Turkey Dispatches is a special series on press freedom and the realities of practising journalism in today’s Turkey, written by those most directly affected: Turkey-based journalists.
Doing journalism while doing time in Turkey’s jails
SEDA TAŞKIN / Prominent former jailed journalists describe their experiences reporting from prison
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Four stories of Turkish journalism surviving under extraordinary circumstances
By MEHVEŞ EVİN / Independent media share how they manage to carry on amid government repression
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New powers of Turkey’s media watchdog threaten last bastion of free press: The internet
By SELİN UĞURTAŞ / Experts say regulation aims to exert control over independence online media currently outside government’s reach
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The serious business of satire in Turkey
By JENNIFER HATTAM / Political climate generates both inspiration and anxiety for cartoonists and other humourists
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Analysis: Turkish Constitutional Court’s inconsistent stance on press freedom
By HÜRREM SÖNMEZ / Recent contradictory decisions show court’s approach not always in favour of journalists’ rights
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