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Istanbul, New York, Tokyo
As seen in: BBC, HuffPost, Yahoo Singapore, Nikkei Asia, HuffPost UK, Global Voices, PassBlue, Skylife
Freelance@BBCTurkish@HuffingtonPost. Global affairs, society, Japan, Turkey. Columbia J-School. White House Correspondents Association Scholar. RTs not my own

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Ilgin Yorulmaz’s Biography

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Ilgin Yorulmaz is an author and freelance foreign correspondent, covering Middle East politics, gender, human rights and street culture in Turkey and abroad. Her stories have appeared in HuffPost, VICE, Guardian, Condé Nast Traveller UK, Vogue Turkey, and T24, Turkey’s only remaining independent digital newspaper. She also writes about religion and social justice for NGOs in UK and U.S. -- such as New York-based multi-faith platform called Voices -- and abroad, reporting from countries like Ind…

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Religious Freedom And LGBTQ Rights Move From Battleground To Common Ground

Religious Freedom And LGBTQ Rights Move From Battleground To Common Ground

Last weekend's The Equality March for Unity and Pride in Washington D.C. offered a vivid reminder of the impo…

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Race is at the Heart of The New Faith-Driven Environmental Justice

Race is at the Heart of The New Faith-Driven Environmental Justice

A quiet but powerful march took place in Philadelphia last week, indicating a new direction in the faith-driv…

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"I Lost Faith in God...But I'm Now Pursuing Faith in Justice": Child Sexual Abuse Survivors Lobby...

"I Lost Faith in God...But I'm Now Pursuing Faith in Justice": Child Sexual Abuse Survivors Lobby...

Inspired by his oath of honesty when enlisting in the Navy, 21-year-old recruit Shaun Dougherty decided to be…

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Two Years After The Earthquake, These Nepali Schoolchildren Are Still Without A Classroom

Two Years After The Earthquake, These Nepali Schoolchildren Are Still Without A Classroom

NUWAKOT --Sita Paney teaches 3rd grade students at Shubha Adarsha Modern Academy in Nuwakot in central Nepal.…

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Kyoto in Cherry Blossom Season

Kyoto in Cherry Blossom Season

In a scene from the movie The Last Samurai, the character of Lord Moritsugu Katsumoto, the samurai leader, wa…

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Progressive Hindus Declare Queens Temple The First Sanctuary Of Its Kind In U.S.

Progressive Hindus Declare Queens Temple The First Sanctuary Of Its Kind In U.S.

NEW YORK - Revelation came to Sunita Viswanath one summer morning six years ago, as she set down to read the …

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The Landmines Between Free Speech and Hate Speech: Q/A With UN Expert

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Irene Khan’s job is hard. As the United Nations special rapporteur on protecting the right to freedom of expression, she must navigate the fine line between freedom of expression and hate speech, while also defending independent media. Khan shared with PassBlue her latest report, released in June 11 and covering the 2024 election cycle globally, when millions of people went to the polls.
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Laos Grows Up, but US Aid Cuts Are Hurting Its De-Mining Work

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As global development aid is being squeezed drastically, small, underdeveloped countries like Laos will have to face problems of poverty, climate change and economic dependence on their own. Surrounded by five neighbors — Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar and China — Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. Most of its 7.7 million people are Buddhists. Historically a monarchy, Laos is now a one-party state, governed by the communist Lao People’s Revolutionary Party.
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US Foreign Aid Cuts Hit Women Hard in Eastern Congo and Sudan

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From Haiti to Sudan, from Syria to Ukraine, emails pleading for support and donations started pouring in after United States President Donald Trump stopped the operations of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID. Trump’s executive order on Jan. 20 has halted for 90 days the provision of foreign aid that is not “aligned with American interests.” The decree is now dangerously hurting humanitarian assistance across the globe.
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Awards

White House Correspondents' Association Scholarship

2016

The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is an organization of journalists who cover the White House and the President of the United States. The WHCA was founded on February 25, 1914. The WHCA operates independently of the White House. Every year, it distributes a substantial amount of scholarships to a select group of graduate journalists starting their careers throughout the U.S.

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The Campbell Award

2016 - Leadership and Spirit