Kemal Kirisci
@kemalkirisci
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Nonresident fellow @BrookingsFP Center on the United States and Europe, former professor of international relations @UniBogazici
Washington, DC
Joined January 2015
So utterly unreal!
2,352 years for Ekrem İmamoğlu This is, quite possibly, one of the most absurd trials in modern world history: A university diploma earned 32 years ago is annulled once he becomes a presidential candidate. He is arrested five days after announcing his candidacy. Accused of
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2,352 years for Ekrem İmamoğlu This is, quite possibly, one of the most absurd trials in modern world history: A university diploma earned 32 years ago is annulled once he becomes a presidential candidate. He is arrested five days after announcing his candidacy. Accused of
Turkish prosecutors requested a sentence of up to 2,352 years for jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on corruption and other criminal charges. https://t.co/JSr5zhv51f
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“To me it seems Hitler has won. He’s changed us J€ws from being compassionate and caring…into this vicious, genocidal, nationalist nation,” —Miriam Margolyes, an 83-year-old Jewish Australian-British actor publicly condemns 1$raelis
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Spot-on analysis! Yet, in a world that is fast slipping into one marked by the "rule of the jungle" expecting Europe to stand-up for democratic values in 🇹🇷 is, unfortunately, un-Realistic & historically "passé"! 🇹🇷 has to save its own democracy 🤞 https://t.co/EXMR0qNQhh
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Western capitals should be wary of treating democracy in Turkey as a luxury rather than a necessity.
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Turkey's strategic value has increasingly made the Western powers think that rule of law is a luxury. It is not, and it is actually a necessity. Thoughtful piece by @gonultol published on yet another day in Turkey when journalism came under attack. https://t.co/Qky3XUUfOn
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Western capitals should be wary of treating democracy in Turkey as a luxury rather than a necessity.
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In Palestine there is NO ceasefire, NO peace, only destruction and the violence of ethnic cleansing. Watching world leaders play “let’s pretend” with the light-heartedness of 4th graders playing Lego is sickening. We will all pay for their complicity & the insecurity it is sowing
🚨 BREAKING: Israeli Knesset Gives Preliminary Approval of Bill to Execute Palestinian Detainees INCLUDING CHILDREN
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SHAME!
Israel destroyed the mausoleum of Simon Peter, apostle of Christ, in the village of Shama in southern Lebanon 1,925–1,995 years years old . Christians of the world Wake up !!!
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🇮🇱 Jewish Israeli historian Avi Shlaim: “I served in the Israeli army and I will say it; Israel is a racist colonizing state and the Palestinians have the right to resist. Israel is the main obstacle to peace!” https://t.co/m1x1IvjJ6c
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Yer: Ege Üniversitesi Akademik Yıl açılış töreni… Konuk: Adalet Bakanı Yılmaz Tunç. Bir grup öğrenci hazır bakanı bulmuşken, geçtiğimiz günlerde Hacettepe Üniversitesi'ndeki palalı saldırıyla ilgili soru sormak istiyor. Soru şu: “Hacettepe’de eli palalı çeteler üniversiteye
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“Bizden önce toplu iğne üretilmiyordu” diyenlere Mustafa Kemal Atatürk döneminde açılan fabrikaların listesini elden ele iletelim!
Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan: "Ülkemizde toplu iğne üretemiyorduk. Şimdi silahlarını üreten bir Türkiye var."
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World Justice Project's Rule of Law Index for 2025 has just been published. SURPISE, SURPRISE the steady deterioration of "justice" in Turkey is very visible and striking from 2015 onwards and ranks 118 out of 143 just ahead of Russia but behind Guinea, Honduras, Niger etc..
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Ekrem İmamoğlu Çağlayan Adliyesine geldi. Halk adliye önüne ulaşıp, İmamoğlu'na destek vermesin diye tüm yollar kapatılmış! Ne demişti Nazım? "Hiçbir korkuya benzemez halkını satanların korkusu!"
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Evet; müthiş bir diplomatik ve siyasi zeka devrede. Tam İngiltere Başbakanı Keir Starmer’ın Ankara’da olacağı hafta, Türkiye’de gündemde “İmamoğlu, İngiliz casusu/casuslarıyla çalışıyor” iddiaları…🤦🏼♀️
Eurofighter için Ankara zirvesi İngiltere Başbakanı Steirmer haftaya Türkiye’ye geliyor #gündem https://t.co/gCb8FfDl77
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CRUELLLL & it is happening in 2025 87 years after Kristall Nacht. What happened to ‘Never Again’! SHAME to an international community unwilling to stop the violence on Palestinians!
“They have stolen my harvest and taken everything from us they’ve left us with absolutely nothing. They’ve destroyed our identity.” A Palestinian grandfather cries after Zionist settlers destroyed his olive groves and stole the olives in Tulkarem (West Bank).
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Democracy cannot thrive when political rivals are silenced through judicial pressure. The fresh espionage charges against Istanbul’s former mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu — already jailed on earlier corruption allegations — raise serious concerns about the rule of law and political
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Haaretz continues to do heroic reporting on Israeli violence in an increasingly illiberal political climate. The extremists in Israel cannot stand that one of their country’s most credible outlets is consistently indicting it. Haaretz has already lost partnerships with the
Lynch mobs, arson, animal slaughter: an unprecedented wave of Israeli violence sweeps the West Bank https://t.co/K09qMCrNYy
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SHAME, SHAME, SHAME! History will not forget…
This was the third oldest Greek Orthodox church in the world. ISRA€L DESTR0YED IT TOO!
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Ekrem İmamoğlu’nun o sözleri yeniden gündem oldu: “35 yıl sonra benim diplomamı iptal ettirmeye çalışan bu kişi, yarın sizin 40 yıllık, 50 yıllık tapularınıza, arabalarınıza, bankadaki paralarınıza diplomam gibi çöker. Bugün bana yarın hepimize.” https://t.co/E4flz8akkj
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Ne güzel! Acaba Anavatan için de benzer bir uygulama düşünülür mü? Halk ile İdarenin böyle kaynaşabilmesi çok hoş!
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SHAME to those who allow these cruelties to happen. Let’s hope that some form of accountability from the perpetrators will be sought not just for the sake of justice and future deterrence but also for the sake of Israel’s image and historical legacy…
OMG! Jewish-American doctor recounts how Israeli soldiers took two Palestinian children, tied their hands behind their backs, and buried them alive. "Their cries being muffled by the dirt as it was poured upon them while they were being buried alive." These were children!
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