The trouble with Taraf

January 11th, 2013

Kaya Genç looks at how Turkey’s “first truly liberal newspaper” has shaken up the country’s media

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Turkey: Ferhat Tunç given prison sentence

January 27th, 2011

Index award winner, Ferhat Tunç has been sentenced to 25 days in prison for a speech he made during a 2006 concert. Tunç was charged under article 7/2 of Turkey’s Anti-Terror Law and article 220/6  of its Turkish Criminal Law, namely “spreading propaganda” for a terrorist organistion. Here Turkish novelist Kaya Genç talks to Kurdish musicians —including Tunç — about making their voices heard despite continuing discrimination and prejudice

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Turkey: Stranger than fiction

August 20th, 2010

The Turkish government’s battle with the PKK threatens to stifle art itself, says Kaya Genç
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