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Letters from Istanbul
Over the past two years, the Armenian Weekly has published
dozens of interviews with and articles written by Turkish
dissident scholars, journalists, and human rights activists
in an effort to provide a first-hand account of political
and civil society developments in Turkey.
Starting this week, and for the first time in the history of
post-genocide Armenian print media, we take another major
step in that vein: An Istanbul-based Turkish journalist and
human rights activist starts a column in the Weekly.
The bi-weekly column, titled “Letters from Istanbul,” will
deal with Turkish political and social issues, in general.
The columnist, Ayse Gunaysu, is a familiar name to the
readers of the Weekly. She contributed articles to the April
24 special publications in 2007 and 2008.
Gunaysu is a professional translator and human rights
advocate. She has been a member of the Committee Against
Racism and Discrimination of the Human Rights Association of
Turkey (Istanbul branch) since 1995, and was a columnist in
a pro-Kurdish daily from 2005–07.
The Weekly welcomes her to the long and distinguished list
of columnists in its 75-year history. We appreciate her
courage in accepting our invitation to regularly contribute
to the Weekly.
Below is Gunaysu’s first column (next link on front page).
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