Marga Zambrana is a video journalist and writer based in Istanbul. She has covered Europe, Asia and the Middle East for more than a decade for media such as the Associated Press, The Guardian and the EFE agency.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won victory in landmark elections that could hand him near-unchecked power. Erdoğan has overseen a major crackdown on dissent and the press since a failed coup in July 2016 and many Turks told PRI they’d rather leave their country than continue living under a ruler they say has grown increasingly authoritarian.