Zekine Türkeri

Zekine Türkeri is a journalist and TV anchor, documentary filmmaker and producer based in Istanbul. She has been working for Turkish and international media outlets since 1994, and is the author of the non-fiction book, "A Kurdish Summer."


People walk past an election poster for Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkey, June 14, 2018.

These Turks would rather leave their country than continue living under Erdoğan

Global Politics

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.