Ingrid Woudwijk

@ingridwoudwijk.bsky.social

📰📻📸 freelance journalist in Istanbul for @trouw.nl and others

FMA joins other media and #pressfreedom groups in calling for the immediate release of BirGün journalist @ismailari.bsky.social, who has been jailed for more than two months under Turkey's "disinformation law" in connection with his investigative journalism. #JournalismIsNotaCrime

European Centre for Press and Media Freedom@ecpmf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

ECPMF calls for the immediate release of investigative journalist @ismailari.bsky.social Detained since March 2026 under Turkey's controversial “disinformation law,” Arı faces up to six years in prison ahead of his critical court hearing on June 5.

Hard to overstate how sharp Turkey's descent into unvarnished authoritarianism is right now; at one point this would be major news, a cause of consternation in Brussels and Washington. Today, it seems to barely cause raised eyebrows.

Ousting the main opposition party's leadership is obviously a huge escalation. I am not sure though whether this constitutes THE turning point for autocratization in Turkey. IMO, this move was possible because democratic institutions and rule of law are already dismantled.

A Turkish court effectively ousted the main opposition leader, Ozgur Ozel, annulling the 2023 party congress that elected him chairman. The case was seen as a test of Turkey's shaky balance between democracy and autocracy reut.rs/4nIp7qp

Turkey court rules to oust opposition leader in latest blow to Erdogan's challengers

A Turkish court effectively ousted the main opposition leader Ozgur Ozel on Thursday, annulling the 2023 party congress that elected him chairman in a ruling that dealt a blow to President Tayyip Erdo...

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Far right violence against asylum seekers in the Netherlands. After a fire was started near the municipal building that currently housed 15 asylum seekers, far right protesters attacked police and obstructed firefighters. Fortunately, eventually the fire was put out. nos.nl/artikel/2614...

Brandstichting bij noodopvang Loosdrecht, betogers houden brandweer tegen

Agenten die het vuur probeerde te blussen werden bekogeld. De ME is ingezet om de orde te herstellen.

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Levi@levi98k.eurosky.social · 3mo ago

Why are Turkey’s intellectuals silent about the new peace process? Why aren't there any new "academics for peace" declarations? Irfan Aktan has talked to several Turkey's intellectuals and artists. Read their responses in this report. Link in comments.

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De zoete geur van twee weken Pasen in Istanbul Orthodoxen vierden dit weekend Pasen. In mijn column voor @lc.nl en @dvhn.nl , neem ik de lezer dit weekend mee naar de straten van het multiculturele Kurtuluş. Hier hangt er al twee weken een zoete, anijsachtige geur in de lucht.

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Minister David van Weel was gister blijkbaar op bezoek in Ankara, bij de Turkse minister van Justitie Akın Gürlek. Onder leiding van Gürlek als aanklager werden een handvol rechtszaken tegen Ekrem İmamoğlu en de CHP geopend, in februari werd hij gepromoveerd tot minister van Justitie

Een tweede ballistische raket is vanuit Iran afgeschoten richting Turkije. De raket is in het Turkse luchtruim door de NAVO-luchtverdediging onschadelijk gemaakt Statement van het Turkse ministerie van Defensie:

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