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Solidarity with Evrensel vital for survival of a free press in Turkey
Exiled Evrensel journalist Sarya Tunc with the Morning Star's Steve Sweeney following a meeting with rail union Alsef

FATIH POLAT gives me a warm welcome at Evrensel’s main offices in Istanbul.

I have met the newspaper’s editor-in-chief a number of times over the years and we have built a good relationship.

Broadly similar to the Morning Star in terms of its coverage of the workers’ movement, the current political situation means Evrensel plays an increasingly important role in Turkey.

Evrensel editor Fatih Polat in the paper's Istanbul office
Exiled journalist Sarya Tunc addresses an Aslef meeting
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