
Journalism plays a central role in informing the public, ensuring the effectiveness of accountability mechanisms, and safeguarding democratic values. Journalists who lose their lives in the course of their profession represent not only individual tragedies but also indicators of structural threats to freedom of expression. In this context, the Day of Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty is a symbolic observance established to honor the memory of press workers who died for journalism and to ope
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Onur Çolak

Democracy and National Unity Day is an official commemoration day declared in Türkiye following the failed military coup attempt on July 15, 2016, which targeted the constitutional order and democratic structure. This coup attempt, in which the public participated directly for the first time in the history of the Republic of Türkiye, was thwarted through the coordinated resistance of state institutions and citizens. Following this process, July 15 has been commemorated each year as “Democracy an
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Sümeyye Akkanat Terzioğlu