Bilge Kotan

Journalist / @sciencespo / @middleeasteye

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

The moment journalist Saed Nabhan was shot and killed by the Israeli army in Nuseirat Camp, central Gaza Strip. Nabhan, a freelance cameraman for Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, was helping evacuate an injured man when he was targeted by a sniper.

[Habiba 🇺🇸 🇸🇾🇺🇦🇵🇸 @habibahamid]

Explosive report on the Assadist mercenaries in Europe who aided in the execution of Mazen Hammada - this piece is from the brilliant @bilgenesibe

https://t.co/FMAKE3mXgk

[Jonathan Shainin @jonathanshainin]

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[Alex Simon @AlexGSimon]

Five years ago, a conversation transformed my understanding of Syria's prison sector—and the Syrian regime itself.

As Syrians excavate survivors from Sednaya, I’m sharing an edited transcript of that discussion. The speaker is an Arab researcher who spent decades in Damascus 🧵

[Will Christou @will_christou]

Moammar has been searching for his brother for 39 years, arrested by Syrian soldiers in Lebanon when he was 18. He hadn’t heard anything from him since.

Until Thursday, when his brother emerged from Hama prison as an old man, 39 years later.

https://t.co/MpKH1pgKK1

[Charles Lister @Charles_Lister]

If the 1,000s of prisoners in #Assad’s infamous Saydnaya & Mezzeh prisons are aware of what’s coming, I cannot even imagine the euphoria & anticipation of what’s around the corner.

Remember Saydnaya had an industrial crematorium to deal with mass executions.

[Bilge Kotan @bilgenesibe]

"The use of white phosphorus in Gaza, one of the most densely populated areas in the world, magnifies the risk to civilians and violates the international humanitarian law."

[Omar Shakir @OmarSShakir]

Breaking: @hrw has confirmed—based on verified video & witness accounts—that Israel used white phosphorus in Gaza & Lebanon. White phosphorus causes excruciating burns—causing lifelong suffering—& can set homes afire. Its use in populated areas is unlawful https://t.co/AzN4bAHkau

[Majid Albunni @Majid_Albunni]

A Damascus hospital has become a secret "slaughterhouse" for Syrians who oppose President Bashar al-Assad, where doctors and nurses use medical equipment to taunt, torture and kill activists during check-ups.
https://t.co/6pXmSxflga

[Bilge Kotan @bilgenesibe]

This thread is why it makes sense that Oxford British Dictionary keeps adding Korean words or phrases to its new editions.

"...lexical innovation is no longer confined to the traditional centres of English in the UK and the United States," @OED says

[John Lee @koreanforeigner]

Why was Ali portrayed as someone who kept sniveling in sirs? Well, here's a thread that will explain why.

Firstly, when Ali is first introduced to the audience, and before he gets close to any of the other characters, he does not refer to them by their names.

[Bilge Kotan @bilgenesibe]

@Meymuna0 That was also how my late Kurdish grandfather used to drink his tea -- still very common in eastern Turkey

[Bilge Kotan @bilgenesibe]

The EU says no to normalisation with the Syrian regime under current circumstances but some of its member states reportedly reopen their embassies in Damascus. Isn't it conflicting?

I asked @ExtSpoxEU, @Qidlbi, and @putintintin1
https://t.co/sgbdxoGl08

[Bilge Kotan @bilgenesibe]

@hedayapress مرحباً Hedaya أنا صحفية من TRT World
هل يمكن أن ترسلي لي رسالة مباشرة هنا؟

[Bilge Kotan @bilgenesibe]

Real picture of me using the office printer for the first time after the pandemic

[Bilge Kotan @bilgenesibe]

I had an editor who was writing or editing every single story on Gmail’s tiny little email composing box. It’s a focus thing. Weird, I thought. Years past, turns out iPhone notes is his Gmail to my writing

[Bilge Kotan @bilgenesibe]

@chunkyfila I’m pretty sure they’re organic

[Bilge Kotan @bilgenesibe]

Why not spending half of a day trying to find that piece I remember loving a few years ago but absolutely have no memory of any other details

[Bilge Kotan @bilgenesibe]

@leventkemaI https://t.co/hWErbTtLjC

[Raja Abdulrahim @RajaAbdulrahim]

As reporters we are entrusted with more stories than we can publish. Earlier this year I left the Syria beat and am haunted by all those untold stories.

I wrote an essay reflecting back on some of them and the guilt of not giving every story its due. https://t.co/mWijfIEZik

[Bilge Kotan @bilgenesibe]

@defusertt Ikisi de, ve arti tembellik. Iyi bir infografik cikinca hepsi onu kopyalayacak.