ISTANBUL – Standing outside in the burning Turkish heat and ignorant of where we were going, sweat...
Author - Lina Köksal
This is an interactive map that shows you where YJI students have written stories over the years. You can zoom in or out of the world map to explore all of them in detail. [Note: If you’re seeing this on an author page, you will only see stories by a particular student.]
For cool ancient history, step into a cistern
ISTANBUL – Most people are likely not all too familiar with cisterns, but in many countries across...
YJI’s Global Conference – a distant dream that came...
ISTANBUL – In February 2022, Youth Journalism International had a crazy idea – a global conference...
Bomb rips through busy Istanbul street
ISTANBUL – An explosion on a busy, tourist-filled street Sunday killed at least six people and...
Halsey connects with crowd at her Istanbul debut
ISTANBUL – After being a fan of Halsey for years, I got lucky and was able to see her perform this...
YJI students who reported ‘No one is safe’ share...
Learning the hard truth about being a girl
As a girl you are raised to be careful. Be careful of what you wear, what you say, how you act and...
‘Do not expect kindness’
Sexual assault on public transportation is so common here that Zeynep İskenderoğlu of Istanbul...