Ceylan Yeğinsu

Ceylan Yeğinsu is a Turkish-British journalist and currently a staff reporter for The New York Times.

Life

Yeğinsu began her journalism career in 2008 as a reporter and editor for Hurriyet Daily News, where she covered politics, culture, business and sport. She also ran a weekly column on issues of gender equality in Turkey. In 2011, she received a master's degree in Digital Media at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and was awarded the Brigid O'Hara-Forster Fellowship. As a freelance reporter and multimedia journalist in New York and Istanbul, she worked for publications including The Atlantic, The Economist, Huffington Post, International Business Times.[1]

In 2013, Yeğinsu joined the New York Times' Istanbul Bureau.[1] In September 2014, she ran a front-page story on ISIL's recruitment of Turks in the Hacıbayram neighborhood of Ankara.[2] Her report was heavily criticized by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who called the story "shameless, ignoble, treason."[3] Yeğinsu was subsequently attacked by the newspaper Star and other pro-government media,[4] and received multiple death threats. The article contained multiple dubious and unsupported claims, including unverifiable references to children acting violently, uttering death threats, and supporting the beheading of journalists; as well as figures placing the number of ISIS recruits from Hacıbayram at "up to 100."[2] The resulting intimidation campaign against Yeğinsu forced her to temporarily leave the country.[5] The directors of Reporters Without Borders, Article 19 and the English PEN to publish an open letter, reminding President Erdoğan of journalists significant role in a democracy and their protection in both Turkish and international law.[3] The U.S. State Department criticized Turkey for these attempts of intimidation and threat.[6]

During the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Yeğinsu's reporting and social media posts repeatedly promoted the Islamophobic narrative that Palestinian protesters were endangering the security of Europe.[7]

References

  1. "Ceylan Yeğinsu". Ceylan Yeğinsu. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  2. Ceylan Yeğinsu (15 September 2014). "ISIS Draws a Steady Stream of Recruits From Turkey". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  3. "Open letter to president Erdogan". Reporters Without Borders. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. "Pro-Erdoğan media targets New York Times reporter". Today's Zaman. 18 September 2014. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016.
  5. Alev Scott (6 July 2016). "As ISIS attacks mount, Turkey steps up its war on free speech". Newsweek. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  6. "Freedom of the Press – 2015 in Turkey". Freedom House. 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  7. "https://twitter.com/CeylanWrites". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2023-10-21. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.