(with Kadri Gürsel) Why press freedom matters to everyone – not just journalists

Host: Cansu Çamlıbel | Guest: Kadri Gürsel

The International Press Institute (IPI) proudly launches the new podcast series "IPI Freedom Dialogues Turkey", a platform for timely, vital conversations on press freedom, freedom of expression and the future of quality journalism. You’ll get the inside story from some of Turkey’s most trusted editors, journalists and relevant experts as they analyse and shed light on key journalism-related issues in Turkey for both local and international audiences. Episodes will be available in both English and Turkish.

In this first episode the host, Cansu Çamlıbel interviews Kadri Gürsel, IPI National Committee Chair and IPI Board member and touch on key aspects of Turkey’s ongoing crackdown on independent journalism including:

• The growing trend of jailing journalists,
• The 2013 Gezi Park protests as a turning point of the positive perception on the ruling party AKP into negative,
• The symbolic case of Kurdish journalist Nedim Türfent,
• The thin line between journalism and activism.

This content was produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of IPI and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.