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Piotr Zalewski
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Piotr Zalewski
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Turkey correspondent for @TheEconomist. Occasional bylines elsewhere. Opinions my own. RT = interesting. Email: [email protected]
Istanbul, Turkey
economist.com
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    Piotr Zalewski
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    Feb 27, 2022
    Ukrainian footballer Roman Yaremchuk comes on as a substitute for Benfica in Lisbon. Watch what happens.
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    Piotr Zalewski
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    Feb 25, 2022
    Remarkable speech. Addressed to the Russian people, it should also be heard everywhere.
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    Patrick Moelleken 🇺🇦
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    Patrick Moelleken 🇺🇦
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    Piotr Zalewski
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    Sep 22, 2022
    Just stop it, Istanbul.
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    Piotr Zalewski
    @p_zalewski
    Feb 2, 2021
    Turkey: Bogazici faculty today, after police detained 159 students yesterday.
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    Piotr Zalewski
    @p_zalewski
    Mar 6, 2023
    Turkish politics in the last 72 hours
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    Piotr Zalewski
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    Mar 1, 2023
    Found this character, who has refused to leave Antakya, sitting in front of his antiques shop and blasting Pink Floyd from a cassette player to an audience of bemused soldiers and destroyed buildings. “The message I wanted to give,” he says, “is that life has to go on.”
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    Piotr Zalewski
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    Sep 8, 2022
    Inflation in Turkey. Seven years ago 55,000 lira got you a car. Today it gets you a phone.
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    Piotr Zalewski
    @p_zalewski
    Nov 12, 2020
    Meanwhile, Turkmenistan’s president Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has just unveiled a gisnt statue of his favorite dog
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    Andrzej Poczobut
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    Andrzej Poczobut
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    Piotr Zalewski
    @p_zalewski
    May 23, 2019
    Well done Google Translate
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    Piotr Zalewski
    @p_zalewski
    Jan 23, 2021
    Pro-Navalny protests in Yakutsk, via @Andrew__Roth Temperature in Yakutsk right now: -52C.
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    Piotr Zalewski
    @p_zalewski
    Mar 29, 2025
    We now go the Turkish media’s live coverage of a mass rally, attended by 100s of thousands, held by the oppositon to protest Imamoglu’s arrest. CNNTurk: “Why Israel fears Turkey?” NTV: Myanmar quake Habertürk: urban renewal Ahaber: yummy treats for the Eid holiday
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    Piotr Zalewski
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    Aug 7, 2020
    Beirut today. This is so hard to watch.
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    ABC News
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    ABC News
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    Piotr Zalewski
    @p_zalewski
    Oct 22, 2021
    Lira this morning. (Except there’s nothing to celebrate.)
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    Piotr Zalewski
    @p_zalewski
    Jun 12, 2020
    Summertime social distancing, Turkey.

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