Turkey currently holds nearly 150 journalists in prison, 120 of whom were detained in the wake of the July 2016 coup attempt that Turkey’s government blames on followers of Fethullah Gülen, a U.S.-based Muslim cleric and former-ally-turned-rival of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). Nearly 30 others were already behind bars, many convicted in […]

Does a former auto repair shop in Istanbul hold one of the keys to overcoming years of increasing government pressure on media in Turkey and unlocking press freedom? Veteran Turkish journalist Ruşen Çakır seems to think so. Last fall he and his colleagues turned the former shop into a makeshift studio for Medyascope.tv, an independent […]