Gürkan Özturan works as the Media Freedom Monitoring Officer of Media Freedom Rapid Response, at the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom in Germany's Leipzig. Özturan was trained in the field of European Studies as a researcher on radicalisation and polarisation during his masters degrees at Centre International de Formation Europeenne and Istanbul Bilgi University. Özturan previously worked as a journalist and executive manager at dokuz8NEWS and frequently appeared on international media as commentator on Turkey and digital rights and liberties. He has served as board member for various anti-racism and rights-focused civil society organisations and social movements in Turkey, currently he is a board member for Turkey-European Foundation, Media Research Association and Red Ribbon Istanbul.
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