Turkey Institute

London-based, Turkey Institute is a centre of research and analysis on Turkey

[English PEN @englishpen]

Last week we joined colleagues around the world in welcoming the release of writer Ahmet Altan after more than three years in detention in Turkey.

Tonight we come together once again to condemn his re-arrest.

#AhmetAltan #FreeTurkeyMedia #Turkey

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Punishment for dissent begins with lengthy pretrial detention in Turkey https://t.co/i1uF1H8kfh via @AlMonitor

[Ihsan Yilmaz @ihsanylmz]

Legitimisation of authoritarianism through democratic mechanisms: The case of Angola and Turkey https://t.co/9yfuBaXGm5 via @TurkeyInstitute

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‘Police officers demanded to see my books’: Elif Shafak on Turkey's war on free-speech @Elif_Safak https://t.co/1VCqojHUTl

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BBC News - Turkey defies US as Russian S-400 missile defence arrives https://t.co/YxS8tob0BT

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A Week of Turkey (25 June 2019- 8 July 2019) - Important News on Turkey: https://t.co/u7pIvdgUDf

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Taking on Turkey’s Authoritarian President via @TCFdotorg https://t.co/f2qCW35wfb

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Imamoglu’s victory is shifting the dichotomic paradigms of Turkish politics https://t.co/LKRuK4nesX via @TurkeyInstitute

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Tired of treading softly, Turkey's Erdogan back on election warpath | Article [AMP] | Reuters https://t.co/VwwghG7GjK

[Laura Pitel @laurapitel]

President Erdoğan today gave a rare briefing to foreign media - the first in years. He said that a Russian S-400 air defence system would arrive in Turkey the first half of July, but that he thinks Donald Trump will protect the country from sanctions https://t.co/Dxxjzh48EZ

[Ahmet T. Kuru @prof_ahmetkuru]

My @openDemocracy essay analyzes two pillars of the Erdogan regime--the Islamists and the ultranationalist Kemalists--and their anti-western agendas:
https://t.co/XtpM8OmP6u

[Amberin Zaman @amberinzaman]

Hardly anyone is reporting this which is scandalous save for a clutch of outlets @bianet_org @ahval_en

[Amberin Zaman @amberinzaman]

Sickening: Turkish diplomats swept up in wave of arrests report torture https://t.co/otdKq7eoOc

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Turkey puts novelists including Elif Shafak under investigation https://t.co/4uYe20vhA4

[Emma Sinclair-Webb @esinclairwebb]

UN Human Rights Committee finds that 2 Turkish men living in Malaysia were arbitrarily detained in 2017 and deprived of their right to a fair trial after they were extradited to Turkey https://t.co/1eYPUEvOK2

[Nick Ashdown @Nick_Ashdown]

.@ankarabarosu's report on alleged torture of imprisoned Turkish diplomats translated into English here:

https://t.co/9QDS83jNMd

[Zia Weise @ZiaWeise]

The EU's annual Turkey report, released today, makes for depressing reading. One striking line: "The total number of people in prison without indictment or pending trial is 57,000, more than 20% of the prison population." https://t.co/f5LPJYOmwB

[Emma Sinclair-Webb @esinclairwebb]

Ankara Bar Association provides credible evidence that dismissed MFA personnel (yes diplomats) have been tortured at the Ankara Financial Crimes Police dept. Long statement on bar website (Turkish). CPT visited Turkey just a week ago. https://t.co/PbOjgIPDNj

[Nordic Monitor @nordicmonitor]

Turkish pilot deployed to NATO mission in Afghanistan falsely accused of flying aircraft during coup https://t.co/zECJC3IlE8

[Rebecca Harms @RebHarms]

Uncertainty.Who is next?When they will come for me?What will happen in court?Aggravated life sentence or 10 years in Silivri?When I will get my passport back?Will they allow me to visit my brother,husband,wife,colleague ... in prison? Questions my friends in #Turkey suffer from.