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Analyst -- Journalist. Türkçe: MEast/US politics & Syria tanir.ilhan@gmail.com

Washington, DC
Joined March 2009

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    Kurdish journalist Rojhat Doğru sentenced to life in prison in Turkey

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  2. WH NSA Sullivan discussed with Turkish Spox Kalin the Caucasus region plus 5 countries: Russia Ukraine Kazakhstan Bosnia-Herzegovina Ethiopia -

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    11 hours ago

    Many Turks are avoiding non-essential shopping and driving their cars, giving weight to predictions that the country is entering a sharp economic downturn.

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    In the history of excuses this is a pretty remarkable one from Kazakhstan President: there were 20,000 terrorists including foreigners, but they craftily broke into morgues to steal the bodies of their dead comrades so there may not be any evidence

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    15 hours ago

    For anyone who dares question Novak Djokovic's judgement, here he is drawing cosmic energy from Bosnia's valley of the pyramids

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    A UN peacekeeping spokesperson on January 10 confirmed to RFE/RL by e-mail that the armed men seen in the images shared by AP were not part of a UN peacekeeping mission.

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    Jan 9

    Revealing chart about Omicron hospitalizations in NYC: barely changed for the vaccinated. But big spike ⬆️ for unvaccinated.

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  8. Jan 9

    There are tons of questions re Togg and whether it will get to be ever competitive with world rivals like and others at this stage. Though finding and partnering w smart protocol blockchain industry recent rising star genuinely impressive.

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  9. Jan 9

    Well-deserved appointment. Surely will be huge for Turkish-German trade relations.

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    Jan 7

    In America, the situation in Kazakhstan is a small news item. In Moscow, it is currently receiving 24/7 news coverage, like it's an apocalyptic threat to Russia's security. I've had the TV on here while writing this thread, and Kazakhstan has been on the entire time.

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    Jan 9

    Turkish proxies arrest Syrians protesting poor living conditions in occupied zone | Ahval 🔹

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  12. Jan 9

    Liberal Party fmr pres reminds that even 1990s of Turkey when coalition govts assembled by Demirel, Ecevit, Özal, Çiller, Yılmaz (were mostly short-lived and unstable), there were never concerns whether these politicians would leave the govt if lose election or safety of ballots.

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  13. Jan 9

    New US Ambassador shares a video from a kabob restaurant. Amb Flake appears to be a big chance for Ankara for his decades-long ties to US Congress & could bring some serious help for Turkish Defense industry. Can Erdoğan gov’t build on this? We ll see

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  14. Jan 8
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    Jan 8

    Turkey bound for deeper turbulence in 2022: Seven critical questions | Yavuz Baydar 🔹

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    Jan 7

    Cirsten Weldon, a top QAnon promoter, called vaccine recipients gullible "idiots" and warned people at a vaccine site that the shots would kill them. On Thursday, Weldon died of COVID.

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    Jan 7

    Greece releases Turkish-Armenian linguist Nişanyan | Ahval 🔹

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    Jan 7

    New US Ambassador Jeff Flake announces over US Embassy’s Twitter account that he arrived in Ankara with his wife Cheryl today

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    Jan 7

    As could be expected, the Kazakh authorities have stopped calling the capital "Nur-Sultan" and returned to "Astana" after Nazarbayev and his daughters with families have left Kazakhstan.

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