Ertuğrul Mavioğlu is a Turkish journalist.[1] He worked at a number of newspapers and television networks for 30 years. From 1980 to 1991, he spent eight years imprisoned for political reasons.[2] He received two awards from the Progressive Journalists Association.[3] He is also a documentary filmmaker and co-created the film Bakur (Turkish for "North") in 2015 together with Çayan Demirel.[4] The film was used as evidence to prosecute him under the Anti-Terror Law of Turkey.[3][5] He has stated that “Any propaganda one can find in this film would be propaganda for peace.”[4]

Ertuğrul Mavioğlu
Known forDocumentary filming and journalism

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  1. ^ Özyürek, Esra; Özpınar, Gaye; Altındiş, Emrah (10 May 2018). Authoritarianism and Resistance in Turkey: Conversations on Democratic and Social Challenges. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-76705-5.
  2. ^ "Ertugrul Mavioglu – Festival 2019" (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b PEN International. "Case List: 2019" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Çayan Demirel and Ertuğrul Mavioğlu — ARC". artistsatriskconnection.org. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Çayan Demirel ve Ertuğrul Mavioğlu hakkında ceza talebi". Gazete Karınca (in Turkish). 21 February 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2020.