Can saying fool land you in jail?
The mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamo臒lu has been sentenced to jail and banned from politics for 鈥榠nsulting鈥� election officials. Is there more to it than the word 鈥榝ool鈥�?
Last week Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamo臒lu was sentenced to two years seven months in jail and banned from taking part in politics. It鈥檚 not clear if his sentence will be ratified by two higher courts, but his crime was to call Turkey鈥檚 election officials 鈥榝ools鈥� after the rerun 2019 mayoral elections, though many believe it has more to do with next year's presidential elections. 麻豆社 Monitoring journalist Dilay Yalcin in Istanbul unpicks the story.
Meeting Thailand's leading transgender business mogul
Thai transgender businesswoman and transgender advocate Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip has made history as the first trans woman owner of the Miss Universe Organisation. 麻豆社 Thai鈥檚 Tossapol Chaisamritpol has interviewed her about her ambitions for the pageant, and her own life experiences.
Reporting and running
麻豆社 Arabic reporter Murad Shishani is often on the road, covering stories from conflict in Gaza to presidential campaigns in Iowa. But wherever he is, he keeps his spirits and energy levels up by running. Murad shares some of those runs with us.
Brazil and K-culture
If you鈥檙e a fan of K-pop or K-dramas you鈥檙e not alone. Award-winning films like Parasite, bands like BTS, and Korean dramas like Squid Game are global successes, part of what鈥檚 been called Hallyu, or Korean Wave. It's a big wave in Brazil, and 麻豆社 Brasil鈥檚 Shin Suzuki decided to take a closer look at the appeal of K-culture. We paired him with 麻豆社 Korean鈥檚 Julie Yoonnyung Lee to fill in the South Korean side of the equation.
麻豆社 100: Triumph against the odds
Yetunde Olugbenga of 麻豆社 Yoruba starts a new series of stories shared by journalists from our language services who鈥檝e faced big challenges in their lives and careers. They have told their stories in schools in order to encourage and inspire the next generation, as a way of marking the 麻豆社 centenary. Yetunde tells us how she overcame sexual harassment from a college lecturer.
(Photo: People gather at Sara莽hane in support of Ekrem 陌mamo臒lu who has been sentenced to prison. Credit :Hakan Akgun /dia image via Getty Images)
