Pelin Ünker
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Pelin Ünker ([pɛˈlin ynˈkɛr]) is a Turkish journalist and a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. In the late 2010s she investigated the Turkish dimension of the Paradise Papers affair.[1]
She has worked for the Cumhuriyet newspaper since late 2000s and reported on the Panama Papers in 2016,[2] but she left her job in Cumhuriyet in the aftermath of her reporting on Paradise Papers affairs in Turkey, which also led to a defamation suit against her, criticized by several international organizations as an attack on freedom of speech and press.[2][3][4] By the end of 2016, almost half of the paper's reporters, columnists and executives had been jailed by the Erdoğan government.[5] Cumhuriyet has since shifted its stance to align more closely with the government, with a number of its journalists sued or resigning, and its former chief editor, Can Dündar, fleeing the country.[2][3][6] Since 2018 she works as a freelancer mostly associated with Turkish-language version of the Deutsche Welle.[6][3]