Medya News is a news agency founded in August 2020, incoporated in Italy but with staff based throughout Europe and Turkey[1]. The website reports on Kurdish “news, events, activities and initiatives”[2][3], and has been described as a “pro-Kurdish” and “Kurdish- focused” news outlet.[4]
Its reporting has been cited by the Daily Mirror[5], France24, the Jerusalem Post and other Western news outlets.[6][7] Regular contributors include leading Western commentators on the Kurdish issue such as Dutch journalist Frederike Geerdink and Michael M Gunter, ‘the doyen of Kurdish political studies in the United States’[8], along with leading Kurdish and European politicians such as People’s Democratic Party President Ertuğrul Kürkçü and Norway’s Erling Folkvord.[9][10]
The website has been targeted by the Turkish authorities, which blocked access to medyanews.net in November 2022.[11] The head of the Turkish Medical Association, Sebnem Korur Fincanci, was detained on terror charges following remarks reported by Medya News in which she criticized government policy.[12]
- ^ https://medyanews.net (2020-08-21). "Impressum". Medya News. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
{{cite web}}: External link in|last= - ^ https://medyanews.net (2020-01-21). "About us". Medya News. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
{{cite web}}: External link in|last= - ^ "Did Turkey use chemical weapons in northern Iraq?". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ Ahval (8 October, 2022). "Turkish intelligence chief's frequent Iraq visits raise questions".
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Hagan, Rachel (2022-08-04). "Mass graves still being discovered eight years on from horrific ISIS genocide". mirror. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ "Did Turkey use chemical weapons in northern Iraq?". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24 (2022-07-07). "Otan : qui sont les "terroristes" réclamés par la Turquie à la Finlande et à la Suède ?". France 24 (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-19.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help); External link in|last= - ^ "struggles". Fréderike Geerdink. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ solidaritetmedkurdistan (2022-05-07). "Erling Folkvord med kronikk i Medya News". Solidaritet med Kurdistan (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ Gunter, Michael M. "Kurdistan faces new attacks". Medya News. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ medya, eylul (2022-11-02). "Overcome the blockade and access Medya News in Turkey". Medya News. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ "Turkey detains head of medical association on terror charges - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East". www.al-monitor.com. 2022-10-26. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
https://medyanews.net/bans-on-speaking-kurdish-persist-in-cizre/ (first article)
https://medyanews.net/author/ertugrul/