Being a contract correspondent? Please, no!

Sometimes I am asked who sent me to Turkey. Which paper or broadcaster delegated me to this journalist’s paradise? Well, nobody. Or I should say: my boss. Me.

Entrepreneurship is the new form of foreign correspondence. And that means: look as far and wide as possible to where you can sell your stories, develop yourself in multimedia, specialize yourself, and look …

Massive goodbye to Turkish politician Erbakan

ISTANBUL – Hundreds of thousands of Turks said goodbye to politician and former Prime Minister Erbakan Tuesday afternoon. Erbakan died last Sunday at the age of 85. The streets around Fatih Mosque, where the farewell ceremony was held, were cramped with people, as were the cemetery and the road leading to it. In several places it was too busy and …