Pinar Tremblay on why she writes

Al-Monitor contributor Pinar Tremblay shares her thoughts on journalism.
A street vendor sells traditional Turkish bagels, simit, outside the historical Grand Bazaar, known as the Covered Bazaar, in Istanbul January 3, 2014. When a senior Turkish businessman publicly criticised the central bank this week for failing to stabilise the tumbling lira currency, he was taking aim at a pillar of support for the government: its reputation for strong economic management. Monetary policy "is causing losses to companies which made transactions trusting in the central bank", complained Mehm
A street vendor sells traditional Turkish simit outside the historical Grand Bazaar, known as the Covered Bazaar, in Istanbul, Jan. 3, 2014. - REUTERS/Murad Sezer
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Pinar Tremblay has been writing for Al-Monitor since May 2013. She is a visiting scholar of political science at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and a columnist for Turkish news outlet T24. Her articles have appeared in Time, New America, Hurriyet Daily News, Todays Zaman, Star and Salom. 

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