Yakup Can
@ykpcn.bsky.social
Journalist at @eurcorrespond.bsky.social
The government is preparing one of the harshest anti-LGBT+ laws in its history - criminalising not only gender transition but also public defiance of "traditional" gender norms.
My latest: mailchi.mp/europeancorr...
My latest: mailchi.mp/europeancorr...
Türkiye’s ruling AKP party is drafting a contentious modification to the Turkish Civil Code that would severely limit legal gender recognition and punish gender-affirming operations without official consent.
June 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The government is preparing one of the harshest anti-LGBT+ laws in its history - criminalising not only gender transition but also public defiance of "traditional" gender norms.
My latest: mailchi.mp/europeancorr...
My latest: mailchi.mp/europeancorr...
I unpack the PKK’s disbandment, trace how a group long designated as a terrorist organisation ended up in quiet negotiations with the state, and raise questions about whether an increasingly authoritarian regime can deliver real peace.
My story: www.europeancorrespondent.com/r/europes-lo...
My story: www.europeancorrespondent.com/r/europes-lo...
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has formally announced its dissolution following over 46 years of armed strife that has killed more than 40,000 lives.
May 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I unpack the PKK’s disbandment, trace how a group long designated as a terrorist organisation ended up in quiet negotiations with the state, and raise questions about whether an increasingly authoritarian regime can deliver real peace.
My story: www.europeancorrespondent.com/r/europes-lo...
My story: www.europeancorrespondent.com/r/europes-lo...
At 12.49 on 23 April 2025, I felt the presence of death. As my building began to shake, I took cover under my desk, haunted by the fear that the day of the 'big earthquake' had finally come.
Here's my story for this week: mailchi.mp/europeancorr...
Here's my story for this week: mailchi.mp/europeancorr...
Istanbul was rocked by an earthquake on April 23, 2025, which, although its short duration, rekindled intense worries of the long-planned disastrous "big one." This type of earthquake could wreck the city's infrastructure and kill tens of thousands of people if it happens again.
April 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
At 12.49 on 23 April 2025, I felt the presence of death. As my building began to shake, I took cover under my desk, haunted by the fear that the day of the 'big earthquake' had finally come.
Here's my story for this week: mailchi.mp/europeancorr...
Here's my story for this week: mailchi.mp/europeancorr...
'Buraya Mahir Polat sahip çıktı' #MahirPolatıSerbestBırakın
April 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
'Buraya Mahir Polat sahip çıktı' #MahirPolatıSerbestBırakın
Reposted by Yakup Can
Thousands protest Erdoğan’s assault on democracy. The unlawful arrest of the Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and dozens of others, is yet another attack on fundamental rights.
S&Ds demand the immediate release of all unjustly detained. Türkiye’s slide into authoritarianism must not go unchallenged!
S&Ds demand the immediate release of all unjustly detained. Türkiye’s slide into authoritarianism must not go unchallenged!
April 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Thousands protest Erdoğan’s assault on democracy. The unlawful arrest of the Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and dozens of others, is yet another attack on fundamental rights.
S&Ds demand the immediate release of all unjustly detained. Türkiye’s slide into authoritarianism must not go unchallenged!
S&Ds demand the immediate release of all unjustly detained. Türkiye’s slide into authoritarianism must not go unchallenged!
Reposted by Yakup Can
✍🏻 Check out the insightful analysis by Yakup Can Yargıç and Hazar Deniz Eker here buff.ly/VKouHE7
April 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
✍🏻 Check out the insightful analysis by Yakup Can Yargıç and Hazar Deniz Eker here buff.ly/VKouHE7
My colleague Hazar Deniz Eker and I have sought to explain why the European Union has not genuinely reacted to what is happening in Türkiye.
Despite the widespread arrests and violent clashes with protestors, the EU's response was limited to a statement calling on Türkiye to uphold democratic values.
April 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
My colleague Hazar Deniz Eker and I have sought to explain why the European Union has not genuinely reacted to what is happening in Türkiye.