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Hannah Lucinda Smith

@hannahluci

Turkey correspondent with @TheTimes and @MonocleMag, contributor to @WIRED @TheEconomist @TheAtlantic + others
Author of ZARIFA and ERDOĞAN RISING

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Today's column is about the risk for British Jews in becoming a cause célèbre for advocates of illiberalism.

thetimes.co.uk/article/073f1a…

Today's column is about the risk for British Jews in becoming a cause célèbre for advocates of illiberalism. thetimes.co.uk/article/073f1a…
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Dispatch — From Torkham border for The Times and The Sunday Times No sleep and no home for Afghans forced out of Pakistan with Hannah Lucinda Smith Forced out in an exodus of hundreds of thousands, refugees who’ve never lived in Afghanistan say they’re entering the unknown.
thetimes.co.uk/article/afghan…

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Fun times in the Middle East this morning as the British-manufactured, Brussels-based Ariel is boycotted in Turkey by those thinking it is an Israeli company (likely because of Ariel Sharon), and Israelis boycotting the same brand because it is packaged in Turkey.

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Turkey’s main opposition party, the CHP, has elected a new leader, Ozgur Ozel.

After 13 years, and a squandered chance to defeat Erdogan in this summer’s elections, Kemal Kilicdaroglu is out. medyascope.tv/2023/11/05/tar…

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You can’t just ignore this. Calling for an Israeli ceasefire is not consequence-free. It’s one of the myriad reasons why insisting people ‘pick a side’ is so crass.

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Turkey is celebrating its centenary, and in the heart of Istanbul's Galata district, one English church organ has seen it all. For The Times and The Sunday Times I wrote about the Crimean Church, its organ and the people who have brought it back to life Ian Sherwood thetimes.co.uk/article/soothi…

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The Marmara Lake in Tekelioglu, western Turkey, used to be a lively ecosystem that supplied water and food to its neighbours. Then a dam was built nearby, drying up the lake and its benefits.

Grantee Hannah Lucinda Smith with the story for Foreign Policy. pulitzercenter.org/stories/king-d…

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This summer I spent an afternoon hanging out with Misha Glenny and Miles Warde and chatting about Turkish history. What a joy it was - and what a great radio doc they have produced: How To Invent a Country, first episode out now bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g…

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Turkish President Erdogan’s mega-infrastructure projects are enriching construction companies while reshaping his country’s waterscape for the worse, Hannah Lucinda Smith writes. foreignpolicy.com/2023/10/23/tur…

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Netanyahu and sources within the defense establishment are briefing against each other. Netanyahu has been doing it for 2 weeks already, trying to place the sole blame on the IDF and Shin Bet for Hamas’ surprise attac. In the last 2 days he’s sending, through proxies, a new line>

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I just saw indescribable, raw footage of Hamas’ massacre along with 100 other international journalists, provided by Israeli authorities. Here are the notes I took: 

1: Hamas terrorist screaming Allah Akhbah as he frantically tries to behead a dead man with a shovel.

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'Should the violence escalate, Erdogan may be forced to choose which is more important to him: maintaining his already shaky standing with the West or sticking with the cause he has turned into his totem.'

Hannah Lucinda Smith on Turkey's balancing act in the Middle East.…

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