Ceylan Yeğinsu is a Turkish-British journalist and currently a staff reporter for '' The New York Times''.

Life

Yeğinsu began her journalism career in 2008 as a reporter and editor for Hurriyet Daily News, where she covered politics, culture, business and sport. She also ran a weekly column on issues of gender equality in Turkey. In 2011, she received a master's degree in Digital Media at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and was awarded the ''Brigid O'Hara-Forster Fellowship''. As a freelance reporter and multimedia journalist in New York and Istanbul, she worked for publications including '' The Atlantic'', '' The Economist'', ''

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''. In 2013, Yeğinsu joined the ' Istanbul Bureau. In September 2014, she ran a front-page story on ISIL's recruitment of Turks in the Hacıbayram neighborhood of Ankara. Her report was heavily criticized by President

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, who called the story "shameless, ignoble, treason." Yeğinsu was subsequently attacked by the newspaper ''

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'' and other pro-government media, and received multiple death threats. The resulting intimidation campaign against Yeğinsu forced her to temporarily leave the country. The directors of

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, Article 19 and the English PEN published an open letter, reminding President Erdoğan of journalists significant role in a democracy and their protection in both Turkish and international law. The

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criticized Turkey for these attempts of intimidation and threat.

References

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