Toni Alaranta

Turkey Analyst & Senior Research Fellow @FIIA_fi

[Toni Alaranta @ToniAlaranta]

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[Gönül Tol @gonultol]

In a powerful essay for @Newsweek , Turkey’s main opposition leader Özgür Özel argues that Turkey’s democratic crisis can no longer be dismissed as an internal political matter. The systematic dismantling of democratic institutions has become a broader security challenge, with consequences extending far beyond Turkey’s borders.https://t.co/9ZJ1TyBHkB

[Toni Alaranta @ToniAlaranta]

Couple of very large still lifes I have painted recently. 'La Dolce Vita' (160 x 140 cm ) and 'Flowers in the Mansion' (150 x 120 cm).

[Toni Alaranta @ToniAlaranta]

Minä ja Risto E.J. Penttilä arvioimme tänään Politiikkaradiossa missä nyt mennään IRAN-USA-ISRAEL sodassa:

Hormuzinsalmen diili lähempänä kuin koskaan: Onko Trump hyväksymässä tappionsa? | Politiikkaradio | Yle Areena https://t.co/WrgeGJW4vi #yleareena

[Toni Alaranta @ToniAlaranta]

CHP leader Özel: 'This party was established during a battle of life and death. So we are familiar with struggle'.

I think this is well thought statment, underscoring CHP's role as the state-founding party, without wich one cannot imagine modern Turkey.

[Özgür Özel @eczozgurozel]

Bu partinin yürüyüşü, süngünün üstüne yürüyerek başladı.

O yüzden biz mücadeleyi iyi biliriz.

Kalanlar arkada kalsınlar.
Biz, yürüyelim arkadaşlar!

[Toni Alaranta @ToniAlaranta]

Tired of reading these endless 'Europe needs Turkey' pieces. It's utter nonsense. There is no urgency whatsoever.

[Toni Alaranta @ToniAlaranta]

Complete propaganda, of course. excluding few unshamed opportunists, CHP stands united against this ongoing manipulation.

[TRT World @trtworld]

Türkiye’s main opposition party, the CHP, is having one of the biggest internal crises in its recent history. Here is the timeline of events that led to it

[European Democrats @democrats_eu]

The shattered entrance of the CHP’s historic headquarters is more than damage to a building. It is the image of a democracy being battered in real time. Turkish police stormed the main opposition party’s Ankara HQ with tear gas and rubber bullets after a court ruling against its leadership. Erdoğan’s Turkey is choosing force over pluralism. Europe must choose democracy — clearly, loudly, and without excuses.

[Murat AĞIREL @muratagirel]

CHP Genel Merkezi’ne biber gazlı müdahalede bulunuldu.

“Baba ocağı” denilen yer; biber gazı, kalkanlar ve plastik mermiler eşliğinde polisin girdiği bir yere dönüştürüldü.

103 yıllık, dünyanın en eski partilerinden biri olan Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’ün kurduğu partiye polisle girildi.

Yazık… Çok yazık.

[Özgür Özel @eczozgurozel]

Bu darbe CHP’nin meselesi değildir.
Mesele milletin meselesidir!

Bu akşam, ülkesini seven herkesi direnmeye, tarihi yeniden yazmaya davet ediyorum!

CHP Genel Merkezi | 20.30

[Timur Kuran @timurkuran]

A day after Erdoğan speaks with Trump, he has shut down Bilgi University, among Turkey’s leading private universities, by decree, without explanation. Bilgi had been a thorn on his side. The timing is unlikely to be coincidental. Hours earlier, also after the Erdoğan-Trump exchange, a court effectively replaced the leader of the main opposition party, CHP. It looks like Erdoğan received a green light to turn Turkey into an even harsher dictatorship.

[Toni Alaranta @ToniAlaranta]

Turkin putinistinen järjestelmä alkaa olla sinetöity, Erdoganin hallinto määrittelee minkälaisia ja kenen johtamia puolueita maassa voi toimia.

[Bloomberg @business]

A Turkish court removed the leader of the country’s main opposition party in a landmark ruling that could strengthen President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s grip on power while risking political unrest and renewed market turmoil https://t.co/3uuljxGVBi

[Toni Alaranta @ToniAlaranta]

Çok komik. Gerçekten bir parodi hesap gibi...

[Timothy Ash @tashecon]

Good to see Clash Report picking up my piece on the European defence and security challenges and the need to boost cooperation with Turkiye and Ukraine. https://t.co/QFBN1AetvY

[The Times of Central Asia @thetimesoca]

The Turkic summit in Turkistan projected unity and ambition. Beneath the speeches, however, Central Asia’s balancing act between Turkey, Russia, China, and national interests remains far from settled.
https://t.co/FI8CbFiD5e

[esra elmas, sugupha @elmesra]

Heinrich Böll Shiftung Türkiye tam zamanında güzel bir çalışma yayınladı. “Silahsızlanma ve barış arasında Kürt meselesi” başlıklı yayına buradan ulaşabilirsiniz: https://t.co/uxL2ZXChW4 @HeinrichBoellTR

[Toni Alaranta @ToniAlaranta]

All these articles ignore one fundamental starting point: does anyone really believe Turkey's post 2002 leaders (or even earlier would have been willing to pool large part of sovereignty to Brussels' supra-national bodies? Let's not fool ourselves.

[Murat Yeşiltaş @muratyesiltas]

The EU debates Türkiye’s place. Ankara is building its own.

A post-European security moment is unfolding from the Black Sea to Africa.

Europe remains relevant, but it is no longer the frame.

My column in Daily Sabah

https://t.co/TizQoqSSe6

[Eitan Fischberger @EFischberger]

The Turkish company that operates Clash Report is called Monolog Medya.

Monolog Medya's director and owner, Cüneyt Polat, is a former Digital Media Director at Turkey's state broadcaster TRT.

Monolog Medya lists two clients on its website. One of them is TÜRGEV — the charitable foundation of the Erdoğan family. It's unclear what services Monolog provides the foundation.

Monolog Medya also operated backend servers for Teknofest — Turkey's state-backed technology festival run by Selçuk Bayraktar's T3 Foundation.

Selçuk Bayraktar is Erdoğan's son-in-law and owner of Baykar, Turkey's flagship drone manufacturer.

Read more in my investigation below ⬇️

[Toni Alaranta @ToniAlaranta]

Turkki, Saudi-Arabia, Pakistan ja Egypti rakentavat alueellista turvallisuusyhteistyötä | Lähi-itä NYT https://t.co/dY7L0hJfcQ

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

'Action is now needed': Over 60 ex-U.K. ambassadors call to sanction Israel over West Bank
https://t.co/9WvtwtNoYv

[Toni Alaranta @ToniAlaranta]

Well, strategic autonomy should also mean not to generate long-term dependencies on authoritarian regimes. This is why questions of Turkey's capabilities cannot and should not be discussed separate from Turkish domestic regime.

[Defence24com @Defence24eng]

European Parliament is pushing to limit 🇹🇷Türkiye’s role in future EU defence projects despite Ankara being one of NATO largest military powers

Europe wants strategic autonomy but is sidelining a key defence player in the process
⁦@natalia_potera⁩ https://t.co/sqffxLtj41

[The Amargi @the_amargi]

Damascus says integration with the SDF is moving forward. On the ground, disputes over judges, local appointments, and Kurdish decision-making power are still stalling any deal, even as Syria accelerates its diplomatic return abroad. ✍️ Eve Morris-Gray
https://t.co/9PukhgWTOx