While the opposition media in Turkey is faced with threats due to the content it offers, the very existence of the media in Kurdish is under threat. * Photo: The first issue of Welat Newspaper was published in 1992 with the headline “For a new life” (A screenshot from the ArşivaKurd) This article has been published as part of the […]
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 recorded at the same studio. Part of the shooting of two documentary films and one short film was done in our studio. Artworks in our studio With local NGOs – […]
Botan International has established a Kurdish media education office and sound studio in partnership with Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in Diyarbakir. On the night of 28 August, the opening night program was organized. Diyarbakir Chamber of Industry and Commerce President, Mehmet Kaya and veteran journalist Mahmut Bozarslan cut the ribbon. Mahmut Bozarslan said: “It has always been a dream of […]
Botan International, in partnership with Reporters Without Borders (RSF), prepared a sound recording studio and Newsroom in Diyarbakir. Journalists living in Diyarbakir, or those who go to Diyarbakir to produce news, use the studio and newsroom free of charge. The mother tongue of about 25 percent of Turkey’s citizens is Kurdish, but education in their language is forbidden. It is […]
Nowadays, in Turkey, there is no media education accessible in Kurdish language for young and up-coming Kurdish journalists. Moreover, most of the Kurdish news reported in Turkey is translated from Turkish. In addition, digital media is advancing quickly forcing journalists to improve the quality of their work, to adapt and learn new technics and technologies. With no formal education and […]
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September 2020, Kurdish Digital Media Workshop 1 (Sponsor: Global Native Services, www.globalnativeservices.com and Ali Bayram, a Kurdish lawyer) October 2020, Kurdish Digital Media Workshop 2 (Sponsor: Diyar Mizuri, a Kurdish business person) November 2020, Kurdish Digital Media Workshop 3 (Sponsor: Reporters Without Borders, RSF) November 2020, Rojnamegerîya Kurdî ya Dîjîtal –Kurdish edition of Kurdish Digital Journalism Ebook- (Sponsor: Reporters Without […]