The Turkish Media’s Role During the Attempted Coup: an Interview with Bilge Yesil
Claire Sadar
October 9th, 2016
In this interview, Bilge Yesil, assistant professor of Media Culture at the City University of New York and author of the new book, Media in New Turkey, speaks with Muftah about the role played by the Turkish media the night of the attempted coup, on July 15, 2016, the role of populism in justifying media censorship in Turkey, and how “Western values” have been appropriated by the AKP for its own ends.*
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