International Symposium on Poverty, held in 2010 in Istanbul, 4th Regional Development and Governance Symposium, held in 2009 in Ankara, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) 2008 Conference, Third Sector Foundation of Turkey (TÜSEV) Conference and Human Rights Agenda Istanbul Conference were some of those meetings.
It was not easy to switch to another job. Yet Pelek feels lucky when she looks at the condition of her friends: “I was doing journalism with love and passion, But I am not sure whether I have warmed up to this new job as much. I entered Istanbul University’s Communication Faculty in 1996. Starting from my second year, I started to work as a correspondent for Milliyet newspaper. I worked as the correspondent at the state security court. Then I worked at other places. Then I went back to Milliyet. After the elections of June 2015, there was collective layoff at Milliyet in September 2015. They said to us that our names came from above. But we don’t know where “above” is.”