're welcome, world.
You're welcome, world.
The Turkish twitter/X sphere is mass moving to BlueSky at the moment. Hepinize hoşgeldiniz 🙋🏻♀️
The great Turkish transition from X is beginning in the wake of Elon banning opposition accounts
Son 24 saatte Bluesky’de hesap açan Türk kullanıcı sayısı 1 milyonu geçti
April 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The Turkish twitter/X sphere is mass moving to BlueSky at the moment. Hepinize hoşgeldiniz 🙋🏻♀️
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Still many questions regarding the future roadmap of Turkey vs PKK. Here are some possible steps 👇🏼
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.
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.
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.
March 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Still many questions regarding the future roadmap of Turkey vs PKK. Here are some possible steps 👇🏼
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Some preliminary thoughts about Ocalan's statement (after rereading it&inspired by a conversation with the great .@nebahattanriverdi.bsky.social):
1) Ocalan calls the PKK's ideological basis ("real socialism") dead.
1) Ocalan calls the PKK's ideological basis ("real socialism") dead.
February 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Some preliminary thoughts about Ocalan's statement (after rereading it&inspired by a conversation with the great .@nebahattanriverdi.bsky.social):
1) Ocalan calls the PKK's ideological basis ("real socialism") dead.
1) Ocalan calls the PKK's ideological basis ("real socialism") dead.
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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-...
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
February 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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-...
It is obvious the law is not the same for everyone.
www.duvarenglish.com/turkish-man-...
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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
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…
turkeybooktalk.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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
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...
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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
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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...
Sultan Donald and his Grand Vizier Musk pasha. This is account Ottomanizes the Trump administration
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...
February 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Sultan Donald and his Grand Vizier Musk pasha. This is account Ottomanizes the Trump administration
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.
nos.nl
February 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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
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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
#femicide
Pınar Gültekin davasında Yargıtay’ın bozma kararına itiraz eden Başsavcılık gerekçesinde cinayetin işleniş biçimi “tasarlayarak… https://www.evrensel...
February 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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
#femicide
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?)
(This is interesting, has this level of predictive warning been seen before?)
Greece sends rescue teams to Santorini amid fears of big earthquake
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…
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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?)
(This is interesting, has this level of predictive warning been seen before?)
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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, ++
January 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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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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…
cpj.org/data/people/hr…
January 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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…
cpj.org/data/people/hr…
The spirit in Tbilisi atm 👇🏼
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.
December 14, 2024 at 8:47 AM
The spirit in Tbilisi atm 👇🏼
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.
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
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
December 14, 2024 at 8:42 AM
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.
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
"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:
@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
December 14, 2024 at 8:25 AM
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
Erdoğan has two big problems that a post-Assad Syria might help him solve. -> read @gonultol.bsky.social
My Foreign Affairs piece looked at implications of Assad’s ouster for Turkey’s foreign policy. My new @financialtimes.com column looks at it from the angle of Erdogan’s domestic plans. “Erdoğan sees nothing but opportunity in Syria” t.co/E2AEmVfMvN
https://on.ft.com/49BzhC8
t.co
December 14, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Erdoğan has two big problems that a post-Assad Syria might help him solve. -> read @gonultol.bsky.social
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A friend points out that dictatorships, nowadays, also fail because they run out of money. They can't steal enough from the state to pay loyalists, wind up relying on narcotics trade or international crime (true of both Syria and Venezuela, for example) and then their soldiers stop fighting
Why dictatorships fail gradually, and then suddenly www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Sudden Collapse of Bashar al-Assad
The fall of the Russian- and Iranian-backed regime in Syria offers the possibility of change.
www.theatlantic.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:21 AM
A friend points out that dictatorships, nowadays, also fail because they run out of money. They can't steal enough from the state to pay loyalists, wind up relying on narcotics trade or international crime (true of both Syria and Venezuela, for example) and then their soldiers stop fighting