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At Zarrab trial, citizen journalist raises ire of Turkish media

A lone citizen journalist covering the case of Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab in New York is stirring anger among Turkish media for her candid and nontraditional reporting.
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Can one person change the dreary, despondent state of Turkish media?

Zeynep (Zeyno) Erkan, a Turkish woman living in New York, did just that with her reporting on the US court case against Iranian-Turkish gold trader Reza Zarrab.

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