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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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.

Pırıl Pırıl Bir Başkaldırı

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

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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...

Sex, Politics, and Illegal Bungalows

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

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#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

✏️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...

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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Aralık 2023'te 35'i çocuk 85 kişiyi taşıyan tekne Akdeniz'de kayboldu. Yolcuların akıbeti, kıyılara vuran cesetlere rağmen hiç kimsenin çözmeye yanaşmadığı bir gizem olarak kalmaya devam ediyor @cpshaw.bsky.social @cemredemircioglu.bsky.social @orucvedat.bsky.social theblacksea.eu/special-repo...

Kayıp Teknenin Hikayesi

Aralık 2023'te Suriyeli mültecileri taşıyan dört tekne Lübnan'ın Trablus kenti yakınlarından yola çıktı, teknelerin sadece üçü Kıbrıs'a ulaşabildi. Dördüncü teknede bulunan 35'i çocuk 85 yolcunun akıb...

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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...

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...

In December 2023, four boats left Lebanon carrying Syrian refugees. One boat, carrying 85 passengers, including 35 children, never arrived. 🔗 Read our latest investigation by @cpshaw.bsky.social @cemredemircioglu.bsky.social @orucvedat.bsky.social, Jana Barakat theblacksea.eu/special-repo...

The Lost Boat

In December 2023, four boats of Syrian refugees set out from Tripoli, Lebanon. Only three made it to Cyprus. The fate of the fourth boat and its 85 passengers, including 35 children, remains a mystery...

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

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

Dataharvest 2025 programme is now live!

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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...

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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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...

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 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...

"The poison of the century"

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

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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...

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 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...

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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