Ertuğrul Mavioğlu

Ertuğrul Mavioğlu is a Turkish journalist.[1] He worked at a number of newspapers and television networks for 30 years. From 1980-1991, he spent eight years imprisoned for political reasons.[2] He received two awards from the Progressive Journalists Association.[3] He is also a documentary filmmaker and co-created the film Bakur (Turkish for "North") in 2015.[4] The film was used to prosecute him under the Anti-Terror Law of Turkey.[3][5] He has stated that “Any propaganda one can find in this film would be propaganda for peace.”[4]

References
  1. Özyürek, Esra; Özpınar, Gaye; Altındiş, Emrah (2018-05-10). Authoritarianism and Resistance in Turkey: Conversations on Democratic and Social Challenges. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-76705-5.
  2. "Ertugrul Mavioglu – Festival 2019" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  3. PEN International. "Case List: 2019" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 September 2020.
  4. "Çayan Demirel and Ertuğrul Mavioğlu — ARC". artistsatriskconnection.org. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  5. "Çayan Demirel ve Ertuğrul Mavioğlu hakkında ceza talebi". Gazete Karınca (in Turkish). 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2020-11-27.


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