Nichole Sobecki

GlobalPost

Nichole Sobecki is an independent photographer and writer based in Nairobi, Kenya. From 2008-2011 Nichole was the Turkey correspondent for GlobalPost, based in Istanbul. During that time she also covered the early days of the Libyan

uprising, the birth of South Sudan as a state, the ongoing war in Afghanistan, developmental challenges facing Nepal, and the aftermath of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Her work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Guardian, and Le Monde M Magazine.

A modern wandering on the Silk Road

March 10, 2017Business, Finance & Economics

An upscale shopping street links present-day Turkey to its ancient trading past.

Thousands in Turkey protested Israel’s Gaza offensive

March 10, 2017Agence France-Presse

Gaza strains vital Turkey-Israel relations

March 10, 2017Politics

Pipeline talks put Turkey at center stage

March 10, 2017Business, Finance & Economics

Trial or witch hunt? Ergenekon plot thickens

March 10, 2017Agence France-Presse

The other side of an Aegean wonderland

March 10, 2017Business, Finance & Economics

When the party set goes home, the Turkish coastline reveals its true allure.

Turkey’s shocking domestic violence statistics

March 10, 2017Politics

Four in 10 women are beaten by their husbands, according to a recent study. Only a handful speak out.

Young Turks: a question of identity

March 10, 2017Agence France-Presse

For Turkish youth, it’s not what you wear: it’s how and why you wear it.

Turkey’s forbidden tongue

March 10, 2017Agence France-Presse

Why a politician risked jail when he spoke publicly in his native language, Kurdish.

The center of the world

March 10, 2017Agence France-Presse

Jerusalem, capital of the Holy Land, is central to three of the world’s great religions.