Ayla Albayrak
@aylushka.bsky.social
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Journalist; STT news agency in Finland, mostly foreign news. Previously in Istanbul, Turkey with The Wall Street Journal / Yle / Helsingin Sanomat in Istanbul. Third culture kid. Posts in English, Finnish, Turkish
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Kerron tuoreessa STT:n jutussani Suomen ja Turkin lähentymisestä puolustuksen saralla -- siellä eivät juuri demokratiakysymykset tai ihmisoikeudet paina vaan Suomen puolustustarpeet ajavat ohi. www.is.fi/ulkomaat/art...
Suomi selvittää, millaisia aseita Turkilta voisi hankkia – ”Hyvin kiinnostavia alueita Suomen kannalta”
Suomi on äskettäin allekirjoittanut Turkin kanssa puolustukseen liittyvän yhteisymmärryssopimuksen.
www.is.fi
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"The last thing that the Palestinians and most of the Arab leaders want is to cement permanently the separation between the West Bank and Gaza." substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Gaza: The Urgent and Necessary
October 12, 2025
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❗️Guardian:
The vast majority of the global public are somewhere in between: not narrow, inward-looking nationalists (...) or all-in cosmopolitans. They are patriotic but don’t see the world as in a never-ending struggle between the “us” and the “them”. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown
From the US to Europe and Asia, grievances are being exploited to gain power. But moderate voices are still in tune with the majority, says former prime minister Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com
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#BREAKING Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize
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Israeli attacks persists in Gaza after ceasefire agreement announced
<article data-history-node-id="429862" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-persists-gaza-after-ceasefire-agreement-announced" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-persists-gaza-after-ceasefire-agreement-announced" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli attacks persists in Gaza after ceasefire agreement announced</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;attacks have continued in the Gaza Strip despite an announcement by mediators on Thursday that a ceasefire had been reached to end the two-year war on the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;enclave.</p> <p>Heavy air strikes and artillery shelling were reported in Gaza City and Khan Younis overnight, according to local media.</p> <p>Israeli quadcopters were also reported to have dropped bombs on civilians in Gaza City.</p> <p>At least one person was killed in the attacks.</p> <p>The renewed strikes came after US, Qatari, and Egyptian mediators announced early Thursday that a deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas to end the war.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-attacks-persists-gaza-after-ceasefire-agreement-announced">Israeli attacks persists in Gaza after ceasefire agreement announced</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A Palestinian woman walks near rubble after US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip 9 October 2025 (Reuters/Ramadan Abed)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="677bc73d-0148-434b-b232-689dfbe07e65" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/2025-10-09T051316Z_2140033739_RC238HAVDS7X_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA%20%281%29.jpg" width="2000" height="1125" alt="A Palestinian woman walks near rubble after US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip 9 October 2025 (Reuters/Ramadan Abed)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A Palestinian woman walks near rubble after US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip 9 October 2025 (Reuters/Ramadan Abed)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>
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Yoksulluk raporundaki çarpıcı sonuç: Türkiye gelir eşitsizliğinde Avrupa birincisi

📌Ekonomik krizin faturası en çok emekçi sınıflara kesildi.
📌Her 10 kişiden 2'si yoksul kaldı ve çalışan yoksulluğu AB ortalamasının çok üzerine çıktı.

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Yoksulluk raporundaki çarpıcı sonuç: Türkiye gelir eşitsizliğinde Avrupa birincisi
DİSK/Genel-İş Araştırma Dairesi'nin araştırmasına göre, her 10 kişiden 2'si yoksul kaldı ve çalışan yoksulluğu AB ortalamasının çok üzerine çıktı.
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It is exactly this sort of rhetoric that leads to dead Jews

Given what we know about the motivations of the attacker in Manchester I feel compelled to say for my personal safety:

I do not support the Israeli government’s actions in Palestine, and I have never gloated about atrocities
aylushka.bsky.social
Turkin pääoppositiopuolue CHP:n varapuheenjohtaja puhui haastattelussani STT:lle. Hän sanoi, ettei puolue suostu Erdoganin kesytettäväksi vaan valmistautuu jo vaaleihin, oikeustoimista ja puolueeseen kohdistuvasta painostuksesta huolimatta: "Varjohallituksessamme puolet ministeripaikoista naisille"
Turkin opposition edustaja STT:lle: Emme suostu Erdoganin kesytettäväksi
Vielä viime vuonna Turkin pääoppositiopuolue CHP tuuletti historiallista vaalivoittoa Turkin paikallisvaaleissa, kun se nousi ykköspuolueeksi presidentti Recep Tayyip Erdoganin AK-puolueen ohi. Nyt Tu...
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Trumpin Gaza-suunnitelma pähkinänkuoressa: Hamasille 72 h aikaa vapauttaa panttivangit, Israel vetäytyisi Gazasta vähitellen - saisi vapaat kädet "tuhota Hamasin" jos Hamas ei ehtoihin suostu. Gazalaisia ei pakkosiirrettäisi; Trump itse johtaisi väliaikaishallintoa. www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/tr...
Trumpin rauhansuunnitelma Gazaan julki: Trump johtaisi väliaikaishallintoa itse
Donald Trumpin Gazan rauhansuunnitelman mukaan gazalaisia ei pakotettaisi siirtymään pois Gazan kaistalta.
www.mtvuutiset.fi
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Sansür, aşağılama, hiç bir hakarete/ırkçılık vb. sikayetinize karşılık alamıyorsunuz. Hoş, Meta da aynı
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A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
aylushka.bsky.social
Syvemmälle mennään. "Israelin pääministeri Benjamin Netanjahu YK:n yleiskokoukselle: Palestiinan tunnustaminen on häpeällistä. Palestiinalaiset eivät usko kahden valtion malliin (STT)"