Bianet
Bianet[edit]
Bianet (acronym for Turkish: Bağımsız İletişim Ağı, lit. '"Independent Communication Network"') is a news agency based in Beyoğlu, Istanbul. Focused on human rights in Turkey, it is mainly funded by a Swedish organization.[1] Bianet was established in January 2000 by journalists around Nadire Mater, former representative of Reporters Without Borders, and left-wing activist Ertuğrul Kürkçü.[2] It is mostly funded by the European Commission through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR).[2]
Erol Önderoğlu served as the monitoring editor for Bianet for several years. His work included quarterly reports on free speech in Turkey.[3]
In collaboration with EIDHR and KAOS GL, an association focusing on LGBT rights in Turkey, Bianet organized workshops between 2016 and 2018 in various cities concerning gender-specific language in the mass media in Turkey.[4]
Controversies[edit]
Access to the Bianet website was briefly blocked in Turkey on 16 July 2019, after it was included on a list of 136 websites deemed a threat to national security. The block was lifted the following day, and authorities said Bianet had been blocked by mistake.[5]
Notes and references[edit]
- ↑ "Turkish court lifts block on foreign-backed monitoring group website". Reuters. 2019-08-08. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Bianet: Independent, Alternative Journalism". Bianet. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ↑ "Erol Önderoglu, Turkey's tireless free speech advocate". RSF. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ↑ "Gender-Based Journalism Handbook and Online Library Project". EU Delegation to Turkey. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
- ↑ "Turkish court lifts block on foreign-backed monitoring group website". Reuters. 2019-08-08. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
External links[edit]
- Bianet website (Turkish, English, Kurdish)
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