This is not correct David Sacks

Assad did in fact use chemical weapons against Syrian opposition forces and civilians

I was working on Syria at CIA at the time. The facts in the intelligence picture were clear.

This is not about politics. It’s about hard facts

.Rena Effendi's account of being assaulted in Cairo and then choosing to share her story is essential reading that every woman will relate to. Stunningly written and deeply thoughtful 👇theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…

Writers Yaşar Kemal and James Baldwin in Istanbul, circa 1967, with photographer Ara Güler.

'I feel free in Turkey,' Baldwin told his friend, the Kurdish writer Yaşar Kemal. He replied: 'Jimmy, that's because you're an American.'

REMINDER: You don't have to read a huge amount of books to be a reader. Read what you want to read, at a pace that works for you. 🧡

It is beyond me why pro-Assad stooges Clare Daly and Mike Wallace are behind the UN Special Rapporteur’s Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt invite to EU Parliament, and why anyone would accept an invitation from 2 individuals who have consistently defended Assad, (a mass murderer), and covered up

#Turkey 's pro-Kurdish party says the country's election authority had reinstated a mayoral election winner in the eastern city of #Van , after clashes over the annulment of his victory AFP News Agency

Turkey's biggest protests in a decade erupted in the Kurdish city of Van and spread to other provinces last night after the newly-elected mayor was removed from office and replaced with the candidate from Erdogan's AKP thetimes.co.uk/article/protes…

Counting votes continues around the country. If we compare the current results (Turkish time 19:55) with the 2019 election results, it is easy to notice that the red and purple tones increased significantly. (Source: Habertürk, Anadolu Ajansı)

Turkey’s bombshell local elections: assuming it holds up, the CHP’s showing (38.8%, with almost 40% of ballot boxes opened) is its best showing in any election, local or general, since 1977.

Kurbağalıdere, Kadıköy and Fenerbahçe Stadium, İstanbul, 1930s

When you've been in power for 21 years, how do you go about retiring?

My latest essay for Engelsberg Ideas

engelsbergideas.com/essays/erdogan…

One of the more effective vax adverts I’ve seen

Sana ne?

Photoshock Scandal! The new Private Eye is out now.

This research from FounderPass places Istanbul as one of the world's top networking cities, but the truly astonishing detail is that it puts the average price of a beer here at £8 (330 lira), the most expensive in the list by a substantial margin

Join Deniz Goran and these other wonderful panelists at Frontline Club on 27th March to discuss Turkey’s political future.

Tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-discus…

It's been three decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, and the future of Nagorno-Karabakh remains uncertain.

Years of conflict and war have ravaged the lives of its people.

Story by grantees Hannah Lucinda Smith and Rena Effendi for Foreign Policy. 👉bit.ly/3wQrYHL

Was Cristiano Ronaldo born under a curse that means he's always badly depicted?

Erdoğan appears to announce his retirement: 'these [municipal] elections will be my last'