Giovanna Loccatelli

Journalist. Books: "Twitter e le rivoluzioni" (Editori Riuniti, 2011), 'يوميات صحفية إيطالية" (Al Arabi, 2015), "L'oro della Turchia (Rosenberg & Sellier, 2020)

[Filippo Cicciù @filippocicciu]

Turchia e Arabia Saudita siglano un accordo su ferrovie e logistica

L'obiettivo è una linea da Istanbul a Gedda attraverso Siria e Giordania

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[Giovanna Loccatelli @gioloc28]

Egypt sentences commentator Ahmed Douma to one year in prison https://t.co/xvMAGs8UMX via @CPJMENA

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Dutch friends.
"If you tolerate this, then your children will be next" (cit)

[Emrah Gülsunar @emrahgulsunar]

Bir siyaset bilimci olarak öngörümü söyleyeyim: Bu yürüyüş şimdiden tarihe geçti ve bundan 50 yıl sonra da hatırlanacak.

[Özgür Çelik @ozgurcelik1919]

Halkımızın iradesi esastır. Sesini, sözünü, hakkını savunanlar alanlarda, İstanbul’un 39 ilçesi ayakta!

Burası yalnızca bir ilçemiz…

📍KADIKÖY

[Ekrem İmamoğlu (International) @imamoglu_int]

The ruling of absolute nullity against CHP’s 38th Ordinary Congress is nothing less than a Palace-backed coup.

Those who gave the order are known. Those who executed it are known.

What they call “null and void” is not the leadership of the Republican People’s Party; it is the sacred will of the Turkish nation.

National sovereignty has been defied through the courts.

A court that claims to rule “on behalf of the Turkish nation” is, in fact, destroying the Republic and democracy by treating the national will as null and void.

You will all be held accountable for the lawlessness you have committed.

Those who attempt to dictate the destiny of this nation, those who seek to seize the will of this people, will face the same fate as those before them who dared to do the same.

Today, once again, the same forces stand in the same place: the coup-plotter, the head of the judiciary’s political arm, the puppet, and the domestic collaborator appointed as trustee. You are all on the same side.

Our place has never been, and will never be, beside those who stand against the will of the nation.

We are fully aware of the coup-plotters’ unlawful maneuvers, their preparations for a snap election, and their attempts to occupy the main opposition party.

Those who have inflicted every kind of suffering on the people just to cling to their seats have now entered the final stage of their rule by fear.

We did not lose any election. By the will of the people, we became Turkey’s leading party.

I stand with my comrade and CHP Chair, Özgür Özel. Together, we will continue our struggle with determination, resolve, and courage.

My great nation!

Followers of the Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who said, “There are no hopeless situations, only hopeless people”:

Do not be dismayed by the hardships we face in defending our future, our Republic, our democracy, and our common destiny.

RISE UP!

Raise your voice and your anger, shoulder to shoulder, together.

Let us teach a lesson to those political engineers who fear their own people; to those obsessed with office and power; to the pawns, the opportunists, and the incompetent schemers.

My beloved nation!

We will not be afraid.

Are you not tired of living in anxiety every day? Are you not tired of suffering?

If we remain silent, after politicians, athletes, artists, and universities, the turn will come to you, to our nation itself.

Leaders of political parties,

This is not merely a CHP issue.

We must not defend a single line; we must defend the entire front.

If you truly believe that you represent the people, then you must immediately and with the strongest possible voice defend the Republic, democracy, and justice.

The nation is calling on all of us and saying: “Do what must now be done.”

In these lands, the halay, the zeybek, and the horon are all danced upright. We, too, shall stand upright so that the nation never bows down.

With our minds, our hearts, and our conscience, we must win as one nation.

No madman can put chains on the Turkish nation.

Today is the day to preserve and defend the national will, national sovereignty, and our unity and solidarity.

The noble blood in our veins commands this duty to all 86 million of us.

In defiance of the coup-plotters and their collaborators, we must launch a nationwide struggle.

The will, determination, and guidance of our nation shall be our only compass.

THE GREAT TURKISH NATION WILL NOT SURRENDER TO A COUP!

NOW, OR NEVER.

[Giovanna Loccatelli @gioloc28]

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[Amberin Zaman @amberinzaman]

Ousted CHP leader Ozgur Izel addresses the nation from party headquarters as they are being taken over by riot police. He vows to carry his party's struggle for democracy to the streets. Might this be a turning point in the fight against Erdogan's naked authoritarianism? People are rightly fearful because police are notoriously violent and the slightest criticism could land you in jail-- or worse-- as seen during Gezi.

[Gönül Tol @gonultol]

It is important to stress this 👇 point:

Erdogan and his courts want the public to believe that the effective dismantling of the CHP (the party that won the most votes in the 2024 local elections) is the result of internal infighting. It is NOT. It is the result of Erdogan’s determination to avoid the kind of ballot-box surprise that brought down Orban in Hungary, combined with Kılıçdaroğlu’s willingness to go along with it in order to reclaim his seat.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Turkish riot police fired tear gas and forced their way into the main opposition party's headquarters to evict its ousted leadership, deepening a crisis at the heart of Turkey's democracy https://t.co/Riv9nLhYiG

[Gönül Tol @gonultol]

What a shame. Members of Turkey’s main opposition party, the CHP, are being dragged out of their own headquarters by police and tear-gassed — after Kılıçdaroğlu called in the police to intervene. This is the party that founded the republic.

[Ece Temelkuran @ETemelkuran]

This is the official end to democracy in Türkiye. The main opposition party, the founding party of the Turkish Republic, is taken over by the regime, and the new puppet “leader” is installed by Erdogan. If European leaders continue their dealings with Erdogan as if it is still business as usual, they will be partners in crime and will bear the burden of shame.

[Ragıp Soylu @ragipsoylu]

Here is police in Ankara breaking the CHP headquarters gate after Kilicdaroglu resorted the police violence to seize the building

[Cumhuriyet @cumhuriyetgzt1]

CHP Genel Markezi'ne müdahale sonrası TBMM'ye yürüyen Özel Özel ve yanındaki partililer, yağmura aldırış etmeden yürümeye devam etti

[Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis]

‘My life has become a rollercoaster’: Francesca Albanese on death threats, danger and dread after accusing Israel of genocide https://t.co/pWSJb1v7q6

[@LuciaGoracci @ZiaLulli1]

Il silenzio assordante dell’Europa
#Libano

[Will Christou @will_christou]

Two public hospitals have been damaged by Israeli strikes in south Lebanon tonight, in Nabatieh and Bint Jbeil.

This comes after almost 50 Israeli attacks on healthcare facilities in Lebanon over the last two weeks, per Lebanon ministry of health.

[@LuciaGoracci @ZiaLulli1]

Ancora attaccati due ospedali
#Israele in #Libano

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Inside Iran's children's wards: The devastating human cost of US-Israeli airstrikes.

🔗 Tap the link below to read more
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[Riccardo Gasco @RiccardoGasco]

📌 I spoke with @gioloc28 for @LaStampa about how Turkey reacted and positioned itself following the outbreak of the Iran war. 🇹🇷

🔺 The interception of an Iranian missile heading toward Turkish airspace marks a sensitive turning point: as the 🇮🇷 🇺🇸 🇮🇱confrontation edges closer to #NATO territory, #Ankara is likely to maintain a strategy of diplomatic containment while strengthening border security and alliance coordination, amid growing concerns that new regional fronts could gradually force 🇹🇷 into a strategic recalibration as the conflict regionalizes.

https://t.co/XBBmXkFcyK