Bianet English

05/09/2025

Sinem Aydınlı, research coordinator at IPS Communication Foundation/bianet, explains the importance of media research: "Being a media researcher means taking a stand."

"Media and democracy in Turkey face deep structural challenges, including restrictive legislation, economic instability, and cross-ownership in the media sector. Public trust in the media is also declining, largely due to perceptions of political bias and lack of editorial independence," says Aydın...

31/08/2025

How is media really doing in the Western Balkans and Turkey? The project breaks it down 👉 https://tinyurl.com/mtaafmu4

30/08/2025

Digital Media Literacy - 6

Critical digital literacy: A key competency in combating hate speech and disinformation

✍️Öyküm Hüma Keskin https://bianet.org/yazi/critical-digital-literacy-a-key-competency-in-combating-hate-speech-and-disinformation-310977

30/08/2025

Journalists face various forms of pressures, from online to legal harassment. Support exists, but it’s not enough to counter violations.

More insights 👉 https://tinyurl.com/mtaafmu4

27/08/2025

Journalists face various forms of pressures, from online to legal harassment. Support exists, but it’s not enough to counter violations.

More insights 👉 https://tinyurl.com/mtaafmu4

26/08/2025

📰Public funding for media in the Western Balkans and Turkey is substantial but without transparency, its democratization potential is lost.

More trends 👉 http://tinyurl.com/mtaafmu4

26/08/2025

Report highlights rise in child abuse cases in Turkey, underlines secrecy around in**st

The report criticizes Turkey’s current child protection policies for focusing primarily on punitive responses.

25/08/2025

An Anarchist Reading Of Öcalan - IV

The anarchist face of democratic modernity

“For Öcalan, capitalist modernity is a system that suppresses all possibilities of social liberation. Its political form is the nation-state.”

✍️Ercan Jan Aktaş

For Öcalan, capitalist modernity is a system that suppresses all possibilities of social liberation, prioritizing economic growth, centralized power, and a homogeneous society. Its political form is the nation-state.

24/08/2025

📰Public funding for media in the Western Balkans and Turkey is substantial but without transparency, its democratization potential is lost.

More trends 👉 http://tinyurl.com/mtaafmu4

22/08/2025

📈Increasing complaints to regulatory bodies in the Western Balkans and Turkey suggest public awareness of media self-regulation and possibly more violations.

More trends 👉 http://tinyurl.com/mtaafmu4

22/08/2025

New forestry regulation eases rules for mining, lifts reforestation requirement

🗞️Tuğçe Yılmaz

The regulation is a clear continuation of a recent amendment to the Mining Law facilitating mining operations in agricultural fields and olive groves, says an expert.

22/08/2025

Governor opens mosque at sacred Alevi site in Dersim

Locals and Alevi groups view the opening of the prayer room as part of assimilation policies.