Some examples illustrate the current rule of law in #Türkiye. The same judiciary can release the convicted man who forced his girl child into marriage, while imprisoning stand-up comedian @idgoktas over a few jokes. The sad contrast speaks for itself. https://t.co/JCaMGxXoVT
Given the gravity of recent developments, I'm travelling to Istanbul for tomorrow's hearings on @ekrem_imamoglu, including the #İBB case.
As 🇹🇷 hosts the @NATO Summit, its democratic future is being shaped in a Silivri courtroom. 🇪🇺 must not keep its eyes only on Ankara.
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Because geopolitical competition has displaced democracy/rights issues as a foreign-policy goal. And this emboldens autocrats, who increasingly prioritize international legitimacy over domestic legitimacy. That’s why I worry the diplomatic boost Erdogan will receive from hosting the NATO summit, and the praise he is likely to receive from allies, will only reinforce his confidence and pave the way for a deeper domestic crackdown in the days and months ahead.
🌹Hoy celebramos el 75º aniversario de la Internacional Socialista.
Con @sanchezcastejon como presidente, seguimos trabajando a nivel global por un futuro más justo, solidario y con más derechos para todas y todos.
#AhoraMásQueNuncaPSOE
🇵🇸La reconstrucción de Gaza sigue siendo una responsabilidad moral para la UE.
Pero hay un aspecto de la reconstrucción que no se está abordando: la responsabilidad de Israel de indemnizar por la destrucción que ha causado.
✍️@NachoSAmor
🗞️@euobs
https://t.co/2Li5QG49l8
Esta semana seguimos!
🌍Intervención en la sesión inaugural de los African Days de @TheProgressives;
🗳️En el marco del @EP_DEG, reunión con parlamentarios de #Albania, y con grupo de expertos de #Armenia y @FESonline;
🇪🇺Reunión extraordinaria @EP_ForeignAff
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Días intensos de trabajo la semana pasada, hacemos repaso:
🌍 Intervenciones en @EP_ForeignAff y @EP_HumanRights;
🟢⚪️⚫️ Jornadas de trabajo sobre productos y servicios extremeños alrededor de la cocina y gastronomía;
🌐 Términé la semana en @DubrovnikForum 2026;
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What @JosepBorrellF says (@EU_Commission assuming @eu_eeas competences) is what some of us have been warning for years.
This silent trend requires proper democratic and legal debate. #EU external action infra financing lies at the heart of the problem
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https://t.co/M0Weuu6rCZ
In an interview with POLITICO, former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has delivered his sharpest public criticism yet of the European Commission’s growing role in diplomacy and defense, arguing that it is straying beyond its treaty powers.
https://t.co/2o9WOQogHv
Civil rights curtailed, media restricted, hundreds preventively detained (incl. environmental @temavakfi & LGBTI @KaosGL activists)... all should be unacceptable for @NATO. Türkiye's authoritarian reflexes ahead of the summit are tarnishing the image of a shamefully silent NATO.
It is an imperative for the #EU to rebuild #Gaza, as it is a legal obligation for Israel.
I argue in @euobs that the EU needs to address this, as well as repayment for destroyed EU-funded projects in PAL, and the transfer of 🇵🇸 clearance revenues.
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https://t.co/URJ8jrJpOI
🇪🇺🇦🇱 I have received a group of #albanian MPs this morning, organized with @EP_DEG. @Europarl_EN democracy support remains essential
🗣️We have discussed the relevance of national parliaments in the accession process and the importance of values over geopolitical considerations.
🌍Cuando hablamos de África, enseguida hablamos de materiales criticos y recursos naturales.
No debemos tratar a África como un contenedor de recursos.
🗣️@NachoSAmor en los 'African Days' de @TheProgressives
🇭🇷Pleased to have participated in the #DubrovnikForum#DUFO2026 as speaker
Universal values are not on retreat, but rather under attack. It is up to #EU and like-minded democratic partners to shield and promote them
Thanks to the Croatian FM for the organization and hospitality
To put yesterday’s fight in the Georgian Parliament into perspective:
What you see in this video is more than 20 Georgian Dream MPs attacking a single MP from former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia’s For Georgia party.
Among the attackers are two of Georgia’s most accomplished athletes.
One is Lasha Talakhadze, arguably the greatest weightlifter in history and the holder of multiple world records.
The other is Geno Petriashvili, an Olympic gold medalist, three-time world champion, and two-time European champion in freestyle wrestling.
In any functioning judicial system, this would be investigated as group violence.
However, we know that none of them will face prosecution.
Meanwhile, journalist and media owner Mzia Amaghlobeli remains in prison after slapping a police officer. What is often omitted is what happened beforehand: she had already been arrested once that day, was released, arrested again, and then, according to her testimony, insulted, threatened, and subjected to degrading treatment for two hours before the slap occurred. Her health has since seriously deteriorated in detention.
At the same time, we have political prisoners from the #GeorgiaProtests, all convicted of organizing or participating in “group violence.” The only thing they have in common is their love for Georgia.
Most of them had never met before. They stood in different locations during the protests, had no connection to one another, and only met for the first time in courtrooms or in prison.
And this is Georgia for you.
NATO’nun Ankara Zirvesini izlemek için ben de başvurmuştum.
Özellikle eleştirel gazeteciler birer birer ret almaya başlayınca bu basın özgürlüğünü engelleme çabasını eleştirdik. Gazetecilik dernekleri @TGCTr@Cemiyet1946@TGS_org_tr@cgdgenelmerkez tepki gösterdi. Diplomatik camiaya da yansıyan tepkiler üzerine NATO sözcüsü @NATOpress Ankara’nın etkisini kabul etmek zorunda kaldı.
Bu aşamadan sonra hâlâ yanıt almayan meslektaşlara olumlu yanıtlar gelmeye başladı.
Nihayet NATO bana da yanıt verdi ve akredite ettiklerini bildirdiler.
Yıllarını bu mesleğe vermiş meslektaşlarımın Türkiye’deki bu önemli toplantıyı izlemesine, basın özgürlüğüne engel olanlar kimlerse, onları kınıyorum.
Başka engel çıkarılmazsa Ankara Zirvesini izleyip haber ve yorumlarımı okur ve izleyicilerimle paylaşmaya devam edeceğim. @MuratYetkin2@YetkinReport
In an increasingly fragmented world, “Universal Values in a Multipolar World: What Can We Learn from Each Other?” examines whether universal values can still provide a foundation for global dialogue.
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#DubrovnikForum2026
Turkish authorities have carried out hundreds of arrests, banned protests and curbed media freedoms ahead of the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara, with campaigners accusing the government of using the gathering as a pretext for a clampdown on civil society.
https://t.co/MEyNm0OMqb
@gonultol Rutte is another Trump’s puppet. Another patronizing Tom Barrack. Despising anything out of the White Anglo-Saxon Christian pattern. They consider the whole Middle East (including TK) as a herd of uneducated people only deserving ��benevolent monarchies”. These are the results
.@NATO was never a club of democracies (see 1949 🇵🇹) & it isn't now (see 🇹🇷). When an authoritarian Gov hosts the summit you get arbitrary media accreditation & >200 people detained in some "preventive" operation. Sadly, none of this seems to be keeping Rutte awake at night.
Kaos GL Genel Yayın Yönetmeni Yıldız Tar 'NATO Operasyonu' kapsamında tutuklandı
NATO Zirvesi öncesinde 23 Haziran sabahı Ankara'da düzenlenen ev baskınlarında gözaltına alınan Kaos GL Genel Yayın Yönetmeni Yıldız Tar hakkında tutuklama kararı verildi.
Tutuklamaya sevk yazısında, "Türkiye'nin terörle anılan bir ülke olması gayreti içinde terör eylemi gerçekleştirebilirler" ifadesi gerekçe olarak yer aldı.
https://t.co/WkGi99pS8X