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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Our studio and newsroom are free of charge for journalists

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…

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What Botan International have done in 6 months in partnership with RSF

Botan International is an educational institution based in Şirnak and Diyarbakir that protects Kurdish journalism and Kurdish press freedom in partnership with Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and supported by European Endowment for Democracy…

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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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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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