Ezgi Akın (@ezgi

Ezgi Akın

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Ezgi Akın

@ezgi_akin

Associate Editor @almonitor

Joined October 2009

Ezgi Akın
@ezgi_akin
Mar 11, 2025
NEW: Turkey will host a regional summit next month as Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey advance plans for a joint operation center to combat the Islamic State, with technical discussions already underway, according to Turkish and Arab sources.
Turkey to host regional summit in April on counter-ISIS operations
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Ezgi Akın
@ezgi_akin
Feb 10, 2025
NEW: Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan is expected to travel to Jordan this month for the first meeting of a joint regional plan to set up a coalition among Turkey, Jordan, Iraq and Syria to fight against ISIS, a Turkish diplomatic source told @AlMonitor
Turkey, Jordan, Iraq to hold first anti-ISIS summit this month: Turkish official
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@ezgi_akin
May 14, 2023
UPDATE: #TurkeyElections2023 Main opposition leader Kilicdaroglu accused the Erdogan government of manipulating results. “They are preventing our votes from being logged by repeated objections in the ballot boxes where our votes are high,” he said. al-monitor.com/originals/2023…
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Ezgi Akın
@ezgi_akin
Mar 23, 2025
BREAKING: Turkish authorities on Sunday temporarily suspended Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key rival of Erdogan and a potential presidential contender, from his mayoral duties after an Istanbul court formally arrested him early Sunday.
al-monitor.com
Turkey suspends Imamoglu’s mayoral duties, keeps him under arrest as more protests expected
The Istanbul mayor was temporarily suspended from his duties after his formal arrest by an Istanbul court on Sunday.
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Ezgi Akın
@ezgi_akin
May 3, 2023
Turkey’s pop star Gulsen was given a 10-month jail sentence by an Istanbul court on Wednesday over a joke about religious schools, in a trial that is being widely slammed as politically motivated al-monitor.com/originals/2023…
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@ezgi_akin
Nov 17, 2024
NEW: Turkey effectively blocked Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s participation in the COP29 summit in Baku earlier this week by denying permission for his aircraft to fly over Turkish airspace, official Turkish sources confirmed to Al-Monitor on Sunday.
Turkey blocked Israeli President Herzog’s flight to COP29 in Azerbaijan, officials confirm
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Ezgi Akın
@ezgi_akin
May 12, 2025
Turkey also played a facilitator role between Hamas and the United States in securing Alexander’s release, a Turkish diplomatic source told Al-Monitor.
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@RinaBassist
May 12, 2025
Israeli-American Edan Alexander could be home today, 584 days after being kidnapped by Hamas. We are all waiting for his release! Trump-Hamas deal secures release of Israeli-US hostage Edan Alexander al-monitor.com/originals/2025… דרך @AlMonitor
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@ezgi_akin
Mar 19, 2025
NEW @AlMonitor: Turkey detains Imamoglu, Erdogan’s key rival, sparking outcry
Protests in Turkey as Imamoglu, key Erdogan rival, is arrested
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Ezgi Akın
@ezgi_akin
Aug 27, 2024
NEW: Libya upheaval: Why Turkey is mum over heightened tensions in Libya al-monitor.com/originals/2024… with insights from @emirsefkatli & @JMJalel_H
Libya upheaval: Why Turkey is mum over heightened tensions in Tripoli
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Ezgi Akın
@ezgi_akin
Jun 4, 2023
Turkey's #spy master comes out of the shadows: Meet Hakan Fidan, the country's new top diplomat al-monitor.com/originals/2023…
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@ezgi_akin
May 8, 2023
NEW: Stone pelting and doctored campaign ad… Election campaign takes a darker turn in Turkey with only days to go until the critical vote
Turkey Elections: Violence, detentions mark last stretch to unseat Erdogan
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@ezgi_akin
May 17, 2023
NEW: Erdogan thanks 'dear friend' Putin as Turkey extends Russia-Ukraine grain deal al-monitor.com/originals/2023…
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@ezgi_akin
Dec 2, 2024
The Turkish side’s most important message to Tehran as well as Damascus today was that it was a “big mistake” to refuse the handshake extended by Turkey, @OmerOzkizilcik tells me
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@AlMonitor
Dec 2, 2024
Iran’s FM meets Fidan in Turkey as rift over Syria persists: What we know, @ezgi_akin reports al-monitor.com/originals/2024…
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@ezgi_akin
Apr 1, 2025
NEW: Turkey is renewing its push to rejoin the United States' F-35 fighter jet program after being booted in 2019, following Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s official visit to Washington last week. al-monitor.com/originals/2025… with insights from @iacoskun & @SonerCagaptay
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Turkey sees opportunity with Trump to weaken Kurdish bloc, acquire F-35
During recent high-level talks held in Washington, both sides signaled their willingness to address some long-running issues — yet failed to address some of the biggest sticking points in US-Turkey...
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