Wouter Massink @MouterW

woutermassink.com Joined December 2010

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Turkey recap @Turkeyrecap

a month ago

A late-spring frost cut Turkey’s expected apricot output from 750,000 tons to 10,000 this year. Many other crops were damaged, deepening pressure on global and domestic food prices, which were already rising at a record rate in Turkey. @MouterW reports: turkeyrecap.com/p/cost-of-cold…

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5 months ago

The CHP has called İmamoğlu’s arrest a “coup” intended to block him from running for president. To channel and sustain the resulting outrage, the opposition party has a strategy with of 3 main initiatives. @MouterW reports from Saturday's Maltepe rally: turkeyrecap.com/p/cornered-but…

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Turkey recap @Turkeyrecap

6 months ago

"It's a full-scale environmental disaster," @profmustafasari said. With the resurgence of sea snot in cold winter months, experts and fishers fear marine life in the Marmara Sea could face a mass die-off event this spring and summer. @MouterW reports: turkeyrecap.com/p/dawn-of-the-…

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Turkey recap @Turkeyrecap

7 months ago

Years of unchecked urban development have turned many of İstanbul’s vacant lots into apartments and shopping malls, leaving residents few areas to gather during emergencies. @MouterW and Boran Göksel report using open source data and spatial analysis: turkeyrecap.com/p/out-of-space…

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Turkey recap @Turkeyrecap

8 months ago

Aliağa hosts the fourth-largest ship dismantling area in the world. It’s also the most popular destination for EU vessels. Despite this, Aliağa remains marred by a lack of safety standards and poor labor conditions @MouterW and @lyse_mauvais report: turkeyrecap.com/p/where-ships-…

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Turkey recap @Turkeyrecap

2 years ago

In December, Germany announced it'd start replacing Turkish-trained imams with a domestic imam training program to serve its Muslim community. The process also aims to reduce Ankara’s sway over diaspora communities. @kendrickson and @MouterW report: turkeyrecap.substack.com/p/as-turkeys-d…

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2 years ago

As renters and home buyers struggle to find apartments amid housing cost hikes – with some getting killed over rent disputes – many apartments remain unoccupied in Istanbul. Wouter Massink (@MouterW) reports: turkeyrecap.substack.com/p/amid-soaring…

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2 years ago

A year after fleeing Putin's military mobilization, Russians who moved to Turkey are struggling to get short-term residency permits and many are forced to leave. Wouter Massink (@MouterW) reports on Ankara's changing migration policies and their impacts: turkeyrecap.substack.com/p/one-year-aft…