A resurgent Turkey is shifting from a linchpin of the Western system to an independent-minded actor dominating the world's key geopolitical intersection, between Europe, the Middle East and Caucasus.
Pulitzer Journalist Iason Athanasiadis Speaks at SIU-Carbondale, 10/12
Published October 12, 2009
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October 12, 2009 - 10:00am
Iason Athanasiadis will be speaking at Southern Illinois University - Carbondale on October 12 at 10 a.m. in Quigley 208. Iason has reported for the Pulitzer Center from Greece, Turkey and Iran. While covering Iran's disputed elections and their aftermath in June 2009, Iason was detained and jailed in Iran for 21 days.
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Iason Athanasiadis was the only foreign journalist to be detained during Iran's post-election unrest. Here he writes about the weeks he spent inside and outside Evin Prison before and after the...
In an article on how he brings foreign news reporting to new audiences, photojournalist Iason Athanasiadis pays tribute to the Pulitzer Center for funding his past reporting projects in Iran, Turke
