Ceren Sözeri Özdal, is a Turkish academician. She has been working as an associate professor in the Department of Communications of Galatasaray University since 2004. Her fields of work are ownership of the media, media policies, and discrimination in media, hate speech, freedom of speech and the press in Turkey.[1] She has been Ethical Journalism Network's Turkey representative since 2015.[2] She also wrotes as a columnist for Evrensel.

Ceren Sözeri Özdal
Ceren Sözeri, on the left.
Academic work
InstitutionsGalatasaray University

She was sued for an article she wrote in which she criticised Sabah-ATV group and Anadolu Agency for publishing "fake news" during 2019 Istanbul Mayoral Elections. EVP of Turkuvaz Media Group, Serhat Albayrak, requested 200,000 to be paid for "damaging their commercial standing".[3][4][5]

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  1. ^ "Ceren Sözeri'nin Beyanı". binaet.org. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Ceren Sözeri". Ethical Journalism Network. Archived from the original on 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  3. ^ "Yazarımız Ceren Sözeri ve Evrensel'e açılan dava yarın görülecek". Evrensel.net (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  4. ^ "Ceren Sözeri ve Evrensel'e açılan dava Şubat'a kaldı". bianet.org. 3 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Journalist facing jail, minority outlets banned – Turkey press freedom roundup". Ahval. Retrieved 2021-08-03.