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Jul 28, 2021 6 tweets 4 min read
Forest fire in #Manavgat

The forest fires started in four different parts of Antalya, have spread to the residential areas. “We do not know what we are dealing with,” Mayor of Manavgat, a district of Antalya, said. Forest fires spreading fast

District Governor of #Manavgat Mustafa Yiğit: "We are experiencing an unprecedented fire. We hope that there will be no loss of life. The fire has spread to the cemetery in Evrenseki. We are doing our best."

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Jul 2, 2020 32 tweets 19 min read
While #femicide cases are frequent in Turkey, governing AKP announced Turkey will withdraw from the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention).

Image AKP deputy chair Numan Kurtulmuş, "it was wrong to be a signatory to the Istanbul Convention. However it came into use years ago, we will follow the steps to withdraw from it now."

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May 29, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
Muharrem İnce, whose speech was interrupted after Erdogan's speech on the conquest of the Conquest, left the broadcast: "Don't be that afraid."

"It is disrespectful, Turkey does not deserve it. Erdogan is not the father of the Republic of Turkey."

Statement from Muharrem İnce, who was interrupted by a speech of Erdogan and left the broadcast:

"The attitude I have shown is against the mentality of a self repeating media order that only wants to show its own agenda on all screens."
Nov 25, 2019 25 tweets 9 min read
On November 21 it had been claimed that "a high level official from main opposition CHP had a secret meeting with AKP chair & President Erdoğan". Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun refuted claims. Sözcü columnist Rahmi Turan announced later that the person who had the meeting with President Erdoğan was former CHP presidential candidate Muharrem İnce.
Nov 11, 2019 8 tweets 3 min read
Important Syrian "White Helmets" backer James Gustaf Edward Le Mesurier, an intelligence operative of the British intelligence, has been found dead in Istanbul. In the early hours of the day, police had found a male body with broken hands and feet and wound caused by a sharp object on his face, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu by the Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque.
Jul 15, 2019 19 tweets 10 min read
Ceiling parts falling at Istanbul Airport in the area where technical personnel is using, causes risk for the workers. via/@AirportHaber @AirportHaber Airline companies have called for price top limits of ₺352 due to increasing costs for economy class in national flights; some companies also decreased number of flights in order to cut costs.
May 23, 2019 82 tweets 38 min read
After AKP candidate Yıldırım announced "I can not decide alone" regarding Imamoğlu's challenge to participate in a TV debate, Imamoğlu said "here is the difference; I decide upon what the 16 million residents of this city wants." AKP Istanbul candidate Yıldırım commented on Imamoğlu's call for a TV debate, "I do not mind which channel or with which journalists we will have a debate with; I would accept all and appear on all platforms. But I will only speak about Istanbul, that is my only request."