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.
Born out of solidarity, new Turkish news platform fights to survive
By BURCU KARAKAŞ / Practising journalism in Turkey has become an existential issue
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WhatsApp groups: Another side to censorship in Turkey
By ÇINAR LİVANE ÖZER / Only pre-approved questions welcomed at government press conferences
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Analysis: Use of courtroom video link violates Turkey journalists’ rights
By VEYSEL OK / Technical failures exacerbate questions of fair trial raised by SEGBİS system
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Trials of Kurdish journalists share same hallmark violations
By NIMET ÖLMEZ / Reporters held hundreds of miles from trial location, denied right to appear before judge in person
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‘When this is all over, I will cry my heart out’: Inside Turkey’s pro-govt press
By TUĞBA TEKEREK / In exclusive interviews, journalists share the realities of working for Turkey’s many government-influenced media
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