Hilal Koylu

Hilal Koylu started her career as a journalist for ANKA News Agency in 1995 and served for 14 years as Ankara correspondent for Radikal. Between 2011 and 2013, she worked as a diplomacy correspondent and chief editor for HaberTurk Television's Ankara office. Koylu has been working as a freelance journalist since the beginning of 2014, and currently writes for Voice Of America and Deutsche Welle.

Turkey Pulse | May 16, 2017

Ankara hunger strikers reach 70 days without food

A researcher and an elementary school teacher have quietly been on hunger strike for 70 days now to protest the post-coup purges that led to their dismissals.

Riot police detain a demonstrator during a protest against the dismissal of academics from universities following a post-coup emergency decree, outside the Cebeci campus of Ankara University in Ankara, Turkey, February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX30FAC

Syria Pulse | May 8, 2017

Can Ankara ever balance its policy in Syria?

Turkey, Iran and Russia sign an agreement to establish safe zones in Syria, but the United States voices its concerns.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech at the ruling AK Party's headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, May 2, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RTS14S9L

Turkey Pulse | May 1, 2017

Turkish bans on Wikipedia and public drinking rouse anger

The Turkish public has reacted with anger to both the Antalya police department's ban on the public consumption of alcohol and a Turkish court's ban on Wikipedia.