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Nazlan Ertan
author@duvarenglish.comWho is Nazlan Ertan?
Nazlan Ertan is a journalist, editor and communicator who has worked in Ankara, Brussels, Paris, Geneva and London. She has worked for the EU Delegation to Turkey and Turkey’s Ministry of European Affairs; and her byline has appeared in Hürriyet, Hürriyet Daily News, CNN-Turk, BBC Turkish Service, Al-Monitor and the European Voice. Between May 2017- May 2020, she worked as the founding editor of Al-Monitor’s Culture Section. Currently based in Izmir, Nazlan focuses on socio-cultural issues and all that is hilarious, outrageous and unexpected in Turkish life.
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January 15, 2021
Taking Sex out of the City
January 08, 2021
Humour versus handcuffs at Boğaziçi University
December 19, 2020
Spare me the moralistic backlash on #metoo
December 11, 2020
From Batman to Istanbul, women break the silence on sexual abuse
December 06, 2020
Politicians should take a stance against fake news, not fiction
November 28, 2020
Cyberbullies go berserk under COVID-19 lockdowns
November 12, 2020
Sons-in-law and politics, a Turkish tradition
November 06, 2020
How heroes, humor and Hermes keep you going
October 31, 2020
Charlie Hebdo did not spark the fire
October 16, 2020
Why do the Turks love concrete so much?
October 03, 2020
Berlin-based artist calls for resilience in corona times
September 22, 2020
Turkish women put heels on wheels despite COVID-19
September 18, 2020
Undiplomatically yours: The art of insults
September 07, 2020
The sweet taste of survival
September 04, 2020
'Enemies of the State 101' for foreigners in Turkey
August 29, 2020
How the Turks are locked in a bad romance
August 20, 2020
Dear AKP, stop mansplaining and do your job
August 14, 2020
Back to school? Not so quickly!
August 07, 2020
Syrian refugees, gullible celebrities and violence on the beach
July 21, 2020
The end of the Virgin
July 17, 2020
Turkey’s plastic problem: Do we need to import it?
July 10, 2020
Crowning the gender polemic in the aftermath of COVID-19