Michael Sercan Daventry
@MichaelDaventry
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Journalist @BBCNews, formerly @SkyNews | 🇹🇷🇬🇧 | All views mine, Türkçemiz de var az çok.
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Joined February 2009
"The images of Turkish people waving flags on the streets for democracy isn't the full picture." Me on @BBCNews earlier this evening
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Utterly shocked to learn of @ceren__kaynak’s sudden and untimely death aged just 38. I knew her on the London Turkish beat: she was a good journalist with a good heart, taken far, far too young.
t24.com.tr
Gazeteci Ceren Kaynak İskit hayatını kaybetti: Mesleğini yapmaktan bir an olsun vazgeçmeyen bir gazeteciydi
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There was a time not so long ago when Turkish Airlines was the second biggest carrier at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion after El Al. Now, it isn't there at all.
Turkish airlines giving up its slots in Ben Gurion airport, meaning no plans for renewal of flights. Another important component of Turkish Israeli relations pre-october 7th, that is lost, deeply affecting people to people relations https://t.co/4F7mG4KQIj
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You don't really need subtitles to see how well @bozbeyogluu handles the moment a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Istanbul struck live on @cnnturk, but here they are in any case.
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Big earthquake off the southern shore of European Istanbul, the local disaster relief agency confirms. 6.2 magnitude is far from gentle.
#DEPREM Büyüklük:6.2 (Mw) Yer:Marmara Denizi - [23.16 km] Silivri (İstanbul) Tarih:2025-04-23 Saat:12:49:10 TSİ Enlem:40.86 N Boylam:28.24444 E Derinlik:6.92 km Detay: https://t.co/yDybZf2bx3
@afadbaskanlik @trthaber @anadoluajansi
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A Turkish opposition MP claims agricultural seeds sold by Israel have caused a spike in deaths in Turkey from heart attacks. A rather crass April Fool's joke, or an attempt to go viral? Mustafa Sarıgül has form in this area.
Kalp krizlerinden ölümlerin çoğalmasının tek sebebi İsrail’dir.Sattığı zehirli tarım tohumlarıdır. #volkankonak
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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
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Never saw Eskişehir being described as “southeast of Istanbul” before…
BREAKING: Thousands of anti-Erdogan protesters taking to the streets in Eskişehir, south-east of Istanbul 🇹🇷
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“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 @bbcworldservice a little earlier.
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İmamoğlu also faces terrorism charges: the informal electoral alliance between CHP and pro-Kurdish HDP ahead of the 2024 local election is alleged to be a vehicle to fund the PKK. Those charges could give Turkey’s interior minister the authority to remove İmamoğlu from office.
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Dozens of officers were sent to arrest İmamoğlu at his home, which is where he filmed his video. It’s a coordinated operation: police are stationed outside councils held by the opposition CHP. The authorities have also closed several metro lines during the morning rush hour.
Bir kaç operasyon birarada başlatılmış gibi görünüyor. Medya A.ş ve Kent Uzlaşısı operasyonu Ekrem İmamoğlu'nu gözaltına almak için 20 araçlık bir polis ekibi evine gitti. İmamoğlu gözaltına alınırken "kendimi milletime emanet ediyorum" dedi İmamoğlu'nun yakın çevresi Murat
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There’s a statement from prosecutors in Istanbul doing the rounds that accuses İmamoğlu and dozens of his colleagues of fraud, corruption and malpractice in public tenders. It describes İmamoğlu as the suspected leader of an organised crime network.
Ekrem İmamoğlu hakkında iki ayrı soruşturmada iki ayrı gözaltı kararı var. Kent uzlaşısı kapsamımda terör ve yolsuzluk iddiası. Gün içinde kayyım kararı gelebilir. İstanbul Başsavcılığı, açıklama yaptı: “Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığımız Terör Suçları Soruşturma Bürosunca yürütülen
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Also in police custody are dozens of people working for Istanbul’s municipality, including İmamoğlu’s closest advisors.
Gözaltına alınıyorum. Bizi susturarak Ekrem İmamoğlu’nu savunmamızı, desteklememizi engelleyeceklerini sanıyorlar. Tüm sosyal medya mecralarında hesapları olan vatandaşlarımıza sesleniyorum: Bu saatten sonra Ekrem İmamoğlu Türk milletine emanettir. Koruyun, kollayın, destekleyin!
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The mayor of Istanbul and President Erdogan’s most prominent rival has been taken into custody.
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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". https://t.co/i9j0mZ3IQR
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanımız, yol arkadaşım Sn. Ekrem İmamoğlu’nun hukuka ve tüm mevzuata uygun diplomasının iptal edilmesine ilişkin karar sonrası Türkiye demokrasisi maalesef bir başka evreye geçmiştir. Hatırlatmak gerekir ki İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanımız
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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.
İstanbul Üniversitesi Yönetim Kurulu'nun kararı HUKUKSUZDUR. Böyle bir karar alma yetkileri yoktur. Yetki, sadece İşletme Fakültesi Yönetim Kurulu’ndadır. Bu kararı alanların tarih ve adalet önünde hesap verecekleri günler yakındır. Adalete, hukuka ve demokrasiye susamış
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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.
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The phrase “derin devlet” truly is Turkey’s gift to the world.
I’ve watched 100s of Netanyahu speeches over 4 decades. I’ve never seen one where he lost it like today in the Knesset with a full-on Erdogan-style tantrum against “the deep-state” of the Israeli civil service and the media. With shocked relatives of Israeli hostages looking on.
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Öcalan has called to abolish the PKK, but that’s just the first step in making it happen – me in @TheNationalNews
https://t.co/JqohvuHq5T
thenationalnews.com
Converting this monumental announcement into real peace requires a series of concrete efforts from Turkey and the Kurds to build trust
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There will be plenty of commentary about whether this call will be heeded but let’s be plain. Öcalan just described the PKK as the biggest rebellion movement in the Turkish republic’s history, and he’s right. And he’s now called on it to disband. This is epoch-making news.
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