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.
Google’s ‘outrageous support to partisan media’ puts Turkey’s fragile communities at risk
By EMRE KIZILKAYA / Emre Kızılkaya wrote on Google’s policy and its impact on news ecosystem in Turkey
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Pandemic heralds tough days ahead for Turkey’s journalists
By RUŞEN ÇAKIR / IPI Member and Medyascope editor Ruşen Çakır on journalism and press freedom amid COVID-19
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Only questions that please, please
By NEVŞİN MENGÜ / Normally, being a politician means having to reply to journalists’ questions. President Erdoğan thinks otherwise.
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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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