Can Dündar

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A few hours before he was shot, Can had put on a good suit, as if he were going to the opera. His wife was with him. They were laughing – knowing that their laughter would be jubilation for some. And hard to bear for those who wanted to put him in prison for life. Can was on his way to court, still editor-in-chief of the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet. Then the shot was fired.

Can now lives in Berlin. He had to give up his job as editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet. Instead, Can now heads up the #ÖZGÜRÜZ project at CORRECTIV, a Turkish-language medium that is distributed mainly via social media in Turkey. Özgürüz” translates as “We are free”. The website contains texts in German and Turkish. Can has written several books, made documentaries and won awards. He is one of the most prominent Turkish-speaking journalists.

Session

  • Media-theme Keynotes

    * Can Dündar – Are We Really Free in Exile?  * Şehbal Şenyurt Arınlı – Exile, Beyond the Generations…