The Press Freedom Files: How digital subscription models help support democracy in Turkey

IPI Turkey Programme Coordinator, Renan Akyavas, speaks with an
executive of the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) Mustafa
Kuleli and the US correspondent for BirGün newspaper, Ömür Şahin
Keyif, about the most recent challenges Turkey’s free media face,
and how to defeat the vicious circles of financial challenges and
poor quality journalism in the country.


With the digitalization of free media, digital subscription
models like BirGün’s have increasingly become appealing to many
independent outlets to survive immense pressure by the Turkish
media regulatory bodies’ sanctions such as Press Advertising
Agency (BIK) for content critical of the government. Journalists
stress that the independence and the quality of journalism they
produce can only depend on the support and solidarity they see
from their readers.


 


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