Kicking off our 1-hour seminar on press freedom in 🇹🇷 Turkey with @kemalgoktas, chaired by @MeeraSelva1. It's free and open to everyone. Follow this thread for highlights.
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👩🏾🏫 On his experience in Oxford:
"My experience at @risj_oxford was excellent pushed me to establish @kisadalgamedya, which has been one of the leading podcast news and investigative journalism platform in Turkey," says @kemalgoktas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
"My experience at @risj_oxford was excellent pushed me to establish @kisadalgamedya, which has been one of the leading podcast news and investigative journalism platform in Turkey," says @kemalgoktas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
🗳 On elections on 2023:
"2023 is essential for ruling party AKP because it will be the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic. Electoral success would also mean Islam taking revenge on the Republic, which abolish the caliphate," says @kemalgoktas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
"2023 is essential for ruling party AKP because it will be the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic. Electoral success would also mean Islam taking revenge on the Republic, which abolish the caliphate," says @kemalgoktas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
📺 On social media:
"A prominent mafia leader who's been acting with the state since the 1990s fled abroad and began to criticise the government early last year. His YouTube videos have been watched nearly 150m times," says @kemalgoktas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
"A prominent mafia leader who's been acting with the state since the 1990s fled abroad and began to criticise the government early last year. His YouTube videos have been watched nearly 150m times," says @kemalgoktas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
✊🏿 On press freedom:
"During Erdogan's rule 70 journalists were sentenced to prison or fined for insulting the president. Only in 2021, nearly 1,000 online news stories were blocked by authorities according to a recent report," says @kemalgoktas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
"During Erdogan's rule 70 journalists were sentenced to prison or fined for insulting the president. Only in 2021, nearly 1,000 online news stories were blocked by authorities according to a recent report," says @kemalgoktas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
✊🏿 On how Turkish get their news:
"Acc. to #DNR21, 81% in Turkey get their news from online sources, including social media. Independent outlets receive 16% more interactions on social media but Google amplifies pro-government media," says @kemalgoktas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
"Acc. to #DNR21, 81% in Turkey get their news from online sources, including social media. Independent outlets receive 16% more interactions on social media but Google amplifies pro-government media," says @kemalgoktas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
👩🏾💻 On Turkish independent media:
"Independent media executives report that most visitors come from social platforms and search engines, and only half of independent media outlets expected a net profit in 2020," says @kemalgoktas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
"Independent media executives report that most visitors come from social platforms and search engines, and only half of independent media outlets expected a net profit in 2020," says @kemalgoktas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
🎙 On doing journalism in Turkey:
"We have difficulties as you can guess, but we are finding some other ways of reporting. Sometimes we can't reach our sources but investigative journalism techniques help us investigate corruption," says @kemalgoktas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
"We have difficulties as you can guess, but we are finding some other ways of reporting. Sometimes we can't reach our sources but investigative journalism techniques help us investigate corruption," says @kemalgoktas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
👩🏾💻 On what journalists should do:
"We have to do our jobs. We don't have other tools. But doing journalism is very effective, and insisting on investigative journalism and finding new ways like podcasts or YouTube channels," says @kemalgoktas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
"We have to do our jobs. We don't have other tools. But doing journalism is very effective, and insisting on investigative journalism and finding new ways like podcasts or YouTube channels," says @kemalgoktas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
🎧 On his podcast:
"Our episodes are being listened thousands of times and we are leading the sector in Turkey. We are first or second among daily news podcasts in the country. We see the podcast as a tool for investigative journalism," says @kemalgoktas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
"Our episodes are being listened thousands of times and we are leading the sector in Turkey. We are first or second among daily news podcasts in the country. We see the podcast as a tool for investigative journalism," says @kemalgoktas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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