David Lepeska

@dlepeska

Reporting on Turkey & ME, cities, media & culture; for Atlantic, Guardian, National, AlJazeera, Foreign Affairs, Next City...; editor for IFC/World Bank

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  2. 5 minutes ago

    10 ISIS militants snatched crossing from Syria into Turkey, including one with bomb strapped to him, ready to blow

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  3. 21 minutes ago

    Great system: Turkey govt knew of bomber as ISIS backer, but wasn't tracking him

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  4. 25 minutes ago

    The result of all that fear across Turkey: had a record-breaking weekend

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  5. 31 minutes ago

    Good to know my work is on the radar of Turkey's pro-govt media &

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  6. 44 minutes ago

    Trying to recall when Erdogan's rep was out of the spotlight...

    How a gold trader’s arrest could put Erdogan’s reputation in the spotlight once again
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  7. 14 hours ago

    Lovely spring eve yet I don't think I've ever seen Tunel this empty, even in winter. You scared,…

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    16 hours ago

    . Apparently Belgium is.

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    16 hours ago

    . But mustn't the EU get something in return for its $6.8B?

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  10. 16 hours ago

    Surging violence, destruction & displacement in SE Turkey, as EU looks other way

    5:53 AM - 22 Mar 2016 · Details
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    17 hours ago

    . Well, yeah, and 500/day would be a sizable drop. 1600+ arrived yesterday.

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    17 hours ago

    . Yeah whole thing terribly precarious. TR seems to have little idea how it needs to step up & settle Syrians.

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  13. 17 hours ago

    Goddammit.

    Death toll in rises to 34; 14 dead in airport, 20 dead in metro station. /via
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    17 hours ago

    . If that's right, then at 500 Greece arrivals/day, the 1-for-1-ing would be done in just 5 months.

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    17 hours ago

    . How many of these problems does it have? Civil war? Authortrn govt? Major monthly attack?

    5:20 AM - 22 Mar 2016 · Details
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    17 hours ago

    Businessmen and tour agents gather at bomb site w/carnations, flags: "Kurd, Alevi, Arab, we're all here."

    5:14 AM - 22 Mar 2016 · Details
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  17. 17 hours ago

    Not seeing how 1-for-1 is an incentive. Unless migrants are much more altruistic than the rest of us.

    Wonder if 1-for-1 could have anything to do with it...
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  18. 17 hours ago

    Finally got thru 's The Obama Doctrine: aka, Finally, a Thoughtful President

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    18 hours ago

    . Yeah, have we ever seen it before? A massive attack like this in response?

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  21. 19 hours ago

    Latest from : 26 killed in , at least 35 injured, 10 critical.

    Horrific destruction: train car at metro, in , de facto EU capital.
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