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    Jun 26, 2021
    The 19th İstanbul Pride March is held despite all bans: “We want not only this street, but also the whole of Taksim, İstanbul and all cities and rurals. Bless your heart lubunya! Happy pride month!” Video: @leylaisbilir #Pride2021 bit.ly/3dgXNwE
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    Jun 8, 2021
    Redd music band performed a "guerilla concert" in İstanbul's Maçka Park to protest the coronavirus reopening measures that do not include musicians
    Concert in protest of musicians' exclusion from coronavirus reopening
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    Jan 20, 2023
    METU suspends 17 student clubs for protesting pro-government group’s event bit.ly/3iW1gGX
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    Jun 27, 2019
    Father of Rabia Naz, a girl died suspiciously last year, has filed a complaint against AKP MP Canikli whom he alleges tried to silence him #RabiaNaz bit.ly/2XAhj0m
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    Mar 6, 2023
    Amedspor: "Football Federation and UEFA should take disciplinary measures after Sunday's game"
    Amedspor: 'Football Federation and UEFA should take disciplinary measures after Sunday's game'
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    Aug 30, 2021
    The Worldwide Music Expo (WOMEX) has granted this year's Artist Award to musician Aynur Doğan, who “preserves the Kurdish and Alevi songs against those that would have them silenced” bit.ly/3mKSaMS
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    Aug 27, 2021
    #Erdoğan sued 36,581 people for “insulting the president” in six years. The five presidents before him had filed 1,816 cases in total bit.ly/3DnyDYz
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    Apr 26, 2022
    Who are the eight convicts of the Gezi trial? Here are their short biographies bit.ly/3OFGx5m
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    Jul 10, 2019
    US Department of State Spokesperson Ortagus on possible US sanctions against Turkey: “We have said that Turkey will face real and negative consequences if they accept the S-400. Our position remains the same”
    US Department of State: Our Position to S-400 Sanctions Remains the Same
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    Oct 15, 2020
    Amid ongoing clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the South Caucasus, HDP MP Garo Paylan has penned for the New York Times: “How Turkey's military adventures decrease freedom at home” bit.ly/34VT4LS
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    Jan 27, 2021
    HDP MP Garo Paylan asks how the historical Surp Toros Armenian Church in #Turkey’s Kütahya province could be demolished despite being under protection: “It was also an important site of memory as it was the church where musicologist Gomidas was baptized” bit.ly/3cc1PXv
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    Feb 4, 2021
    Over 3 thousand academics, writers and thinkers, including Judith Butler and Noam Chomsky, have called on Turkey to “respect academic freedom and university autonomy” amid #BogaziciUniversity protests bit.ly/3pObxmR
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    Oct 21, 2020
    AKP’s Youth Organization asked citizens, “Who are you?” in a video, citizens answered: “We are the women killed in #Turkey, we are the people who lost their lives in Gezi, Çorlu Train Massacre, Soma…” bit.ly/31rCpPb
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    Aug 28, 2021
    Abandoned for 57 years and is in danger of collapse, the Rum Orphanage on İstanbul's Büyükada island will be restored It was built in 1899 and is the second-largest wooden building in the world bit.ly/3zDJz2d