bianet

{{Short description|News agency based in Turkey}}

{{Infobox organisation

| logo = Bianet logo.png

| website = {{URL|https://www.bianet.org/}}

| type = news agency

| language = Turkish, English, Kurdish{{Citation |last=Ataman |first=Duygu |title=Bianet: A Parallel News Corpus in Turkish, Kurdish and English |date=2018-05-14 |arxiv=1805.05095}}

| founded = 2000

| status = Active

}}

Bianet (acronym for {{langx|tr|Bağımsız İletişim Ağı|lit=Independent Communication Network}}) is an Independent{{Cite news |date=2015-02-24 |title=Turkish outcry at murder of young woman has been a long time coming |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/feb/24/turkish-outcry-at-of-young-woman-has-been-a-long-time-coming |access-date=2024-08-20 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} news agency based in Beyoğlu, Istanbul.{{Cite web|title=About us|url=https://m.bianet.org/english/sayfa/about-us|access-date=1 September 2020|website=Bianet|archive-date=1 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601042828/https://m.bianet.org/english/sayfa/about-us|url-status=dead}} Focused on human rights in Turkey it is mainly funded by a Swedish organization.{{Cite news|date=2019-08-08|title=Turkish court lifts block on foreign-backed monitoring group website|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-internet-idUSKCN1UY191|access-date=2020-09-01|archive-date=2023-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513215847/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-internet-idUSKCN1UY191|url-status=live}} Bianet was established in January 2000 by journalists around {{Interlanguage link multi|Nadire Mater|tr}}, former representative of Reporters Without Borders, and left-wing activist Ertuğrul Kürkçü{{Cite web|title=Bianet: Independent, Alternative Journalism|url=https://bianet.org/english/politics/33952-bianet-independent-alternative-journalism|access-date=1 September 2020|website=Bianet|archive-date=6 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006052351/http://bianet.org/english/politics/33952-bianet-independent-alternative-journalism|url-status=live}} and is tied with Inter Press Service. It is mostly funded by the European Commission through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR). Erol Önderoğlu served as the monitoring editor for Bianet for several years. His work for Bianet included quarterly reports on free speech in Turkey.{{cite web |url=https://rsf.org/en/news/erol-onderoglu-turkeys-tireless-free-speech-advocate |title=Erol Önderoglu, Turkey's tireless free speech advocate |date=21 June 2016 |publisher=Reporters Without Borders |access-date=26 April 2017 |archive-date=27 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427100842/https://rsf.org/en/news/erol-onderoglu-turkeys-tireless-free-speech-advocate |url-status=live }} A 2022 study said that it partly followed the principles of citizen journalism.{{Cite journal |last1=Olkun |first1=Emre Osman |last2=Nurlanova |first2=Altynai |date=2022-09-30 |title=Kirgizi̇stan ve Türki̇ye Alternati̇f Medyasinda Yurttaş Gazeteci̇li̇ği̇ Karşilaştirmasi: Azattyk ve Bi̇anet Örneği̇ |trans-title=Comparison of Citizen Journalism in Alternative Media in Kyrgyzstan and Turkey: Case study of Azattyk and Bianet |url=https://www.turkiyemedyaakademisi.com/index.php/tumader/article/view/68 |journal=Türkiye Medya Akademisi Dergisi |language=tr |volume=2 |issue=4 |issn=2791-6014}} It is active on social media.{{Cite book |last=Gürsoy |first=Dilek |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=94_UDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Bianet%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT54 |title=Transmediality in Independent Journalism: The Turkish Case |date=2020-03-05 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-06085-0 |language=en}}

In collaboration with EIDHR and KAOS GL, an association that focuses on LGBT rights in Turkey, Bianet organized workshops between 2016 and 2018 in various cities concerning gender specific language in the mass media in Turkey.{{Cite web|title=Gender-Based Journalism Handbook and Online Library Project|url=https://www.avrupa.info.tr/en/gender-based-journalism-handbook-and-online-library-project-8866|access-date=2020-09-01|website=EU Delegation to Turkey|language=en|archive-date=2023-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227093122/https://www.avrupa.info.tr/en/gender-based-journalism-handbook-and-online-library-project-8866|url-status=dead}}