Four News Sites for 25 Million: Kurdish Media’s Silent Struggle in Turkey

by Murat Bayram Summary 25 million Kurdish citizens* in Turkey have access to only four Turkey-based daily news sites in their mother tongue. These platforms struggle to survive in many…

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Which projects did BotanInt complete in a 4-month period in partnership with RSF?

Botan International is the first and only Kurdish media training office in the history of the Turkish state, and RSF is the first institution to support the institution. RSF and…

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The only “Kurdish media training office in Turkey” is 2 years old

The Diyarbakir office of Botan International, which was set up with the support of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), is now two years old. Botan International’s media training office is the…

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Why the Kurds who support the AK Party have no Kurdish newspaper?

As a result of the “terrorization” of Kurdish-language media in Turkey, a situation has arisen where even millions of pro-government Kurdish groups living in Turkey would not dare to publish…

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Four News Sites for 25 Million: Kurdish Media’s Silent Struggle in Turkey

by Murat Bayram Summary 25 million Kurdish citizens* in Turkey have access to only four Turkey-based daily news sites in their mother tongue. These platforms struggle to survive in many…

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Which projects did BotanInt complete in a 4-month period in partnership with RSF?

Botan International is the first and only Kurdish media training office in the history of the Turkish state, and RSF is the first institution to support the institution. RSF and…

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The only “Kurdish media training office in Turkey” is 2 years old

The Diyarbakir office of Botan International, which was set up with the support of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), is now two years old. Botan International’s media training office is the…

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Why the Kurds who support the AK Party have no Kurdish newspaper?

As a result of the “terrorization” of Kurdish-language media in Turkey, a situation has arisen where even millions of pro-government Kurdish groups living in Turkey would not dare to publish…

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Botan International work diary

Botan International studio was established in partnership with RSF. From its establishment until February 2022 (in seven months) more than 250 video programs were recorded. More than 300 PodCasts were…

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Kurdish Digital Media Workshop: Day 1

Lesson 1: Sertac Kayar, “The Elements of Photographs for Digital Media” Is photography a technical profession? According to Sertac Kayar, a photographer for Reuters based in Diyarbakir, photography exists in…

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Kurdish Digital Media Workshop: Day 5

Kurdish Digital Workshop DAY 5: December 19, 2020 Lesson 1: Hatice Kamer, “How to Produce Podcasts in Kurdish” Where once the dissemination of information, regardless of importance, was in the…

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Kargeha Rojnamegerîya Kurdî: Roja duyem

Kargeha Rojnamegerîya Kurdî, ya ku Botan International bi hevkarîya û sponsorîya  RSFyê pêk tîne di roja duyem de bi dersên Gulistan Korban Rençber û Ferid Demirel berdewam bû. Gulistan Korban…

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