Jennifer Hattam
@TheTurkishLife
Journalist covering enviro, social, urban issues + art, culture, travel. Available for assignments: jenhattam (at) gmail (dot) com http://istanbuletcetera.substack.com
📣 I'm looking for new journalism assignments, writing or editing gigs, or other work using my communications skills, ideally to make positive social/cultural/environmental impact. Check out what I do and get in touch about projects that might be a match! jenniferhattam.com
NEW: Conflict and COVID-19 decimated Lebanon’s tourism industry, but 250 miles of new mountain trails are mapping one route to recovery. @natalie_a_berry reports for @newlinesmag on the rise of adventure tourism in the country. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/the-…
How İstanbul’s bakkals rely on local bonds to survive rise of chain markets Despite declining business, bakkals remain an integral part of everyday life in Turkey. 🗞️Lara Ölçer bianet.org/haber/how-ista…
"As these journalists face starvation, displacement, and constant threat of attack, the international community risks losing its last independent source of reporting from inside Gaza," @CPJMENA Regional Director Sara Qudah said to @NPR. More⤵️ npr.org/2025/07/22/nx-…
İstanbul police detain 835 during street ID checks overnight The increasing normalization of such mass ID checks causes concerns about a growing culture of surveillance. bianet.org/haber/istanbul…
The Norwegian Refugee Council told Reuters on Tuesday its aid stocks are completely depleted in Gaza, with some of its staff now starving, and accused Israel of paralysing its work. "There is nothing left." reuters.com/world/middle-e…
AFP warning its Gaza reporters are at risk of literally starving to death - having risked their lives for so long to tell the story that Israel prevents the international media from reaching.
AFP Journalists’ Association on reporters in Gaza: ‘Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can remember seeing a colleague die of hunger. We refuse to see them die’
“Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die” - grim statement from @AFP
“I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can’t work anymore’: strong testimony from remaining @AFP journalists in #Gaza
Selahattin Demirtaş @hdpdemirtas has long championed a peaceful solution to the Kurdish question and a democratic future for both Kurds and Turks. The ruling coalition claims these are the very goals behind its outreach to Öcalan. Yet despite a binding ECHR ruling, Demirtaş’s…
BREAKING: More than 30 people have been killed after Israeli troops opened fire towards crowds of Palestinians waiting for aid, according to witnesses and hospital officials news.sky.com/story/gaza-mor…
“There is a real AI jobs crisis, but that crisis is born of executives all buying what the new AI enthusetariat is selling: an entire new permission structure for enacting job automation—and a framework that presents the whole phenomenon as outside their control.”
bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-ai-jobs-…
Turning yourself into cannon fodder to own the libs
An American who moved his family to Russia to avoid LGBTQ+ “indoctrination” is being sent to the front lines despite being assured he would serve in a non-combat role. trib.al/QNP6jtf
Değerli flanör arkadaşımız @Paul_Osterlund için paylaşıyorum. İş veya ev; herhangi bir şekilde yardımı dokunabilecekler lütfen iletişime geçsin.
"you can't win them all" ok but. it would be cool to win at least one sometime soon
"My mom had heard my scream on the phone when they were taking me. She didn’t know where I was, and I could only imagine how many times she tried to reach me from oceans away," Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up for the first time about her shocking arrest by #ICE
Rümeysa'nın ağzından, kendi hikayesini ve gözaltındaki koşulları okumak isterseniz Vanity Fair'de yazısı çıktı! Niye Vanity Fair derseniz, yazının içeriği ve hitap ettiği kitle göz önüne alınarak, avukat ekibiyle birlikte karar verdiler. vanityfair.com/news/story/rum…
#Turkish prosecutors are seeking a minimum of five years in jail for political commentator Fatih Altayli, accused of threatening President Erdogan @AFP
"When I opened the shop after the earthquake, I cried every time I saw a former customer because they were still alive," Kaya says. When women who lost their parents on Feb. 6, 2023 came in as brides, she adds, "we all hugged, cried and had to [do their] make up again."
Amid the dust, construction and container camps with sporadic electricity cuts, beauty parlors can provide Hatay's women a break from the chaos and, perhaps, a chance to regain a sense of control. @nimetkirac reports with photos by @canerok92: turkeyrecap.com/p/beauty-amid-…
Just one of numerous legal cases against the already-jailed mayor
#Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, #Turkey's leading opposition figure, got a 20-month prison sentence for insulting and threatening the city's public prosecutor, according to a court document obtained by @AFP
My latest for @CBackstreets on Mezme, a fantastic tiny meyhane in Kurtuluş featuring Sasun Estukyan's superb mezes and baked delicacies, inspired by Istanbul Armenian cuisine and that of Vakıflı/Samandağ: culinarybackstreets.com/cities-categor…
“do something with your life” um i am. have you heard of a little thing called squandering