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Canadian freelance journalist and Carleton J-School grad based in Istanbul for nearly four years. Have also reported in Canada, Rwanda, and Ethiopia.

Nick Ashdown’s Journalist Portfolio

The Bird Has Flown: Sevan Nişanyan on His Escape from Turkish Prison - Los Angeles Review of Boo...

The Bird Has Flown: Sevan Nişanyan on His Escape from Turkish Prison - Los Angeles Review of Boo...

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Only Power Rules: Turkey After the Failed Coup - Los Angeles Review of Books

Only Power Rules: Turkey After the Failed Coup - Los Angeles Review of Books

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Turkey's Dying Greek Press - Roads & Kingdoms

Turkey's Dying Greek Press - Roads & Kingdoms

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Little Town of Champions

Little Town of Champions

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Turkish families cope with aftermath of failed coup

Turkish families cope with aftermath of failed coup

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Antakyans Fear Their City’s Soul Will Not Rise From the Rubble

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By Nick Ashdown
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“The last thing I remember saying was ‘Please, God, take my life,” recalls 27-year-old Havva Nur Kosar, who was rescued by a Swiss team after being buried for 72 hours and losing two brothers in the massive double earthquake of Feb. 6, 2023, that tore much of southern Turkey apart. “I thought I was saved when I got out of the rubble, but that’s when real life begins.” One month later, Kosar found a new job and moved to Gaziantep, three hours away, but she was emotionally shaken.
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A Political Murder Reflects the Rise and Fracture of Turkey’s Far Right

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By Nick Ashdown
| New Lines Magazine Verified
It’s midafternoon on Dec. 30, 2022, and Sinan Ates (pronounced “AH-tesh”), a 38-year-old academic and ultranationalist political figure, is lying on his back in a pool of blood as paramedics perform CPR on his motionless, bullet-riddled body. His cousin, Selman Bozkurt, himself shot in the shoulder, kneels in shock beside him, on a small, nondescript street between an upscale kebab restaurant and an overgrown parking lot.
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Turkey’s Cataclysmic 1999 Earthquake Foretold a Future Catastrophe

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By Nick Ashdown
| New Lines Magazine Verified
A man stands in front of the rubble, not crying exactly, but wailing, sometimes roaring like a wounded animal, at one point jumping into the air and slamming his feet down in an act of raw emotion. He holds a bright scarlet piece of clothing and presses it against his face, inhaling the scent, swaying back and forth on his feet as though dancing.
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