Book contents
- Fixing Stories
- Reviews
- The Global Middle East
- Fixing Stories
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures & Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A Tale of Two Fixers
- Part I Beginnings
- Part II Fitting In
- Part III Moral Worlds of Ambivalence and Bias
- Part IV Translations
- Communication as Information
- Zeynep
- Solmaz
- Orhan
- Solmaz
- Noah
- Michael and Noah (Day 1)
- Michael and Noah (Day 2)
- Michael and Noah (Day 3)
- The Chains of Narrative
- Part V From Local to Global
- Appendix: Sociological Fiction
- Bibliography
- Index
Orhan
from Part IV - Translations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 March 2022
- Fixing Stories
- Reviews
- The Global Middle East
- Fixing Stories
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures & Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A Tale of Two Fixers
- Part I Beginnings
- Part II Fitting In
- Part III Moral Worlds of Ambivalence and Bias
- Part IV Translations
- Communication as Information
- Zeynep
- Solmaz
- Orhan
- Solmaz
- Noah
- Michael and Noah (Day 1)
- Michael and Noah (Day 2)
- Michael and Noah (Day 3)
- The Chains of Narrative
- Part V From Local to Global
- Appendix: Sociological Fiction
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
I hired Orhan to help me for the same story about the crackdown on the Turkish press. The newsworthy peg on which I thought I could hang the story was the recent seizure of Zaman. When I discussed my idea with Orhan at his usual café, he did not suggest any pro-Gülen media sources. He instead encouraged me to contextualize recent events with the Gülen Movement’s history of collusion with the government in targeting critical journalists.
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- Fixing StoriesLocal Newsmaking and International Media in Turkey and Syria, pp. 206 - 216Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022