Sibel Utku Bila

Sibel Utku Bila
	Sibel Utku Bila is a freelance journalist based in Ankara, who has covered Turkey for 15 years. She was a correspondent for Agence France-Presse (AFP) from 1999 to 2011, and articles she wrote during that period have been published in many newspapers around the world. She has worked also as an editor at the Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey’s oldest English-language newspaper.

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Kurdish Language Is Key Demand In Peace Talks
	Sunday, Apr 14, 2013
	The Kurdish language is considered central to Kurdish demands in the Turkish-Kurdish peace talks, writes Sibel Utku Bila.

Islamist Kurdish Group Seeks Role In Southeast Turkey
	Sunday, Apr 7, 2013
	A new Kurdish party, the offshoot of a group that fought a bloody feud with the PKK in the 1990s, is emerging in southeast Turkey, raising questions on how the legacy of the Kurdish fratricide will be overcome.

Turkey’s Islamized Armenians Grapple With Tragic Roots
	Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013
	The descendants of Islamized Armenians who survived the Ottoman massacres during World War I have begun to “come out” in Turkey, braving century-old prejudices and fears to embrace their Armenian roots, reports Sibel Utku Bila from Diyarbakir.

Turkey’s Kurds Rally for Peace, But Mistrust Lingers
	Thursday, Mar 21, 2013
	A crowd of 600,000 turned out to celebrate Newroz and hear a message from Abdullah Ocalan, imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), in support of Turkish-Kurdish peace talks, Sibel Utku Bila reports from Diyarbakir.

Parents Get on Board With Turkey's LGBT Movement
	Friday, Mar 1, 2013
	A new documentary reveals that parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals in Turkey are speaking out for the first time in support of their children, marking a new milestone for the movement in the country, writes Sibel Utku Bila.

Erdogan Visit Highlights Poor Health Care in Turkish Prisons
	Monday, Feb 18, 2013
	Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to a hospital to see an army officer implicated in a coup attempt has drawn attention to the poor health care in Turkish prisons, writes Sibel Utku Bila.

Declining Turkish Birth Rates Alarm Erdogan
	Monday, Feb 4, 2013
	The Turkish government is putting forward new family-planning initiatives in the context of a declining birth rate and Prime Minister Recep Tayyep Erdogan's opposition to abortion, writes Sibel Utku Bila.

Suicides Add to Turkish Army’s Troubles
	Monday, Jan 28, 2013
	Sibel Utku Bila writes that the rise of suicides in the Turkish army is a sign of deeper problems.

Kurdish Women in Turkey Struggle for Rights
	Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013
	Kurdish women struggle for their rights as both Kurds and women in Turkey, writes Sibel Utku Bila.

In Erdogan’s Turkey, Censorship Finds Fertile Ground
	Sunday, Jan 13, 2013
	Censorship in Turkey is on the rise, raising questions about the state of Turkish democracy, writes Sibel Utku Bila.