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Vedat Yeler

@vedatyeler.bsky.social
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Rojnamevan | Journalist 📩 vedatyeler@proton.me / Migration, borders, politics, and human rights with the focus on Kurds, Turkey, Greece, and the Middle East

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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Censorship is growing in #Turkey. Dozens of X accounts, including journalists and independent media, have been blocked in recent days. Some users are now moving to Bluesky and sharing their new accounts. My X account, @vedatyeler_, was also blocked in Turkey during a previous wave of censorship.
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#Athens, #Greece | Aristotelis Chantzis has been discharged after 73 days in Evangelismos Hospital, including 58 days in ICU. He was on hunger strike with Suzon Doppagne in the struggle for the squatted Prosfygika neighborhood. Supporters gathered at Prosfygika to welcome him back.
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The Amargi @theamargi.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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Turkish LGBTQ+ activist arrested as crackdown intensifies
One of Turkey’s most well-known LGBTQ+ activists and journalists, Yıldız Tar, was arrested for alleged links to a banned armed organization on June 23. No evidence has been made public regarding the…
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
“LGBTQ+ people have long served as a sort of ‘testing ground’ for the government’s political violence.” — Yıldız Tar latest piece with @moiralavelle.bsky.social for @theamargi.bsky.social 👇🏾 www.theamargi.com/posts/turkis...
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Prosfygika Claims Victory: Hunger Strike Suspended Amid Ongoing Struggle Over Development A victory has been declared in Athens after two activists suspended their hunger strike following a resolution to halt the plans to evict portions of the long-standing squatted community of Prosfygika.
Prosfygika Claims Victory: Hunger Strike Suspended Amid Ongoing Struggle Over Development

A victory has been declared in Athens after two activists suspended their hunger strike following a resolution to halt the plans to evict portions of the long-standing squatted community of Prosfygika. The activists put their lives on the line to defend a collective way of life and protect 400-plus vulnerable residents from displacement.

By Penny Papadopoulou and Vedat Yeler
Read the story at UnicornRiot.Ninja
https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/prosfygika-claims-victory-hunger-strike-suspended-amid-ongoing-struggle-over-development/
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
NEW 🚨 Prosfygika Claims Victory: Hunger Strike Suspended After Eviction Plans Put on Hold Read full story and see a short film on the self-managed squat in Athens, Greece: unicornriot.ninja/2026/prosfyg...
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
NEW: Prosfygika Claims Victory: Hunger Strike Suspended Amid Ongoing Struggle Over Development Activists declare victory in Athens and suspend their hunger strike following a resolution to halt the plans to evict the squatted community of Prosfygika.
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Prosfygika Claims Victory: Hunger Strike Suspended Amid Ongoing Struggle Over Development - UNICORN RIOT
A victory has been declared in Athens after two activists suspended their hunger strike following a resolution to halt the plans to evict the long-standing squatted community of Prosfygika.
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The Amargi @theamargi.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Kurdish trans activist Bella Demhat is detained in Sweden and facing deportation to Turkey. Her lawyers say Swedish authorities have ignored the combined risks she faces as Kurdish, trans, and politically visible. ✍️ Vedat Yeler
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Sweden detains Kurdish trans activist, orders her deportation to Turkey
“Europe’s rights work for their own people.” Inside the fight to stop Sweden from deporting Kurdish LGBTQ+ activist Bella Demhat back to Turkey.
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“When you are a refugee, a hierarchy is created. Their rights only apply to their people, that is the unspoken rule.” My latest piece for The Amargi theamargi.com/posts/sweden...
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Sweden detains Kurdish trans activist, orders her deportation to Turkey
“Europe’s rights work for their own people.” Inside the fight to stop Sweden from deporting Kurdish LGBTQ+ activist Bella Demhat back to Turkey.
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
“The defeats and victories of past struggles have shaped us as societies and as movements, whether positively or negatively. They teach us” My last piece with Beja Protner www.theamargi.com/posts/prosfy...
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Prosfygika: defending an alternative world
Two residents go on a hunger strike to death as Athens’ historic Prosfygika squat—Europe’s largest self-organized community—fights a state eviction plan.
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
3 yıllık emeğin sonunda, belgeselimiz "TRANSIT EDEN – THE STRUGGLE of EXILE" yolculuğuna başlarken, Şerif Çiçek ile verdiğimiz ilk röportaj birartibir..org’da yayımlandı. 🎬 Pazar okuması niyetine... birartibir.org/bir-tarihin-...
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Bir tarihin, özgün bir modelin yok edilişi
Kuruluşu 1947’ye uzanan Lavrion mülteci kampı 2023’te vahşice yok edildi. Bu tarihi modelin öyküsünü anlatan 2026 yapımı “Transit Eden – The Struggle of Exile” adlı belgeselin müellifleri Vedat Yeler…
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
The official accounts tell one story. Survivors tell another. Our investigation into the deadly collision off Chios looks at the inconsistencies surrounding the deaths of 15 people. with @moiralavelle.bsky.social & Giorgos Christides wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
#Greece | #Athens stands in solidarity with the people of #Venezuela. Thousands took to the streets in Athens, where a U.S. flag was burned outside the embassy during the protest. 03-01-2026
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EFSYN @efsyntakton.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Εθεάθη τελευταία φορά στην Ορεστιάδα πριν από δύο μήνες. Η οικογένειά του τον αναζητά από τότε. Οι ελληνικές αρχές δηλώνουν ότι δεν υπάρχει κανένα στοιχείο για τον 23χρονο σε ολόκληρη τη χώρα. Ωστόσο, η οικογένειά του διαθέτει αποδεικτικά βίντεο ● Η υπόθεση έφτασε και στο τουρκικό Κοινοβούλιο
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Ποιοι εξαφάνισαν τον Τούρκο Τανέρ Μπαλάτ στον Εβρο;
Ο Τανέρ Μπαλάτ εθεάθη τελευταία φορά στην Ορεστιάδα πριν από δύο μήνες. Οι ελληνικές αρχές δηλώνουν ότι δεν υπάρχει κανένα στοιχείο για τον 23χρονο σε ολόκληρη τη χώρα. Ωστόσο, η οικογένειά του διαθέτ...
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moiralavelle.bsky.social @moiralavelle.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Taner Balat was last seen in Orestiada 2 months ago, and his family has been searching for him since. Greek officials state there is no record of the 23-year old Turkish citizen anywhere in the country. But the family has video evidence. W/ @vedatyeler.com
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Thousands take to the streets of #Athens as #Greece halts trains, ferries, and taxis for a one-day strike. Workers and students also show solidarity with #Palestine while protesting extended working hours. 01-10-2025 #Απεργια_1Οκτωβρη #απεργια_πεινας #απεργία
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RSA - Refugee Support Aegean @rsaegean.org · 15/07/2025
"The Greek ban on people arriving from North Africa from claiming #asylum is a policy as illegal and failed as its 2020 iteration for refugees arriving from Turkey." Minos Mouzourakis, lawyer at RSA @jacobinmag.bsky.social ✍️@moiralavelle.bsky.social @vedatyeler.com jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
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Greece Is Shutting the Door to Refugees
Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union is hardening its borders, even if it means trampling on its own laws.
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
“We didn’t come here for fun; we had no choice,” Mahmud from Syria “When I see young people arriving now, I understand them,” said Theodor, who fled 🇬🇷’s junta in the 70s Odyseas: “No one is here to take your land or your money” New piece w/ @moiralavelle.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
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moiralavelle.bsky.social @moiralavelle.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Greece has announced it will suspend asylum for the next three months for people arriving form North Africa. It is another revelation that its government aims to reduce the protected right to asylum to smithereens. Reporting with @vedatyeler.com jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
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Greece Is Shutting the Door to Refugees
Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union is hardening its borders, even if it means trampling on its own laws.
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
26th Antiracist Festival in Athens 6-7-2025
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
#Greece | A tribute concert for the 100th anniversary of Mikis Theodorakis’ birth. 25-6-2025 #MikisTheodorakis #Athens #Concert #Kallimarmaro #nazimhikmet
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
#Greece | 🎶 “Κοντά σας όλη μου η ζωή– All my life close to you” A tribute concert for the 100th anniversary of Mikis Theodorakis’ birth. Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro) #MikisTheodorakis #Athens #Concert #Kallimarmaro
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
#Greece | A magical June night at Cape Sounion. 🎥 Full moon over the Temple of Poseidon 11-6-2025 #fullmoon #templeofposeidon #sounion #greecetravel #moonlovers #capesounion #ancientgreece #fullmoonvibes
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Moon over the Temple of Poseidon 🌕 11-5-2025 #Greece #fullmoon
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
farklı zamanlarda, aynı fay hatlarında kırılan o sarsıntı hep aynı adı fısıldıyor: Filistin Suphi’yle, Rodriguez’in eylemi ve ardında bıraktığı o 900 kelimelik “manifesto” mektuptan yola çıkarak, ‘Filistin’in enternasyonal direniş izleri’ni kaleme aldık sendika.org/2025/06/fili...
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
İbrahim Kaypakkaya’nın Çorum Sungurlu’daki mezarına jandarma tarafından kamera yerleştirildi. Mezar taşı başındaki ağaca monte edilen kamera, Kaypakkaya’nın mezarını 7/24 izliyor. V/Özgür Gelecek
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Sendika.Org @sendika.org · 24/05/2025
✏️ Vedat Yeler - Suphi Aydın yazdı | İnşaat mühendisliğinden devrim inşasına: HKP (Maoist) lideri Basavaraju’nun silinmez hatırası #SendikaOrgYazıları sendika.org/2025/05/insa...
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İnşaat mühendisliğinden devrim inşasına: HKP (Maoist) lideri Basavaraju’nun silinmez hatırası
Basavaraju’nun ölümü, HKP (Maoist) için önemli bir kayıp. Ancak onun 50 yıllık mücadelesi, Hindistan’ın devrimci hareketine silinmez bir iz bıraktı. O, yalnızca bir gerilla lideri değil, aynı zamanda ...
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Bu hafta Suphi ile, Hindistan devrimci hareketine 50 yıllık mücadelesiyle silinmez bir iz bırakan HKP (Maoist) lideri Basavaraju’nun hatırasını @sendika.org için kaleme almaya çalıştık. Basavaraju ve yoldaşlarına Lal Salam (Kızıl Selamlar) sendika.org/2025/05/insa...
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Sevgili Suphi ile “Yarım asırlık bir gerilla hareketi, devletle masaya oturduğunda neyi yanlış hesapladı?” sorusunu eşeledik. 2016’da FARC lideri Londoño’nun barış anlaşmasınıda sarf ettiği, “Silahlarımızı bıraktık, kelimelerle mücadele edeceğiz” sözünün vardığı noktayı kaleme almaya çalıştık…
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
“Elbette ölüm savaşın bir parçası; ama halkın çıkarı ve ulusun özgürlüğü için verilen hayatlar asla boşa gitmez” diyor Filipinler’de, NPA saflarında yaşamını yitiren trans kadın gerilla Ka Daisy. Suphi ile Daisy’nin hikayesini @sendika.org için yazdık. sendika.org/2025/05/binl...
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Binlerce Ka Daisy çiçek açacak: Filipinler’de ölümsüzleşen trans kadın gerilla
Ka Daisy, Yeni Halk Ordusu’nda (NPA) kendisi gibi trans kadınlarla ilgilenen ve empati kuran bir toplumun parçası olmaktan mutluluk duyuyor. Onun için cinsiyet, devrim yapmak için bir sorun deği...
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Bi rêzdarî... #6Mayıs1972
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Sesini Gezi’de, Newroz’da, Meclis’te, bir film sahnesinde duydum. Bir repliğinde, bir esprisinde, bir laf arasında buldum kendimi. O yüzden ardı ardına dizilmiş bu sözcükler bir tanışıklığa değil, bir tanıklığın veda niyetine. ozgurpolitika.com/haberi-baris-d Link: justpaste.it/d2siz
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Sırrı Süreyya Önder’in kızı Ceren’in gözyaşları arasında okuduğu veda mektubundaki şu cümle dikkat çekiciydi: ‘Şimdi öfkelenmek istiyorum. İki hafta sonra barış protokolü imzalanacak, sonra rahatız, ameliyat da olacağım. İki haftada ne olacak?’ demene kızmak istiyorum.” ++
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
#Athens | A big crowd gathered at the solidarity concert for Nikos Romanos & the imprisoned comrades of the Ampelokipoi case. Romanos, known for surviving police violence & a hunger strike during imprisonment, was arrested again in 2024 over alleged links to an explosion in Athens.
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Dün Taksim’e çıkmak isteyen gençleri boğanlar, bu sabah da Samandağ Mağaracık’ta toprağını savunan köylüleri nefessiz bırakıyor. Gözaltılar sırasında uygulanan şiddet biçimi, Eric Garner’in “I can’t breathe” çığlığını hatırlatıyor!!!
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Atina 1 Mayıs’ı. Kadrajda Mahir Çayan ve Dev-Lis 1-5-2025
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
#Athens | May Day unites voices, colors, and struggles across borders. 1-5-2025 1/2 #greece #photo #mayday #1M2025 #πρωτομαγια #1μαη
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Rouvikonas, Yunan İşçi Sendikaları Konfederasyonu (GSEE) binasını işgal etti “1 Mayıs’ı onurlandırmak ve işçi sınıfının pazarlık gücünün çöküşünü göstermek” amacıyla eylemi yaptığını açıklayan Rouvikonas, GSEE’yi “sınıfsal boş bir yapı” olarak tanımlayarak binaya pankart astı.
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
25-4-2025 #Omonoia #athens #greece
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
25-4-2025 #exarcheia #athens #greece
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
#Athens, #Greece | city rests, silence speaks #pascha
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Vedat Yeler @vedatyeler.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
#Turkey’s leading opposition party (CHP) tried to march in #Istanbul yesterday: “To condemn the genocide in #Gaza.” Police blocked them. Students resisted. Erdoğan still trades with #Israel — but silences those who protest war crimes.
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