WPFD 2024 - Media in Turmoil: Remembering Persecuted and Exiled Journalists from Turkey - Session 1

World Press Freedom Day 2024
2 May 2024, National Press Club, Washington DC
Media in Turmoil: Remembering Persecuted and Exiled Journalists from Turkey

- Remembering Persecuted Journalists in Türkiye
- Democracy, Press Freedom, and Freedom of Expression
- Misuse of Media for Political Agenda: Misinformation, Disinformation
- Information on jailed journalists and the closure of media outlets
- How did President Erdogan choke off media to submission?

Speakers:
Se Hoon Kim, Senior Correspondent, Global Strat View - DC
Abdulhamit Bilici Journalist, Columnist, Former Editor-in-Chief of Zaman Newspaper - DC
Arbana Xharra, Investigative Journalist
- New York
Ergun Babahan, Journalist, Commentator, Former Editor-in-Chief, Sabah Newspaper - Canada
Kani Xulam, President, American Kurdish Network
, DC