Murat Utku

Murat Utku

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Gazeteci, televizyon habercisi, AtölyeBİA gazetecilik programlarında eğitmen. bianet’e yazıyor, video çalışmaları yapıyor. Filistin/İsrail, Lübnan, Gürcistan, Rusya, Pakistan, Suriye gibi dünyanın pek çok yerinde krizleri, depremleri,...

Gazeteci, televizyon habercisi, AtölyeBİA gazetecilik programlarında eğitmen. bianet’e yazıyor, video çalışmaları yapıyor. Filistin/İsrail, Lübnan, Gürcistan, Rusya, Pakistan, Suriye gibi dünyanın pek çok yerinde krizleri, depremleri, seçimleri, çatışmaları, savaşları, göçleri izledi. Medyascope, Radikal gazetesi, Nokta ve Aktüel dergilerinde, CNN Türk, Doğan Haber Ajansı ve Al Jazeera Türk’te muhabirlik yaptı. Kadir Has Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi’nde “geleneksel gazetecilik ve yeni medyada habercilik” dersler verdi. “Direnişçi” belgeseli ile Sinema Yazarları Derneği (SİYAD) En İyi Belgesel Ödülünü aldı. Deniz Harp Okulu’ndan ayrıldı. İstanbul Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi İktisat Bölümü’nü bitirdi.

‘Drift dive’ on a strong southwester day

‘Drift dive’ on a strong southwester day

I share an instructive 20 year-memory, how to deal with the current in a risky dive, how to overcome difficulties in a dive, critical information for divers and those who want to start diving.

31 January 2022

Dictator-toppling journalism

WE SPEAK WITH ELLEN TORDESILLAS FROM THE PHILIPPINES

Dictator-toppling journalism

We have spoken with veteran journalist Ellen Tordesillas, reaching out from Ferdinand Marcos to Rodrigo Duterte… When you read it, you will say that nothing has changed in the “Atlas of Authoritarian Geographies”. Not to speak of “similar affairs”...

24 September 2021

The Navy Years, Civilian Life and States of Manhood

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The Navy Years, Civilian Life and States of Manhood

As if society, politics and, of course, state mentality do not otherize women enough, a meaningless anger against women is also being injected into men at home, at school, in the military and at every level of society.

10 October 2018

Two “Peace” and “War” Oriented Perspectives on Same TV Footage

Two “Peace” and “War” Oriented Perspectives on Same TV Footage

Same footage displaying extreme measures taken by police at İstiklal Street are firstly presented through war oriented, then presented through peace oriented journalism perspectives.

24 November 2015

Shocking Police Recording in Dink Case

Shocking Police Recording in Dink Case

Erhan Tuncel, police informant and suspected of incitement to murder, was called by intelligence officer Muhittin Zenit very shortly after the murder.

Turkey Closed to Refugees

Turkey does not recognise those coming from the East and from African countries as refugees or displaced persons. However, people coming from Europe are given this recognition. The UN and the EU are putting pressure on Turkey.

Nomad Guards of Doganli Camp

Now-nonexistent Uzundere people have changed 4 villages in 9 years. They drink water of the nearby villages well and live in windowless houses snowed on for 6 months. They dont have any cultivation or grazing land. 89, 293 village guards and problems.

29 December 2004