Rising Islamist movement challenge secularism in Turkey
Reporter/Camera/Edit: Gizem Yarbil
Producer: Bryan Myers
This feature story aired on the international news program Worldfocus on PBS.
Almost all of 77 million people in Turkey are Muslim, but signs of Islamic faith are noticeably divorced from everyday life. But a growing number of Turks are joining conservative movements that believe religion should play a greater role in the country’s ethical and moral values. Secular critics brand these religious groups as fundamentalist.
Correspondent Gizem Yarbil and producer Bryan Myers report on how traditional religion and modern democracy are trying to coexist in Turkey today.
Female soccer players shoot down Turkish taboos
Reporter/Camera/Edit: Gizem Yarbil
Producer: Bryan Myers
In much of Turkey, playing soccer is something girls simply don’t do. But some women players are challenging the norms and taking to the field.
As Worldfocus correspondent Gizem Yarbil and producer Bryan Myers discovered, part of the resistance to women playing soccer is religious and part of it is cultural.
A La Cart – Street Vendors of New York City
Airing on: AlHurra TV
Reporters/Producers/Writers/Camera/Edit:
Gizem Yarbil, Tais Moraes, Rob Thompson
Project Adviser: Philip Scheffler
Street Vendors have become a New York City fixture. There are more than 10,000 in the city and more than 80% of them are immigrants. They work long hours under harsh conditions, counting on good weather to sell their goods and services.
Since 1994, vendors have been the subjects of New York City’s “quality of life” crackdown.
Here is the story of a day in the life of street vendors in New York City.
This 30-minute documentary has been produced as the final Master’s Project thesis for the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University.
A 22-minute version of this documentary is airing currently in the Middle East and North Africa on Al Hurra, an Arabic language satellite television network.
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Neo-Nazis rally on Capitol
Reporter/Producer/Writer/Camera/Edit: Gizem Yarbil
Co-Producer: Matthew Kennard
Still Title Photo: Zachary Goelman
Members of a neo-Nazi group calling themselves America’s Nazi Party rallied in Washington this Saturday against illegal immigration. As they rallied near the Capitol, others gathered to protest the presence of the neo-Nazis, keeping police busy throughout the afternoon.
Former Newsday columnist sues the NYPD over press-passes
Producer: Gizem Yarbil, Reporter: Robb Thompson
Published: The Columbia Journalist, Global Press Watch
With journalism moving toward the web, a discussion is brewing over who exactly is a journalist. Here is the story of one man who’s taking the NYPD to court over the issue.
Heroes of Gotham City
Reporter: Gizem Yarbil
Producer: Yaldaz Sadakova
Written by: Gizem Yarbil and Yaldaz Sadakova
Special Thanks to: Begin North Productions
For web only
You never know who you’ll run into on the streets of New York…
