⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show online platforms including X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, WhatsApp have been restricted in #Turkey on multiple networks; the incident comes as main opposition party CHP calls for rallies after police blockade its Istanbul headquarters
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show online platforms including X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, WhatsApp have been restricted in #Turkey on multiple networks; the incident comes as main opposition party CHP calls for rallies after police blockade its Istanbul headquarters
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and his Turkish counterpart have pledged to boost defense tie-ups between both countries as Tokyo weighs the possibility of purchasing drones from the NATO member. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/politics/japan-turkey-defense-chiefs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #turkeyjapanrelations #turkey #defense #drones #gennakatani #defenseministry #budgets
Encouraged by increasingly warm waters, hundreds of species native to the Red Sea have moved through the Suez Canal and into the eastern Mediterranean, disrupting ecosystems, scientists say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/15/wildlife/mediterranean-tropicalization-warming-waters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #wildlife #oceans #climatechange #turkey
The Greek government plans to develop a home-grown industry that will mass produce drone and anti-drone systems — part of a €30 billion program aimed at modernizing the country's armed forces by 2036. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/07/tech/anti-drone-greek-defense-industry/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #greece #turkey #drones #tech #defense
Interesting findings on the #sustainability backlash, but the choice to include #Turkey as Asia-Pacific and not either #MiddleEast or #Europe is...quite a choice.
Also, more than half the world, by population, is in Asia-Pacific - makes it kind of a useless category to make any conclusions.
Making Sense of the PKK’s Self-Dissolution : What Does It Mean for the Middle East? https://www.anarchistfederation.net/making-sense-of-the-pkks-self-dissolution-what-does-it-mean-for-the-middle-east/#Kurdistan#Turkey
Making Sense of the PKK’s Self-Dissolution : What Does It Mean for the Middle East? https://www.anarchistfederation.net/making-sense-of-the-pkks-self-dissolution-what-does-it-mean-for-the-middle-east/#Kurdistan#Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political opponents have faced an unprecedented crackdown that has seen more than 500 detained in just nine months, a review of the sprawling investigation shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/world/politics/turkey-erdogan-opponents-corruption/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #istanbul #ekremimamoglu #turkey #receptayyiperdogan
part of my commuter series. Not sure how many people realize Marmara sea has a #dolphin population and that this sight isn't that uncommon.
#Istanbul, #Turkey#naturePhotography #urban #photography #darktable#editBackLog #artWithOpenSource #dolphinsOfMastodon#creativeToots#mastoArt
part of my commuter series. Not sure how many people realize Marmara sea has a #dolphin population and that this sight isn't that uncommon.
#Istanbul, #Turkey#naturePhotography #urban #photography #darktable#editBackLog #artWithOpenSource #dolphinsOfMastodon#creativeToots#mastoArt