“We are journalists, we will continue to do journalism”. This was journalist Tolga Şardan’s response to a young colleague who asked him on November 1, “Tolga Abi, do you have anything to say?” as he was being taken to Ankara’s Sincan Prison after being arrested for his column published on the T24 news website on
Journalists’ Union of Türkiye (TGS) has recently published a new report titled “Journalism in Turkey: Perception and Profile Survey,” which included striking results that most journalists receive low salaries, work 45 hours or more per week under serious pressure and without many social rights. That got me thinking about the term “activist journalist” which is
Summer arrived with wildfires, Marmaris is under fire; Journalists continue to protest against draft law that would incriminate reporting and social media activities; İstanbul to host delegations from Russia, Ukraine, the UN for the grain export; Turkey ratified to extend troop deployment to Libya… Here is what you need to know what is going on