Emily Wither

Journalist & broadcaster based in Istanbul. News & documentaries. Often @channel4news @BBC ex-@Reuters

[Reuters @Reuters]

Thousands of Albanians again took to the streets of Tirana protesting against a development planned by a company linked with Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner on an environmentally sensitive part of the Adriatic coast

[Emily Wither @ewither]

Earlier this year we went to Albania's coast to make a documentary about this. We found sweeping development plans that would transform the area beyond recognition and locals completely in the dark about what was coming. Listen to the backstory 🎧
https://t.co/2uobAhrJpf

[Emily Wither @ewither]

What does Ivanka Trump want with a Balkan beach & why are the locals in court? We went to Albania's coast - where the communist past is still colliding with the present in disputes over land, ownership & corruption. Take a listen to our documentary 🎧 https://t.co/4tJR0ZGT3v

[Emily Wither @ewither]

Earlier this year we went to Albania's coast to make a documentary about this. We found sweeping development plans that would transform the area beyond recognition and locals completely in the dark about what was coming. Listen to the backstory 🎧
https://t.co/2uobAhrJpf

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

"Albania is not for sale"

Thousands of Albanians protest against a tourism complex allegedly linked to Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner

https://t.co/SDQ7odhmrX

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Ozgur Ozel’s opposition group defeated Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party in local elections in 2024. Since then it has faced a broad, sustained crackdown https://t.co/qXjS46AMzA

[Emily Wither @ewither]

Met with a striking near silence by the international community

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Police have stormed the headquarters of Turkey's main opposition party, firing tear gas and rubber bullets, and ending a three-day standoff by officials and supporters.

Among those inside was Ozgul Ozel, the man credited with reviving the CHP, whose 2023 election as party leader was annulled by an appeals court on Thursday, a ruling likely to further tighten President Erdogan's grip on power.

[Nick Ashdown @Nick_Ashdown]

Recent developments are very important, but it's pretty hard to convince people outside Turkey that they should be expending their increasingly exhausted attention on yet another major milestone in one foreign country's ~15-year descent into authoritarianism.

[Cordelia Jenkins @CordeliaJ]

The talented and wise @suzyhans has written an essay for @FTMag from an extract of her new book "From Life Itself" about what happened in one Istanbul neighbourhood over a decade of horrors and its so good... https://t.co/rNZ466jcfR

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Why is Trump withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany?

https://t.co/7RwPTom0FE

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

School shootings a new trauma for Turkey as nation mourns https://t.co/cSV1tUcPmB

[Emily Wither @ewither]

Two school shootings in Turkey now in two days - not common here. A teacher and three students killed today in Maraş by a 16-year-old former student. Yesterday a similar attack in Urfa saw a 19-year-old former student open fire at his secondary school wounding 16 people.

[Emily Wither @ewither]

On From Our Own Correspondent this week with a dispatch from Albania’s coast which is drawing big-name developers like Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. But land disputes & environmental worries show the past still colliding with the country’s future.
https://t.co/anfOp8KXXw

[Piotr Zalewski @p_zalewski]

“Istanbul stands with Budapest. The tide is turning.”

Erdogan’s top rival, writing from prison.

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Four people die attempting to cross Channel in small boat

https://t.co/LBFn2tcIIV

[Emily Wither @ewither]

What does Ivanka Trump want with a Balkan beach & why are the locals in court? We went to Albania's coast - where the communist past is still colliding with the present in disputes over land, ownership & corruption. Take a listen to our documentary 🎧 https://t.co/4tJR0ZGT3v

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

US rescues downed airman as Trump threatens Tehran
https://t.co/JabxEoOwa2

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Iran: search for missing US pilot continues
https://t.co/XbKKXKEKgJ

[Hannah Lucinda Smith @hannahluci]

Years of political repression and creeping urban decay have hollowed out Istanbul's soul, designing dissent out of its once-vibrant streets and erasing its rich cosmopolitan past from popular memory.
My (sad) farewell to the city:
https://t.co/IwZ8f9gdsE

[Liz Cookman @liz_cookman]

This story on US journalist Shelly Kittleson is an unsettling read for freelancers - the framing is one of personal choice over systematic failure.

A disproportionate number of the journalists killed, kidnapped and injured in conflicts are freelancers.

https://t.co/7Z7z8874GR

[Emily Wither @ewither]

I’ve spent the last week or so reporting from the Turkey-Iran border. Iranians crossing into Turkey are increasingly sharing stories about how the war is spilling into their homes.