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CATEGORY: Turkey Uncensored
Ece Temelkuran: What will become of Erdogan’s little clones when he’s gone?
A country’s leadership sets the tone, but can also penetrate the very fabric of the public’s existence igniting a metamorphosis that creates political clones
Turkey: Bans on Kurdish arts festivals spark solidarity actions
Arts organisation Siyah Bant examines how emergency rule has affected artistic expression in Diyarbakır in southeastern Turkey
Learn from Turkey: Resistance can’t just end at “No”
Writer Ece Temelkuran warns global movements to learn from the example of her homeland.
Dim hopes for 2017, but we’ll keep up the struggle for a free world
Journalist Yavuz Baydar writes about this hopes for Turkey’s journalists in 2017
Turkey: “The worst time is when the ruler and the evil of the people are united”
I am a Turkish activist, a human rights defender, a dissident, and currently I feel like a lab rat trapped in a maze, trying to find an exit to freedom.
Turkey: Linguist finds himself locked up for free speech
Linguist and newspaper columnist, Sevan Nişanyan has found himself being locked up for 16 years after being subjected to a torrent of lawsuits relating to a mathematics village he was building
Turkey is a country of blood-sucking spirits
A poem by Meltem Arikan on the current state of Turkey: The piece of land surrounded by water on three sides is turning into a country where blood-sucking spirits conquer people’s bodies
Ece Temelkuran: “Make Turkey so-so again!”
The women around me are more alert to the Turkey’s situation than the men are. The comfortable male universe is full of denial.
Yavuz Baydar: In exile you spend your days in a fog
My gut tells me that this time Turkey’s turmoil may turn out to be long-lasting and leave a more harmful imprint on the nation’s soul.
Turkey Uncensored is an Index on Censorship project to publish articles from censored Turkish writers, artists and translators.
On 15 July shots heard inside the General Staff headquarters in Ankara signalled the beginning of the assault against Turkey’s democratic institutions. Tanks and fighter jets opened fire on and around parliament and other buildings, resulting in the death of more than 240 people.
This was the catalyst to an unparalleled level of attacks on media freedom in the country. By 30 September, 98 journalists were arrested and charged, 133 media professionals were detained, 133 media outlets were shut down and approximately 2,500 journalists lost their jobs. Learn more.