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.
An ironic tale of press freedom: Turkey
By PELİN ÜNKER / “There are a few journalists who can speak to the truth, but no one wants to hear them.”
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Nedim Türfent: ‘No hope’ for domestic legal recourse in Turkey
By NEDİM TÜRFENT / Jailed journalist calls on Europe not to bargain with ‘humanity’s most fundamental values’
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Turkey’s female journalists doubly targeted in media crackdown
By MEŞALE TOLU / Women journalists face physical and psychological attacks on a daily basis
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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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