Ceren Sözeri
Ceren Sözeri Özdal | |
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 Ceren Sözeri, on the left. | |
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| Institutions | Galatasaray University |
Ceren Sözeri Özdal, is a Turkish academic. She has been working as an associate professor in the Department of Communications of Galatasaray University since 2004. Her fields of work are ownership of the media, media policies, and discrimination in media, hate speech, freedom of speech and the press in Turkey.[1] She has been Ethical Journalism Network's Turkey representative since 2015.[2] She also writes as a columnist for Evrensel.
She was sued for an article she wrote in which she criticised Sabah-ATV group and Anadolu Agency for publishing "fake news" during 2019 Istanbul Mayoral Elections. EVP of Turkuvaz Media Group, Serhat Albayrak, requested ₺200,000 to be paid for "damaging their commercial standing".[3][4][5] In May 2026, the Istanbul 2nd Commercial Court of First Instance ordered Sözeri to pay ₺20,000 in non-pecuniary damages to Serhat Albayrak and Turkuvaz Media Group over statements in a 2019 Evrensel column concerning Turkuvaz Media.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Ceren Sözeri'nin Beyanı". binaet.org. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ↑ "Ceren Sözeri". Ethical Journalism Network. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ↑ "Yazarımız Ceren Sözeri ve Evrensel'e açılan dava yarın görülecek". Evrensel.net (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ↑ "Ceren Sözeri ve Evrensel'e açılan dava Şubat'a kaldı". bianet.org. 3 August 2021.
- ↑ "Journalist facing jail, minority outlets banned – Turkey press freedom roundup". Ahval. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ↑ "Serhat Albayrak'ın açtığı davada akademisyen Ceren Sözeri'ye 20 bin TL tazminat". Media and Law Studies Association (in Turkish). 13 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
- ↑ "'Pelikancı medya' eleştirisine 20 bin TL'lik tazminat". Bianet (in Turkish). 13 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.