Paul Osterlund

Paul Osterlund is a freelance journalist and writer based in Istanbul, Turkey.

Articles by this author (2)

21 January 2022

Turkey’s flagship online food ordering company is failing to deliver on workers’ rights

In Turkey, tech companies are pushing back hard against any attempts to unionise, to prevent riders from being able to demand basic labour [...]Read the full article

Twenty years after the İzmit earthquake killed 17,000 people, is Istanbul prepared for another major earthquake?

29 November 2019

Development

Twenty years after the İzmit earthquake killed 17,000 people, is Istanbul prepared for another major earthquake?

Istanbul’s speedy, unchecked development predates the Justice and Development Party (AKP) by decades. But 15 years of the party’s administration [...]Read the full article

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