Yavuz Baydar

Yavuz Baydar is a Turkish journalist, blogger and co-founder of P24, the Platform for Independent Media. Baydar has been active both in print and audiovisual media for 35 years. Based in Istanbul, he writes regular opinion columns for Today’s Zaman with specific focus on domestic and foreign policy issues. His opinion articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, El País, Al Monitor and the Al-Jazeera website. Baydar formerly served as president of the Organization of News Ombudsmen (ONO) and in 2014 received The Special Award of the European Press Prize for his work as Turkey’s first news ombudsman. At the Shorenstein Center, he explored strategies to overcome obstacles for media self-regulation in emerging democracies.