Victoria Craig

Journalist. Seen, heard, and read on @BBC + @Marketplace. Mizzou Tiger. Coffee addict. Dog lover. Book worm.

[Victoria Craig @VictoriaCraig]

🧵The food of #Antakya, #Hatay is a league all its own. Spicy, flavorful, made w/ passion. The 2023 earthquakes, which killed nearly 60K people, forced many survivors out of the region & threatened the rich food heritage. Meet those working to preserve it: https://t.co/NPPSS6MXbp

[Victoria Craig @VictoriaCraig]

@goncatokyol @deingrid @CBackstreets 🤞🏻🤞🏻 Keeping everything crossed for luck! Regardless of what happens, we told some amazing tales of a fantastic place, it’s wonderful people and insanely delicious food!

[Victoria Craig @VictoriaCraig]

“I'm Turkish but I am Jewish as well. So there is always a fear that it will not be accepted well & this makes you walk on the edges of your feet.”

For @bbcworldservice, I explore how anti-Israel rhetoric has forced Turkish Jews to hide their identities

https://t.co/tqjrWIdkCl

[max seddon @maxseddon]

With Trump's victory all but secured, jubilant reactions from Moscow are starting to roll in.

Former stand-in president Dmitry Medvedev implies Russia will retain its maximalist military gains in Ukraine – but hopes Trump winds down aid to Kyiv.

https://t.co/MHypCKxr7l

[Victoria Craig @VictoriaCraig]

#Turkey’s president congratulates Donald #Trump who he says won the US election “after a great struggle.” Adds he hopes Turkey/US relations will strengthen, regional/global conflicts end (names Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Palestine) and “efforts will be made for a more just world.”

[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan @RTErdogan]

Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nde yapılan başkanlık seçimini büyük bir mücadelenin ardından kazanarak yeniden ABD Başkanı seçilen dostum Donald Trump’ı tebrik ediyorum.

Amerikan halkının seçimiyle başlayacak olan bu yeni dönemde, Türkiye-ABD ilişkilerinin güçlenmesini, Filistin meselesi ve Rusya-Ukrayna savaşı başta olmak üzere bölgesel ve küresel çapta yaşanan krizlerin, savaşların son bulmasını temenni ediyor; daha adil bir dünya için daha fazla çaba sarf edileceğine inanıyorum.

Seçimlerin dost ve müttefik ABD halkı ve tüm insanlık için hayırlara vesile olmasını diliyorum.

[Monocle Radio @Monocle_Radio]

The Globalist: @VictoriaCraig joins @emmanelsonmedia with the latest from Ankara. Plus: @rpachecopardo and @MarkGaleotti on Pyongyang’s deployment of troops to Russia, economy news with @realVickyPryce and a look ahead to our new show ‘Monocle on Fashion’ https://t.co/IWcTEg2qF7

[Victoria Craig @VictoriaCraig]

#Turkey’s interior minister says terror attack happened against TUSAŞ
(aerospace company) facility in #Ankara this afternoon. Reports “martyrs and injured people” after attack. Provides no further details, advises following only official channels for info

[Ali Yerlikaya @AliYerlikaya]

Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayii AŞ. (TUSAŞ) Ankara Kahramankazan tesislerine yönelik terör saldırısı gerçekleştirilmiştir.

Saldırı sonrası maalesef şehit ve yaralılarımız bulunmaktadır.

Şehitlerimize Allah’tan rahmet; yaralılarımıza acil şifalar diliyorum.

Gelişmelerden kamuoyu bilgilendirilecektir. Resmi kaynaklardan yapılacak açıklamaları dikkate alınız.

[Victoria Craig @VictoriaCraig]

Wonder how the conversation between presidents will go at the #BRICS summit tomorrow?

[Adam Samson @adamsamson]

Scoop - Turkey has covertly barred exports to Russia of US military-linked hardware after Washington warned Ankara of “consequences” if it did not halt the trade. Ankara has implemented these curbs via its customs system. https://t.co/2n1LRot03s with @maxseddon @xtophercook

[Victoria Craig @VictoriaCraig]

I've been a US expat for 7 years &, even in presidential #election cycles, I've blissfully avoided political ads. Until this year. The deluge of targeted ads that flooded my social feeds was so fierce, I thought: There must be a story here. I was right 👇
https://t.co/e6XIHgVeeg

[Adam Samson @adamsamson]

Turkey’s president of religious affairs has condemned Israel as a ‘Zionist murder network’ and a ‘cursed nation’ in a strongly worded statement which comes as the Jewish state marks the first anniversary of Hamas’s brutal attack. Here’s a small portion of the statement ->

[Victoria Craig @VictoriaCraig]

From blaming the “interest rate lobby” in 2018 for a painful currency crisis and accusing JPM of “misleading & manipulative” advice …now to courting Wall Street banks to help with #Turkey’s massive economic turnaround.

[Adam Samson @adamsamson]

Scoop - Turkish President Erdoğan will meet 20 top US executives, including from JPMorgan and Goldman, when he is in NYC for the UN General Assembly later this month. He’s also bringing an entourage of ministers who will try to court corporate America. https://t.co/NzGnB7uodS

[Monocle Radio @Monocle_Radio]

The Globalist: Turkey will be attending the Arab League summit for the first time in 13 years. @GeorginaGodwin asks @BillLaw49 and @VictoriaCraig how significant this is. Plus: Germany’s emergency land-border controls and a round-up of aviation news https://t.co/xyiFZmME2j

[Victoria Craig @VictoriaCraig]

Thawing relations: President Erdogan rolled out the red carpet for Egypt's leader in Ankara yesterday. The first visit in 12 years & one President Sisi said reflects a will to "start a new friendship and cooperation between Egypt & Turkey."

More @ 21:30: https://t.co/yWr8TK6QPM

[Victoria Craig @VictoriaCraig]

US confirms two servicemen safe after being assaulted in #Turkey’s third-largest city, Izmir today. 15 people have been arrested and an investigation launched, accdg to local authorities. Comes amid instances of rising anti-American sentiment in Turkish cities including Istanbul.

[Victoria Craig @VictoriaCraig]

#Turkey's economy grew 2.5% in 2Q: The slowest pace since the start of the pandemic in 2Q 2020 when the economy contracted 10.4%. Finance minister Mehmet Simsek, whose econ turnaround plan has been in place since last summer, says data point to "continued stabilisation" in 3Q

[Turkey recap @Turkeyrecap]

📰 Sunday extras!

"Why is Chinese EV giant BYD moving into Turkey?" by @VictoriaCraig.
https://t.co/KPzBF9mUNc

[Victoria Craig @VictoriaCraig]

@GazBenham I asked Ricardo for comment, but he declined -- too busy napping in the sun! Travel boycotts are an interesting response to the legislation. Some orgs are also trying to get dogs adopted by people in other countries. Not sure there is an ideal solution with so many street dogs.

[Victoria Craig @VictoriaCraig]

Last week, #Turkey passed a new law to get millions of stray dogs off its streets. But it’s ignited fury 1) for a euthanasia provision 2) among those who see street dogs as a neighborhood fixture.

Sharing my own run in with a pack of dogs @ the 16:41 mark https://t.co/J2eMkCSFES

[Victoria Craig @VictoriaCraig]

I visited Manisa, #Turkey where China’s BYD is planning to open a $1B EV plant, which’ll expand its foothold in Europe. Locals are optimistic but wary after VW pulled out of a similar deal in 2020. For Ankara, it’s all about diversifying FDI from the West

https://t.co/94a8NrNHHf

[Victoria Craig @VictoriaCraig]

Demonstrators in front of Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar — a tourist hotspot — this evening singing, holding signs in Turkish and English that read “Israel, the USA, and NATO will be defeated.”

Worth noting #Turkey is a NATO member.

[Adam Samson @adamsamson]

Scoop - Washington dispatched its export control chief to Turkey to warn officials and executives that there will be "consequences" if the country does not curtail its exports to Russia of US military-linked hardware that is vital to Moscow’s war machine. https://t.co/2JQfrWxXX2