What’s in store for the future of journalism in Turkey?
Cengiz Candar says he is retiring from journalism in Turkey in a farewell article published by Radikal on April 6 after the publication abruptly shut down.
Editor's note: Cengiz Candar, a 40-year veteran Turkish journalist, has declared he has retired from active journalism after the Radikal website he contributed to for 10 years abruptly closed down. Candar, an expert on Middle East affairs who frequently lectures in think tanks and elsewhere, will, however, continue to contribute articles to Al-Monitor.
It was a good and timely idea to quickly publish my farewell article when the unexpected closure of Radikal was disclosed.
I had started my nearly 10-year run with Dogan Media Group with the daily Referans in the last days of 2006. I was then called the "head writer." Articles I wrote for Referans were published on the Hurriyet daily’s website.
I started writing for Radikal in 2008. Until Referans closed down in 2010, my articles were published simultaneously each day in Referans, Radikal and Hurriyet. I think I was the first writer with such a status in Turkey’s media history.
