Gonca Tokyol

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Gonca Tokyol spent most of her journalistic career as a senior editor and reporter at T24, one of the most prominent independent online media outlets in Turkey. She covered a wide range of issues - from terrorist attacks, to protests, elections in Turkey and abroad, a refugee crisis, etc. Tokyol currently works as a freelance journalist and she regularly contributes to Inside Turkey.

Antakya’s teenage athletes struggle to carry on in the aftermath of earthquakes

Eda Kaboğlu, a 15 year-old from Turkey’s southern Hatay province, didn’t lose…

Behind the wheels in a macho city

Turkey’s southern Adana province is famous for delicious kebabs, hot summer weather,…

Grown-to-Order Veggies

When Fatih Gulec, a 54-year-old retired government agricultural engineer, realized he would…

Despite the risks, hammam users mourn their closure

As the lather ran down my skin, I could see two young…

Karabakh: Will Turkey’s Fierce Support of Azerbaijan Pay Off?

With Turkey positioning itself as Azerbaijan’s chief ally in the fighting over…

The return of the Turkish summer house

A child, a neighbour’s daughter, screams loudly. I think she wants her…

Is Istanbul’s culture capital under threat?

On Friday evening, the normally packed streets of Istanbul’s Beyoglu district feel…

Emergency room workers on the frontline

Başak Bayram, head of the pandemic clinic at 9 Eylül University in…

Happiness in the time of Coronavirus

For A, a 28 year-old living in Istanbul, the coronavirus outbreak has…