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Diego Cupolo’s Biography

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Diego Cupolo is a multimedia journalist based in Turkey since 2015. He is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Turkey recap newsletter as well as a founding board member of the Kolektif Medya Derneği, a non-profit media organization in Istanbul, Turkey.

His articles have appeared in The Atlantic, The Economist, Foreign Policy and Politico, among other publications. His audio, photo and video work has been featured by Agence France-Presse, The Financial Times, the Serial podcast and others.

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Voices of Turkey's Purged

Voices of Turkey's Purged

The night of July 15, Seda was at home in Erzurum, a town in eastern Turkey, when she got a call from her son…

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Freed From the Islamic State, but Far From Free

Freed From the Islamic State, but Far From Free

DOHUK, Iraq - During her 19 months of captivity under the Islamic State, Nofa Mahlo, a 37-year-old Yazidi wom…

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Real-life accounts of what it's like to be "smuggled like drugs" across Europe

Real-life accounts of what it's like to be "smuggled like drugs" across Europe

"They smuggle us like drugs," says Yassir, a 23-year-old Afghan. "And if we don't do what they say, they thre…

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Turkey's Covert War

Turkey's Covert War

In Diyarbakir, Turkey, large pieces of white tarp hang vertically in the alleys, blocking the view of anyone …

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Amid rats and mud, refugees struggle in French camp

Amid rats and mud, refugees struggle in French camp

Not far from the "Jungle" in Calais, 3,000 people live among foul swamps in another refugee camp. The inhuman…

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The Price of Gold in the Twenty-First Century

The Price of Gold in the Twenty-First Century

In June 2014, the Peruvian government moved to gut the nation's already dismal environmental policies in effo…

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The Law Works In Mysterious Ways

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By Diego Cupolo
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Dear reader: Turkish parliament is taking a break, and so is Turkey recap. We’ll be pausing our recaps for the next two weeks (unless big news breaks, of course). In the meantime, please stay away from Turkish Reddit and stay tuned for surprises in your inbox. We have many projects in the works. Thank you again for your continued support, which makes all of this possible.
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Have Your Framework Cut Out For You

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By Diego Cupolo
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Disclosure: Since I’m covering the PKK peace process today, this is your regular reminder that my wife is an MP with the pro-Kurdish DEM Party. She is quoted in this helpful article from Al-Monitor, which provides context for the updates below.
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The Beylikova dilemma: Turkey weighs economic boom against toxic risks in rare earth push

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By Diego Cupolo
| Turkey recap
A buzzard circles the outskirts of Beylikova, Eskişehir. © All photos Diego Cupolo ESKIŞEHIR—On an eastbound railway from Istanbul, past a series of narrowmountain valleys, the Anatolian plateau opens wide, inviting Turkey’s high-speed trains to zip by the town of Beylikova. Apart from its farmers’ market on Fridays, this enclave of about 6,000 residents draws little attention from outsiders beyond the occasional glance from a train passenger.
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Awards

Humanitarian Award for raising awareness of the Syrian refugee crisis

2014 - Humanitarian Journalism

Recognized by the charity Human Concern International for raising awareness of the refugee crisis through public speeches and my book "Seven Syrians: War Accounts From Syrian Refugees".