MESOP TODAYS RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS

MESOP : APO’S YELLOW SUBMARINE’S ?

VICE News ‏@vicenews 15s15 seconds ago – Turkish official claims our journalist is linked to PKK – but provides no proof http://bit.ly/1Ofnjkz  #FreeRasool

 

MESOP : ALICE ALWAYS SPEAKS WORDS OF POLITICAL WISDOM

Aliza Marcus ‏@AlizaMarcus 12h12 hours ago – Erdogan was rewarded at the polls for his hardline against PKK (& Kurd demands) – little reason to think he will change policy direction now

 

MESOP : BETTER FOLLOW LIZ SLY

Liz Sly ‏@LizSly 4m4 minutes ago – Predictions of the death of Erdoganism were premature. @ishaantharoor explains why Turkey voted his party back https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/turkey-votes-in-election-viewed-as-referendum-on-erdogan/2015/11/01/81cc0ab8-8005-11e5-b575-d8dcfedb4ea1_story.html …

MESOP : BETTER FOLLOW COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS CFR

CFR ‏@CFR_org 22m22 minutes ago – Erdogan’s party secures Turkish election victory. Read more in today’s Daily Brief: http://on.cfr.org/20nBisu

 

маяковский ‏@moscow_ghost 26m26 minutes ago

Imagine for a second #PKK hadn’t crossed into #Syria or #Iraq #ISIS #TwitterKurds https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/reportsfeatures/566156-kurds-divided-over-sinjar …

 

MESOP : ELECTIONS TRANSFERS – 1 MILLION VOTERS CHANGED FROM HDP TO AKP

Joost Lagendijk Retweeted – Can Okar ‏@canokar 2h2 hours ago – AKP’s extra votes (approx): 1.6m from MHP 0.9m from HDP 1m from SP/BBP 0.4m from Istanbul spoiled ballots in June 0.7m new voters

MESOP SYRIA / ROJAVA

Charles Lister ‏@Charles_Lister Oct 31 – PTs: The most advanced anti-air weapon #ISIS has is SA-18 Igla MANPADS, which can reach 10,000ft – way below altitude of #Russia airliner.

Don’t Believe Russian Airline’s New Excuse for Crash http://thebea.st/1WtKBm0  via @thedailybeast

WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)

This illustrates how complex life and loyalties in a tyranny are. Fascinating. ‘Assad’s Officer Ghetto’ http://ceip.org/1VyJ5ni 

 

Assad’s Officer Ghetto: Why the Syrian Army Remains Loyal – Read all http://carnegie-mec.org/2015/09/30/assad-s-officer-ghetto-why-syrian-army-remains-loyal/iigr