Michael Sercan Daventry
@michaeldaventry.com
Radio journalist @ BBC News/BBC Sounds. Formerly: Sky News, Euronews, Jewish News, TRT | 🇹🇷🇬🇧 | DMs open, all views mine, Türkçemiz de var az çok.
You don't really need subtitles to see how well presenter Meltem Bozbeyoğlu handles the moment a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Istanbul struck live on CNN Türk, but here they are in any case.
April 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
You don't really need subtitles to see how well presenter Meltem Bozbeyoğlu handles the moment a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Istanbul struck live on CNN Türk, but here they are in any case.
In Turkish North Cyprus, an education ministry official is turned away from a school barricaded by parents who don’t want to admit a pupil who wears a headscarf.
It appears they’re fighting Turkey’s battles of the 1990s, but in the social media age.
Via HaberKKTC
It appears they’re fighting Turkey’s battles of the 1990s, but in the social media age.
Via HaberKKTC
March 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
In Turkish North Cyprus, an education ministry official is turned away from a school barricaded by parents who don’t want to admit a pupil who wears a headscarf.
It appears they’re fighting Turkey’s battles of the 1990s, but in the social media age.
Via HaberKKTC
It appears they’re fighting Turkey’s battles of the 1990s, but in the social media age.
Via HaberKKTC
“The terrorism charge is particularly serious because it could allow him to be removed from office. It means that by the end of the day Ekrem İmamoğlu may no longer be mayor of Istanbul.”
Me on the BBC World Service a little earlier.
Me on the BBC World Service a little earlier.
March 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
“The terrorism charge is particularly serious because it could allow him to be removed from office. It means that by the end of the day Ekrem İmamoğlu may no longer be mayor of Istanbul.”
Me on the BBC World Service a little earlier.
Me on the BBC World Service a little earlier.
A lengthy post from Ankara's mayor Mansur Yavaş, another possible candidate against Erdoğan, who comes out for İmamoğlu.
Notably, Yavaş himself declares he won't stand for president "while this unlawfulness persists".
Notably, Yavaş himself declares he won't stand for president "while this unlawfulness persists".
March 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A lengthy post from Ankara's mayor Mansur Yavaş, another possible candidate against Erdoğan, who comes out for İmamoğlu.
Notably, Yavaş himself declares he won't stand for president "while this unlawfulness persists".
Notably, Yavaş himself declares he won't stand for president "while this unlawfulness persists".
We've now had the response from Ekrem İmamoğlu. He calls the verdict "unlawful" – and that only the board of the faculty that give him his diploma could decide to annul it.
This evening's announcement was made by the board of the entire university.
This evening's announcement was made by the board of the entire university.
March 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We've now had the response from Ekrem İmamoğlu. He calls the verdict "unlawful" – and that only the board of the faculty that give him his diploma could decide to annul it.
This evening's announcement was made by the board of the entire university.
This evening's announcement was made by the board of the entire university.
A new page in a long-running row: Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu's university diploma has been annulled.
It means that if a presidential election were called now, İmamoğlu – who is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's foremost challenger – would not be able to stand as a candidate.
It means that if a presidential election were called now, İmamoğlu – who is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's foremost challenger – would not be able to stand as a candidate.
March 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A new page in a long-running row: Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu's university diploma has been annulled.
It means that if a presidential election were called now, İmamoğlu – who is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's foremost challenger – would not be able to stand as a candidate.
It means that if a presidential election were called now, İmamoğlu – who is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's foremost challenger – would not be able to stand as a candidate.
And now in Turkish, where the top line is confirmed:
The PKK has lost relevance in the socialist struggle and must abolish itself.
The PKK has lost relevance in the socialist struggle and must abolish itself.
February 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
And now in Turkish, where the top line is confirmed:
The PKK has lost relevance in the socialist struggle and must abolish itself.
The PKK has lost relevance in the socialist struggle and must abolish itself.
History in the making in Turkey, where a message from PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan – apparently calling for peace and an end to an armed conflict lasting nearly half a century – is being read out live.
But it’s in Kurdish first, so most of the country doesn’t know what’s in it yet.
But it’s in Kurdish first, so most of the country doesn’t know what’s in it yet.
February 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
History in the making in Turkey, where a message from PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan – apparently calling for peace and an end to an armed conflict lasting nearly half a century – is being read out live.
But it’s in Kurdish first, so most of the country doesn’t know what’s in it yet.
But it’s in Kurdish first, so most of the country doesn’t know what’s in it yet.
Erm, how long have I been asleep
January 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Erm, how long have I been asleep
Just to illustrate how much a step change this is for UK police, here’s some (admittedly not very good) photos I took during Newroz in Finsbury Park, north London, seven years ago.
Note the PKK and Abdullah Öcalan flags.
Note the PKK and Abdullah Öcalan flags.
November 30, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Just to illustrate how much a step change this is for UK police, here’s some (admittedly not very good) photos I took during Newroz in Finsbury Park, north London, seven years ago.
Note the PKK and Abdullah Öcalan flags.
Note the PKK and Abdullah Öcalan flags.
Take this example from Haringey in north London – the graffiti is from another proscribed Turkey-based group, the leftist DHKP-C.
Removing this was not a priority for the local authorities in the same way another more “threatening” group’s propaganda might have been.
Removing this was not a priority for the local authorities in the same way another more “threatening” group’s propaganda might have been.
November 27, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Take this example from Haringey in north London – the graffiti is from another proscribed Turkey-based group, the leftist DHKP-C.
Removing this was not a priority for the local authorities in the same way another more “threatening” group’s propaganda might have been.
Removing this was not a priority for the local authorities in the same way another more “threatening” group’s propaganda might have been.
The PKK is a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK – it has been for roughly 25 years – but the group barely hides its presence.
Here, just for example, is a copy of the party’s newspaper I found in my (Turkish) barber’s shop last month.
Here, just for example, is a copy of the party’s newspaper I found in my (Turkish) barber’s shop last month.
November 27, 2024 at 11:13 AM
The PKK is a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK – it has been for roughly 25 years – but the group barely hides its presence.
Here, just for example, is a copy of the party’s newspaper I found in my (Turkish) barber’s shop last month.
Here, just for example, is a copy of the party’s newspaper I found in my (Turkish) barber’s shop last month.
#Türkilizce in action ok the streets of London
November 29, 2023 at 4:21 PM
#Türkilizce in action ok the streets of London
“A Future Searching For Its Story” or “The One Looking For His Story Will Arrive”.
Bekir Ağırdır’s book is just confusing.
Bekir Ağırdır’s book is just confusing.
October 23, 2023 at 8:56 PM
“A Future Searching For Its Story” or “The One Looking For His Story Will Arrive”.
Bekir Ağırdır’s book is just confusing.
Bekir Ağırdır’s book is just confusing.