First in Turkey, LGBTQI issues became a banned topic for journalists, then women's rights. The boundaries of what could be written in the once-respected daily Hürriyet were narrowed bit by bit after the newspaper was bought up in 2018 by a family close to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
"It didn't happen overnight. Censorship gradually increased," says Banu Tuna when we meet in her office, a stone's throw from Istanbul's Taksim Square.
She was sacked from Hürriyet by the ...
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Already a member? Login hereBirk Sebastian Kotkas is a Danish freelance journalist. This article first appeared in the Danish Union of Journalists’ magazine.
Birk Sebastian Kotkas is a Danish freelance journalist. This article first appeared in the Danish Union of Journalists’ magazine.