Ep. 20 The ‘Turkey Purge’ w/ Mahir Zeynalov

If you care about free expression, you should care about what’s
happening in Turkey.


Since a failed July 15, 2016 coup attempt against Turkey
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Turkish government has
intensified the use of emergency decrees and laws against
terrorist propaganda and insulting the president to purge
perceived dissenters within civil society.


On today’s episode, we are joined by journalist Mahir Zeynalov.
Mahir writes for “The Huffington Post” and “Al Arabiya,” and was
deported from Turkey in 2014 for criticism of the government. He
faces arrest if he ever returns.


During the show, we speak with Zeynalov about the mind-boggling
number of journalists, academics, and civil servants purged from
Turkish civil society, what the international community can do to
help, and the confusing populist support that Erdogan has within
Turkey.


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