Turkey is often the first stop for many journalists who no longer work in their home countries because of authoritarian governments or war. Media organizations and foreign journalists have built a base in Istanbul to work from exile. Hear from journalists in person and the challenges they face reporting about their homelands.
The Festival is organized by the team of the cultural initiative diyalog (the Mahalla Festival) in cooperation with the Kite-Runner program supported the International Media Support - IMS - and the Cultural Ministry of Austria.
“AY KASH / ای کاش / IF ONLY / Keşke” - A Theatre event of the ‘Under the Starry Afghan Sky’ collective in association with Cosmino Productions at the Tatavla Stage as part of the Mahalla Festival in Istanbul.