Award-winning journalist in #Istanbul / giornalista in #Turchia / gazeteci. Previously, three years in the West Bank via London yleniagostoli.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/yleniagostoli.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/yleniagostoli.bsky.social/post/3m5iyj3ade22x#EU -funded companies, #China -linked tech, and #Turkey's rapidly expanding surveillance machinery - read how they're connected in my latest investigation @ftm.eu https://www.ftm.eu/articles/turkey-survelliance-tech-eu-funds-brussels13 Nov 2025 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:hy2smlq44btss4k2tgnutapq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5iyj3ade22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/yleniagostoli.bsky.social/post/3m4iilc56tc2nMust read from colleagues @andresmourenza.bsky.social @sofiacherici.bsky.social @dogueroglu.com and Siraj investigating the journey of scrap metal from waste pickers in war-torn countries to powering Turkey's steel industry https://www.newarab.com/investigations/scrap-wars-how-child-labour-and-conflict-feed-turkey-steel-boom31 Oct 2025 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:hy2smlq44btss4k2tgnutapq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4iilc56tc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/yleniagostoli.bsky.social/post/3m35gyb4ev22xEnvironmental journalist and documentarist #HakanTosun has died as a result of an attack carried out by two assailants in #Istanbul. He had been reporting on land grabbing and profiteering after the Hatay earthquake https://bianet.org/haber/hakan-tosun-kimdir-31252314 Oct 2025 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:hy2smlq44btss4k2tgnutapq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m35gyb4ev22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/yleniagostoli.bsky.social/post/3ls46tz7dv22pFinally got around to listening to Lethal Dissent. Brave reporting & incredible storytelling from @faribanawa.bsky.social @berileski.bsky.social @farooqumar.bsky.social on how #Iranian dissidents are surveilled & silenced in exile. Final episode broke me. https://www.onspecpodcast.com/season-five-lethal-dissent/?s=0921 Jun 2025 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:hy2smlq44btss4k2tgnutapq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls46tz7dv22phttps://bsky.app/profile/yleniagostoli.bsky.social/post/3lrx27w6b7s2hAnother major recognition for our investigation into Turkey's EU-funded deportations of Syrian and Afghan refugees with @lighthousereports.com @andresmourenza.bsky.social @maybulman.bsky.social @sebnemarsu.bsky.social @nicolasbourcier.bsky.social and the rest of our stellar team19 Jun 2025 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:hy2smlq44btss4k2tgnutapq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrx27w6b7s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/yleniagostoli.bsky.social/post/3lralsmplw22o"We see this as a way to transform the whole society. There has been a backsliding of rights in #Turkey in the last 10 years, this is a chance to tackle it," @ceylanakca.bsky.social on the ongoing negotiations #KurdishPeace https://lespresso.it/c/mondo/2025/6/9/la-lotta-dei-curdi-dopo-scioglimento-pkk-turchia/5475610 Jun 2025 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:hy2smlq44btss4k2tgnutapq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lralsmplw22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/yleniagostoli.bsky.social/post/3lquiopvwwk2c#Turkey is accelerating its use of facial recognition to detain and prosecute protesters - often with little or no evidence. I’ve been investigating how #AI is contributing to the erosion of the rule of law & supercharging authoritarianism 🧵 https://newlinesmag.com/spotlight/turkeys-ai-powered-protest-crackdown/ @newlinesmag.bsky.social05 Jun 2025 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:hy2smlq44btss4k2tgnutapq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lquiopvwwk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/yleniagostoli.bsky.social/post/3lp5kggbqoc2cProud that our investigation with @lighthousereports.com is a finalist for this prestigious award - alongside other amazing, mostly consortium-led projects. A testament to the power of collaboration [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2025 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:hy2smlq44btss4k2tgnutapq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp5kggbqoc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/yleniagostoli.bsky.social/post/3loy53da6vk2nThe #PKK has announced it will disband and lay down arms - while the first is unlikely to be undone, the second is a technical process that will take months. Now the ball is in the government's court.12 May 2025 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:hy2smlq44btss4k2tgnutapq/app.bsky.feed.post/3loy53da6vk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/yleniagostoli.bsky.social/post/3ln36mcdhas22Al tribunale di #cağlayan, #Istanbul: quasi 100 studenti e 8 giornalisti a processo per le proteste di #Sarachane. I giornalisti, accusati di aver partecipato alle manifestazioni, dovranno dimostrare… di essere giornalisti. #turchia18 Apr 2025 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:hy2smlq44btss4k2tgnutapq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln36mcdhas22https://bsky.app/profile/yleniagostoli.bsky.social/post/3llgr5v5bf226Statement from our association: "FMA joins international media freedom groups in calling for an end to the crackdown on media in #Turkey, which has incl. police violence, home raids, detentions, & censorship measures that restrict access to news that is in the public interest." [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Mar 2025 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:hy2smlq44btss4k2tgnutapq/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgr5v5bf226https://bsky.app/profile/yleniagostoli.bsky.social/post/3ll46cckhes2rEight journalists detained in house raids in #Turkey this morning [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2025 06:53 +0000at://did:plc:hy2smlq44btss4k2tgnutapq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll46cckhes2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/yleniagostoli.bsky.social/post/3lkva2dr5zs2z"The students are here, where is Özgür?" chant students, calling on the CHP party leader to appear. Feeling alienated by both the ruling party and the opposition, they rally on day two of protests against the arrest of #Istanbul mayor #İmamoğlu #Turkey21 Mar 2025 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:hy2smlq44btss4k2tgnutapq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkva2dr5zs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/yleniagostoli.bsky.social/post/3lkpoljjis22mIl sindaco di #Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoğlu, è stato arrestato questa mattina insieme a oltre 100 persone, tra cui giornalisti - a pochi giorni dalla sua prevista nomina a candidato presidenziale del partito d’opposizione. #Turchia19 Mar 2025 07:40 +0000at://did:plc:hy2smlq44btss4k2tgnutapq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkpoljjis22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/yleniagostoli.bsky.social/post/3ljfl3igx622u"The reality remains that the Kurdish issue did not originate with the PKK, nor will it disappear with the PKK's dissolution." @MEMRIReports https://www.memri.org/reports/what-does-%C3%B6calans-announcement-really-mean02 Mar 2025 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:hy2smlq44btss4k2tgnutapq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljfl3igx622uhttps://bsky.app/profile/yleniagostoli.bsky.social/post/3lijy6jcchc2qFeels like an appropriate first piece to share on this platform… Since #Trump and #Musk decided to slash foreign aid, medical clinics and malnutrition centres in #Syria have shut down. At least 6 NGOs have halted clean water services for 430,000 people. Food aid has stopped for tens of thousands. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2025 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:hy2smlq44btss4k2tgnutapq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lijy6jcchc2q