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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 22/12/2025

Human rights reporting in Turkey exposes systemic abuse: AI protest crackdowns (@newlinesmag), refugee exploitation (BBCNews Turkish), missing migrant boats (@theblacksea.bsky.social), and neglect of Ukrainian orphans (Agos/Slidstvo/@occrp.org). Read more:

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Gold Mining Disasters, Lost Refugee Boats, AI-Powered Protest Crackdowns: Best Investigative Stories from Turkey in 2025

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The Black Sea @theblacksea.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Pırıl Pırıl Bir Başkaldırı - Direk dansı İstanbul’da hem feminist direnişin hem de dayanışmanın beklenmedik bir sahnesine dönüşüyor. @sebnemarsu.bsky.social & @zeynepsentek.bsky.social yazdı, Ozge Sebzeci⁩ & Üzüm Derin Solak fotoğrafladı.

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Pırıl Pırıl Bir Başkaldırı

Direk dansı İstanbul’da hem feminist direnişin hem de dayanışmanın beklenmedik bir sahnesine dönüşüyor.

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The Black Sea @theblacksea.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

An hour from Istanbul, Sapanca was once a retreat of forests and a pristine lake. Now it’s a construction site. Its green valleys are covered by thousands of unlicensed bungalows and “tiny houses.” ✏️ @cemredemircioglu.bsky.social @cpshaw.bsky.social 📸 Özge Sebzeci theblacksea.eu/investigatio...

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Sex, Politics, and Illegal Bungalows

How Turkey's Sapanca gave away its protected land to tiny house tourism.

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The Black Sea @theblacksea.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

#GreenToGrey, a cross-border investigation - initiated by Arena for Journalism in Europe and NRK. 41 journalists & scientists from 11 countries. Using satellite imagery, artificial intelligence, and on-the-ground reporting, the investigation reveals the extent of Europe’s nature and cropland

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The Black Sea @theblacksea.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

✏️New investigation: UK-Turkish mining firms having a blast in Nigeria: Residents living beside Turkish-run quarries say they are under constant siege from falling chunks of rock, relentless dust, and deafening explosions that can strike at any hour. theblacksea.eu/special-repo...

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UK-Turkish mining firms having a blast in Nigeria

Residents living beside Turkish-run quarries say they are under constant siege from falling chunks of rock, relentless dust, and deafening explosions that can strike at any hour.

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The Black Sea @theblacksea.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Turkey's Escobar key to new cocaine drop-offs Tonnes of cocaine “drop-offs” in the Mediterranean in recent years reveal an emerging business alliance between the Turkish mafia and the Colombians, Albanians, and Italians. Story by @cecijan.bsky.social @irpimedia.eu theblacksea.eu/special-repo...

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The Black Sea @theblacksea.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

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The Black Sea @theblacksea.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

A year-long investigation. Dozens of testimonies. Multiple countries. New story coming Monday. @cpshaw.bsky.social, @cemredemircioglu.bsky.social, @orucvedat.bsky.social, Jana Barakat.

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The Black Sea @theblacksea.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

The Black Sea will be at this year's @dataharvestarena.bsky.social to talk about growing business of outsourced war crimes investigations in Europe. dataharvest25.sched.com/event/1zv18/... #dataharvest25 #EIJC25

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Dataharvest 2025 programme is now live!

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The Black Sea @theblacksea.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Avrupa Birliği, #PFAS üzerinde tarihi bir yasağı değerlendirirken, bu kimyasalları piyasada tutmak için savaşan bir endüstriyle karşı karşıya. Bazı Türk şirketleri de bu lobicilik mücadelesine dahil oldu. #ForeverLobbying theblacksea.eu/investigatio...

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Sonsuz Kimyasalların Gücü: Avrupa'daki Lobi Savaşı

PFAS’a yasak getirmenin eşiğindeki Avrupa Birliği ile bu ‘sonsuz kimyasalları’ piyasada tutmak için yoğun bir şekilde lobicilik yapan kimya endüstrisi karşı karşıya. Bu lobi mücadelesinin içinde Türki...

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The Black Sea @theblacksea.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

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Sonsuz Kimyasalların Gücü: Avrupa'daki Lobi Savaşı

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The Black Sea @theblacksea.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

"The Poison of the Century": How #PFAS went from “miracle chemical” to global public health crisis Lawyer Robert Bilott helped expose how 3M and DuPont concealed their devastating health and environmental impacts for decades. #ForeverLobbying theblacksea.eu/investigatio...

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"The poison of the century"

How PFAS went from “miracle chemical” to global public health crisis

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The Black Sea @theblacksea.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Unprecedented lobbying effort to sway the EU on PFAS “forever chemicals” As the European Union considers a historic ban on #PFAS, it confronts an industry lobbying hard to keep them on the market. Some Turkish companies have also joined the fight. #foreverlobbying theblacksea.eu/investigatio...

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Inside the unprecedented lobbying effort to sway the EU on PFAS “forever chemicals”

As the European Union considers a historic ban on PFAS, it confronts an industry lobbying hard to keep them on the market. Some Turkish companies have also joined the fight.

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The Black Sea @theblacksea.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

THE GRUDGE: An ISIS execution. Visas to Europe. Conflicting testimonies. A failed universal jurisdiction case in Sweden. TBS investigates the rise & role of non-profit CIJA in outsourced war crimes prosecutions. theblacksea.eu/special-repo...

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The Grudge

An ISIS execution. Visas to Europe. Conflicting testimonies. A failed universal jurisdiction case in Sweden. The Black Sea investigates the rise and role of the Commission for International Justice an...

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