Nuray Mert
Nuray Mert | |
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Born | 1960 (age 63–64) Trabzon, Turkey |
Nationality | Turkish |
Education | Political science and history |
Alma mater | Boğaziçi University |
Occupation(s) | Professor, columnist and TV presenter |
Nuray Mert, (born 1960 in
Academic career
After graduating from Feyziye Mektepleri Işık College, she studied political science and
In 2012–2013, she was an International Scholar in Residence at the
Journalism
She used to host a TV show, but this was dropped after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan publicly criticized her.[6][7] She was also fired on February 19, 2012, from her job as a columnist for the daily newspaper Milliyet.[8] Mert has said that she now fears for her personal safety.[6]
The Turkish Journalists' Association has denounced the attacks on Mert by Erdoğan.[9]
In August 2017, Mert was fired from the newspaper Cumhuriyet after writing an article questioning the validity of evolution and another one in support of muftis performing marriages.[10]
References
- ISBN 978-90-8728-057-4. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ^ Nuray Mert, Committee to Protect Journalists, October 2012, Turkey's Press Freedom Crisis - Sidebar: The Dignity of Speaking Out
- ^ a b "Welcoming 9 New Affiliates," Stanford Global Studies website, 21 April 2012. Accessed: 2 July 2015.
- ^ "Mert ile Söyleşi," Mediterranean Studies Forum website, 11 September 2012. Accessed: 2 July 2015.
- ^ 12 April 2012, International Scholars in Residence at the Humanities Center 2012-2013
- ^ a b "Turks sense dawn of new era of power and confidence". BBC News. 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- Hurriyet Daily News. 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^ Filkins, Dexter (March 9, 2012). "Turkey's Jailed Journalists". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
- ^ "Two Female Journalists Attacked". Bianet. 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^ "Cumhuriyet, Nuray Mert'in yazılarına son verdi" (in Turkish). BirGün. 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-08-09.