Bianet (acronym for Turkish: Bağımsız İletişim Ağı, lit.

[3] Focused on human rights in Turkey it is mainly funded by a Swedish organization.

[4] Bianet was established in January 2000 by journalists around Nadire Mater [tr], former representative of Reporters Without Borders, and left-wing activist Ertuğrul Kürkçü[5] and is tied with Inter Press Service.

His work for Bianet included quarterly reports on free speech in Turkey.

[8] In collaboration with EIDHR and KAOS GL, an association that focuses on LGBT rights in Turkey, Bianet organized workshops between 2016 and 2018 in various cities concerning gender specific language in the mass media in Turkey.