Arzu Yildiz, Author at New Canadian Media

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Arzu Yildiz

Arzu Yildiz graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University in TV Journalism Department and has worked as a journalist, editor and senior reporter. She has written critical pieces of investigative journalism about unresolved murder cases in the Southeast against Kurdish businessmen and illegal weapons supply to Syria. She has four books published and writes for New Canadian Media.

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Why are we always pushed off the train?

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Twice silenced: refugee journalists in Canada struggle to be heard

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What it’s like to be an Uber driver in Toronto

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