PPRI Research Project in Turkey

Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey PPRI

One PPRI research project that began in the spring of 2012 is focusing on the evolution of power structures in Turkey over the past ten to twenty years. The students have gradually focuses their research on the effects of this evolution on the media world. By traveling to Istanbul in January 2013, they hoped to get a better understanding of how various political, economic, and military spheres of power, and the forms of corruption inside these spheres, influence the media, journalists, and the quality of news.