While the PEN Turkey Center calls for safety and equality for women, violence continues in Ankara and around the country.
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Columnist Tarik Günersel writes on Turkey’s recent election.
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Turkey’s government censors news and blocks access to social media after airport attack.
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Restrictions on use of social media in the wake of the Ankara terrorist attacks show the fascism of Turkey’s ruling party.
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In his latest column, Tarik Günersel provides an overview of the struggle for LGBTQI rights in Turkey and a proposal for tracking the chronology of human interactions.
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The arrest of Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener in March this year has put press freedom in Turkey under the international spotlight. CPJ’s Robert Mahoney sent written questions to the reporters in their Istanbul jail. Read their replies.
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Iranian filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi arrested in Iran and taken to Evin Prison, which is notorious for its political prisoners’ wing. Her passport confiscated, Mohammadi was unable to attend the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
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