The Newsroom as an Open-Air Prison: Corruption and Self-Censorship in Turkish Journalism

The Newsroom as an Open-Air Prison: Corruption and Self-Censorship in Turkish Journalism is a report by Yavuz Baydar for the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. P24 translated and published the report in 2015.

The report analyzes the threats against media freedom and independence in Turkey. It provides examples demonstrating how self-censorship has become an ordinary practice in newsrooms and editorial meetings in such a way that it has evolved into a de facto “culture.”

The original English version of Baydar’s paper is available on Shorenstein Center’s website. Click here to access the relevant page.

Translated into Turkish by E. Barış Altıntaş

First Edition: 2015
Currently out of print.