Nazgul Kenzhetay (''Cyrillic'': Назгуль Кенжетай), is a Kazakh journalist, editor, and Kazakhstan's first
war correspondent
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War correspondence stands as one of journalism's most important and impactful forms. War correspondents operate in the most conflict-ridden parts of the wor ...
, active in
Turkey
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.
She worked as a journalist on the
Turkish–Syrian border in cooperation with the United Nations and
UNICEF
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. She became one of the new names of
Kazakhstan
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in the program called
100 New Names of Kazakhstan held on October 16, 2018. She is actively producing
Turkish
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content at GZT owned by the
Albayrak Group which has close relations with the
AKP government.
Life
She was born in Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan. She studied at Akdeniz University and Istanbul Commerce University through
Türkiye Scholarships
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.
Role in Syria
She worked as a war correspondent for the United Nations and UNICEF in Syria, and did anti-regime reporting in
Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...
. We can summarize her view on Russia and Syria in her words:
Her view on Syrian refugees is also in the direction of the integration of refugees. We can summarize this with her own words from her interview dated March 20, 2019:
Arrest by the Russian police and the Bir Tugan documentary
On December 16, 2021, she was illegally arrested by the Russian police while shooting a documentary in Turkish about the
Turkic peoples
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in Russia. It was widely covered in the Turkish press.
Their volunteer lawyer said that the
European Convention on Human Rights
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and the
Russian Constitution
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were violated. The videos they took were unlawfully deleted and they were not given a lawyer.
The Abakan City Court ordered their deportation 10 days later.
stepped in and demanded the release of Nazgul and cameraman Emin. The Kazakhstan ambassador and his deputy came to Khakassia for Nazgul and Emin and said that, according to Nazgul, they could send a diplomatic note to Russia if needed.
Nazgul and Emin were released by the court on 24 December 2021.
After Nazgul was released she said the following words:
The first episode of the documentary, prepared by Nazgul and Emin, was broadcast on Tvnet on May 4 under the name Bir Tugan. Bir Tugan (''Kazakh:'' Бір Туған, ''Turkish (literally):'' Bir Doğan, ''Russian:'' Родной ''(о единоутробном брате, сестре)''
), literally means "people born the same" in Kazakh.
References
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1995 births
Living people
Kazakhstani women journalists