"through Russia’s South Caucasus"

CHP keeps on having these weekly rallies. And more importantly, people keep coming. Today in Istanbul's Büyükada

Şişli's deputy mayor, arrested for terrorism (sure, if electoral alliances between legal parties amount to terrorism), is released from prison. Case pending.

Good news is that Bilal lacks charisma, and I doubt he appeals to many. His rise to power would only denote a hereditary system lacking in democracy and legitimacy

Suurimmat suomalaiset kannattajaryhmät ovat tämän Klubin päätöksen jo dumanneet, ja tässä omia ajatuksiani. 1) Käytäntö kyseenalaistaa otteluissa käyvät yhdenvertaisuuden. 2) Kausarilaisista useimmat jo antaneet nimensä lipunmyyntitapahtuman yhteydessä. #HJK 1/3 www.hjk.fi/artikkelit/m...

Good news is that Bilal lacks charisma, and I doubt he appeals to many. His rise to power would only denote a hereditary system lacking in democracy and legitimacy

At least a hundred non-Syrian combatants have been withdrawn from SDF to Kandil. I think quite a few still remain in Syria, but this proves the link to PKK

With the appointment of the new justice minister, I'm afraid the prosecutor will get what he wants - an aggravated life imprisonment for a talent manager

Ministers Yerlikaya (interior) and Tunç (justice) are out. Replaced by Erzurum governor Çiftçi (interior) and the infamous Istanbul chief public prosecutor Gürlek (justice), known for numerous political cases. I'm afraid this is a turn for the worse www.cnnturk.com/turkiye/son-...

The far right all over have links with Russia and Epstein.

I don't mind fast tracking asylum seekers frome these countries (many unfounded cases), as long as it's kept in mind many of them have issues with democracy, human rights and rule of law. But calling them safe countries of origin is wrong. www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...

The European Parliament voted today to usher in changes to EU asylum rules that jeopardize the right to seek asylum. Human Rights Watch detailed human rights abuses in every country on the EU’s “safe countries of origin” list: www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...

3024 päivää vankilassa - syyttömänä.

Following the targeting of Turkish metal band Sarinvomit last year, the Beşiktaş district governorship has banned concerts of metal groups Behemoth and Slaughter to prevail. My solidarity goes to all Turkish metal heads 🤘

#Turkey #Epstein

Removal proceedings against Turkish PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk FINALLY terminated. Trump officials, especially Rubio, said Öztürk was a security threat. They knew they had no evidence. They were testing the waters. Öztürk co-wrote an op-ed and was snatched off the street for it. Geçmiş olsun

Following the targeting of Turkish metal band Sarinvomit last year, the Beşiktaş district governorship has banned concerts of metal groups Behemoth and Slaughter to prevail. My solidarity goes to all Turkish metal heads 🤘

3024 päivää vankilassa - syyttömänä.

Receiving reports of a harsh crackdown on protesting students at Boğaziçi today.

3023 päivää vankilassa - syyttömänä.

Great speech by imprisoned Azerbaijani writer and scholar Bahruz Samadov (@smdov.bsky.social ). Read it! He is in prison for independent thinking and public calls for peace, democracy and human rights. 1/2 freebahruzcampaign.org/news/court-s...

Jahas, ilmeisesti käynnissä jokin talviurheilutapahtuma ja Usassa jauhetaan jostain marginaalisesta pallopelistä...

3022 päivää vankilassa, syyttömänä

3022 päivää vankilassa, syyttömänä

Seems like the supporters of Adana Demirspor are about to take over the club after a few years of failed management and relegation from Süper Lig. Sounds great

Mitähän Suomi (@um.fi ) asiasta ajattelee tai tekee? Onko Əliyevin lupaama öljy ja kaasu riittävä syy, sietää diktatuuria ja Bahruzin elämän tuhomisen? Bahruz yritti jo itsemurhaa. Bahruz ei toki ole ainoa pol. vanki - eikä Azerbaidžan ainoa diktatuuri - mutta jostain on hyvä aloittaa

Turkkilainen liikemies ja kansalaisaktivisti Osman Kavala on ollut vankilassa 3021 päivää. Perspektiivin vuoksi kannattaa miettiä, mitä olet tehnyt ja mitä elämässäsi on tapahtunut lokakuun lopun 2017 jälkeen... Osman Kavala on ollut koko sen ajan vankilassa - syyttömänä. osmankavala.org/en/

ullatus

Great speech by imprisoned Azerbaijani writer and scholar Bahruz Samadov (@smdov.bsky.social ). Read it! He is in prison for independent thinking and public calls for peace, democracy and human rights. 1/2 freebahruzcampaign.org/news/court-s...

Three years since the awful earthquakes in Turkey, and many survivors still live in shelters.

#Turkey: Three journalists arrested, another remains in detention under risk of deportation. One journalist assaulted, and various news articles and social media accounts were censored. Here’s our weekly round-up of #pressfreedom developments in the country. 🧵👇

I am not sure what the best way to respond to this is, but Europe needs to take this very seriously. At some point, they should call up US ambassadors to MFAs. EUMS that don’t have tough laws barring intervention by malign foreign actors need to get them. Learn from Romania & Moldova.

I guess he was referring to himself

I suppose this is good news as the long-delayed meeting of Turkish and Greek leaders is set to 11 February in Ankara. There's quite a bit on their agenda, such as the territorial waters, Cyprus, EU's defence programs, minorities, territorial waters, militarisation, and the territorial waters.

Tomorrow will be three years since the devastating earthquakes in Turkey. As far as I know, there's still no official stats on the number of deaths. Most cases against faulty construction still pending. Many more houses still to be demolished.

People in Adana celebrate the release of the city's mayor Zeydan Karalar. The case against the CHP mayor, however, continues

My colleague pointed out that this is just the latest example of the Republican hatred of public databases. Gingrich killed the Congressional Research Service Country Reports and the Office of Technology Assessment. DOGE destroyed not just USAID, but also its database, DEC. Facts, data, info. Gone.

They'd better sign it soon

This and sacking its Middle East staff... Well, I no longer have a reason to follow/read the Washington Post.

Hieman epäilin Perpan nostoa Klubi04:n päävalmentajaksi, mutta näytöt Uefan Youth Leaguesta ja tämä haastattelu ovat kääntäneet pääni. Hienoa työtä tehnyt, ja nöyrä mutta vaativa asenne. Pakko arvostaa! #HJK www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-...

Digitaalinen itsenäisyys – Suomen seuraava kohtalonkysymys 🇫🇮 Suomi on riippuvainen yhdysvaltalaisista teknologiajäteistä. Riippuvuus ei lähitulevaisuudessa vähenny vaan syvenee. #DigitaalinenItsenäisyys #Suomi #Kansalaisaloite 1/

Klubin junnut vastaan öljyinen Man City. Klubi meni juuri johtoon. #HJK Suoraa lähetystä tarjolla www.uefa.tv/live/297754

WaPo laying off entire Middle East team

Good, people are noticing Chomsky's relation with Epstein, but I'd also like to remind everyone he's a genocide denier

96 suspects detained around Turkey in an operation targeting the armed Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (MLKP).

people who are just now realizing chomsky is bad

No informal UN-hosted Cyprus meeting in the extended format in sight. UNSG personal envoy says the focus is now on delivery of (already agreed) confidence-building measures ankahaber.net/haber/detay/...

straight up Gestapo shit

Unfortunately this is if not a daily, then a weekly occurence in Turkey. A bus or a minibus in a deadly accident. Raises questions about the reasons behind this

“… we discovered a huge tunnel running under my home… walls started cracking…” The Syrian government’s recent capture of parts of southern al-Hasakah countryside reveals vast reinforced-concrete tunnel network built by SDF over several years. — Enab Baladi english.enabbaladi.net/archives/202...