Under Strain, Turkish Journalists Go Online
Turkish journalists are increasingly looking to digital and social media to avoid government censure and pressure, writes Yavuz Baydar.
Their profession having been increasingly restricted by the political authorities, the judiciary and — most visible of all — by the greedy media barons, Turkey’s dignified, respected journalists are seeking new, free and independent paths.
While large swaths of their colleagues are under the strain of self-censorship due to daily political and economic pressures, some of them have found a way to inform the public properly: through online news portals, websites and social media.
