MEDIA AND POLITICS

Turkish Anchorwoman Admits Gov’t Sway Over Picking Guests on TV

Sirin Payzin, a former anchorwoman at CNN Turk, confesses that the selection of guest contributors was recently shaped by the government. But her confession is too late, too little.

Abdullah Ayasun
5 min readDec 16, 2020
Sirin Payzin confessed that guest lists for her programs were imposed by the government.

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Abdullah Ayasun

New York-based journalist and writer. Columbia School of Journalism. 2023 White House Correspondents' Association Scholar. Twitter: @abyasun