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Murat Suner
Co-founder, Managing Director, Editorial Board Member, Author

Murat is a multi-award-winning Istanbul-origin German social entrepreneur, publisher, editor and writer based in London. Since 1989 he has been involved in various publishing and social impact enterprises in Berlin, Istanbul and London. As the co-founder, Managing Director and editorial board member of FairPlanet, he developed its concept and executed its launch in 2014.

 
 
 
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Editors' Pick
December 04, 2014
Egyptian court freed Mubarak, and sentenced 188 protesters to die
editor:Murat Suner
With the exception of Tunisia, we witnessed how the assumption, that the Arab Spring could have been the beginning of a sustainable democratization [...]
Editors' Pick
December 02, 2014
Can you say Tuğçe?
editor:Murat Suner
A few days ago Germany's police have confirmed the sad news: Tuğçe Albayrak, who was punched when she came to the aid of two girls threatened at a McDonalds in Offenbach, has died [...]
Editors' Pick
November 27, 2014
The looming meaninglessness of the Sakharov Prize
editor:Murat Suner
The European Parliament has awarded its highest human rights accolade, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, to Dr. Denis Mukwege. Mukwege has [...]
Editors' Pick
November 25, 2014
What to do after Ferguson's Grand Jury Decision?
topic:Racism
editor:Murat Suner
Reflecting Ferguson's Grand Jury Decision The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) points out that police departments act like occupying forces, [...]
Editors' Pick
November 20, 2014
There's always room for refugees
editor:Murat Suner
One can consider José Mujica a radical person in many ways. He turned from a guerrilla to a peace driven statesman, preferred a modest farm to the presidential palace, donates 90% of his salary equivalent to 12,000 U.S. [...]
Editors' Pick
November 18, 2014
2,483,539 children homeless in the USA
editor:Murat Suner
In the light of the results of a nationwide social study on child homelessness the USA appear like a Third World country. Last year, approximately [...]
Dossier
Dossier
Malaria
topic:Health and Sanitation
by:Murat Suner
Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite. The 2021 World Health Organization Malaria Report estimates that 627,000 people died of [...]
Editors' Pick
November 14, 2014
Shell's false claims on Nigeria oil spills
editor:Murat Suner
Court documents revealed by Amnesty International today expose the fact that Shell has repeatedly made false claims about the size and impact of two [...]
Editors' Pick
November 11, 2014
U.S. elections: A bunch of climate deniers
editor:Murat Suner
The majority of scientific studies depict the human influence on climate change clearly. According to United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate [...]
Editors' Pick
November 06, 2014
After Gezi: The political struggle in Turkey
editor:Murat Suner
"In the year after the Gezi uprising, protests continued against the government’s urban redevelopment plans, against police repression, in response [...]
Editors' Pick
November 04, 2014
The dead are gone to nowness
editor:Murat Suner
Earlier, on September 30th we reported on "Fatal Journeys: Tracking Lives Lost During Migration" - a comprehensive research compiled by the [...]
Editors' Pick
October 30, 2014
Climate change: Risk of conflict and civil unrest in 32 countries
editor:Murat Suner
According to Maplecroft, a global risk analytics company, a "worrying combination of climate change vulnerability and food insecurity is amplifying [...]
Editors' Pick
October 28, 2014
Berlin Conference on Syrian Refugee Crisis
editor:Murat Suner
The Syrian refugee situation is unprecedented in scale and is the largest operation the UNHCR has dealt with in its 64-year history. Over 191,000 people have perished; the violent conflict has displaced more [...]
Editors' Pick
October 23, 2014
Sex slave auction staged by British Kurds!
editor:Murat Suner
A young Yazidi woman forced into slavery by the Islamic State begged the West to bomb the brothel where she was being held after militants raped her 30 times in just a few hours, it is claimed. The [...]
Editors' Pick
October 21, 2014
The greatest danger in the world according to...
editor:Murat Suner
The Pew Research Center conducted a survey in 44 countries asking which among five dangers was considered to be the “greatest threat to the world.” It's probably no surprise that many in the [...]
Editors' Pick
October 16, 2014
Civilians still trapped in Kobane
editor:Murat Suner
According to the Middle East Eye, a Kurdish official in Kobane told AFP that US-led airstrikes had successfully pushed back Islamic State insurgents from parts of the town and had allowed Kurdish fighters to regroup [...]
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