Piotr Zalewski @p_zalewski
Turkey correspondent for @TheEconomist. Occasional bylines elsewhere. Opinions my own. RT = interesting. Email: [email protected] economist.com Istanbul, Turkey Joined November 2010-
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BREAKING: Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said reut.rs/45OFPfr
The sense of failure is strong among many journos. @NesrineMalik is right Israeli authorities rely on ‘western media to treat its claims as somehow plausible, despite the fact that time and again, it has made claims that turn out not to be true’ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
It's warmer than usual today in #Alaska, and some fossils have emerged from the permafrost
A huge & unforced error by Zelensky, right when White House policy looked to be moving in a slightly more favourable direction for him.
A huge & unforced error by Zelensky, right when White House policy looked to be moving in a slightly more favourable direction for him.
Erdogan: Turkey to ramp up production of medium and long-range missile stocks “in light of recent developments.” “Hopefully, in a short period of time, we will have reached a level of defense capacity where no one will dare even challenge us.”
Turkey “strongly condemns Israel’s airstrike against Iran,” calls it “a provocation that serves Israel’s strategic policy of destabilization in the region”, according to MFA statement. Turkey “calls on the intl community to take action to prevent the war from spreading.”
In the 1980s Israel allowed an Islamist group in Gaza to start gathering weapons, in the hope that it would fight Fatah, Israel's main enemy at the time. That group went on to become Hamas. Glad to see everyone has learned the right lessons from history nytimes.com/2025/06/05/wor…
Mornings these days as a journalist in Istanbul: 1. Coffee 2. Check the news to see if anyone you're scheduled to interview from the municipality has been arrested
The U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Brinks, who just resigned, goes nuclear on President Trump Brinks: I was U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. I resigned because of Trump's foreign policy: to put pressure on the victim, Ukraine, rather than on the aggressor, Russia. 1/
Big moment in Turkey. The PKK has decided to dissolve and lay down arms - statement.
Big moment in Turkey. The PKK has decided to dissolve and lay down arms - statement.
Our latest, a team effort led by @shashj, on whether, how and when Russia might attack NATO economist.com/briefing/2025/…
Erdogan’s top rival was hauled off to prison almost two months ago but refused to be silenced, thanks largely to platforms like X. And so:
Erdogan’s top rival was hauled off to prison almost two months ago but refused to be silenced, thanks largely to platforms like X. And so:
Two more journalists - Murat Ağırel ve Timur Soykan - arrested in Turkey this morning
Our latest, with the great @AnshelPfeffer, on Turkey’s showdown with Israel over Syria economist.com/middle-east-an…
Turkey and Israel are becoming deadly rivals in Syria. Together with @p_zalewski in @TheEconomist economist.com/middle-east-an…
Israel has created a self-fulfilling prophecy in Syria. It has spent months bombing and raiding the country because of hypothetical threats. And now, predictably, it has engendered enough hostility that it is starting to face real threats
Russian ballistic missile hits a restaurant on Friday night in Zelensky’s home town of Kryvy Rih. At least 12 people killed including children. Russia clearly wants peace.
Trump on Marine Le Pen: “witch hunt… using lawfare to silence free speech… censor their political opponent… so far as to put that opponent in prison.” Trump on Ekrem Imamoglu:
Well this week has been quite an experience, detained by Turkish police while covering the anti-government protests and deported. Here’s my full story. Do take a read if you can - and thank you to everyone for kind messages and support: bbc.com/news/articles/…

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