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.
I’m a Russian journalist who fled to Turkey. This is my story.
Why and how we left Russia My wife and I started freelancing back in 2017, when the last independent media outlet in the Perm region ceased to be independent. We went into complete obscurity, not really understanding how we would get by. Being a freelance journalist with three children in Russia is tantamount to financial […]
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Journalists who cannot buy a newspaper…
By BANU TUNA / Chair of the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) Istanbul Branch writes about the erosion of journalism in Turkey
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Ending harassment of journalists online – are we there yet?
By ARZU GEYBULLA / Arzu Geybulla wrote on why anti-harassment measures on platforms still lacking
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Op-Ed: BBC Turkey Strike: Snowball Effect Hails New Victories
By MUSTAFA KULELİ / Executive with the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) writes about the reason behind the success of BBC Turkish employees’ strike
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Unless I write, no one will: Reporting on Turkey’s LGBTi+ community
By YILDIZ TAR / Kaos GL editor-in-chief writes on the serious lack of coverage and reporting on the LGBTI+ community in Turkey
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