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Piero Castellano

I am an independent journalist and photojournalist.
I specialize in heritage, street photography, new media activism, civil rights and struggle for them. I look for human stories on wider political, social, or economic backgrounds.
I work as a freelance photographer since 2002. After I settled in Turkey in 2011 I began cooperating with Italian daily “La Repubblica” and international media and agencies. I have covered the 2013-2014 mass protests in Turkey. 
I work on cultural heritage, local traditions (typical food, ethnic gastronomy, craftsmanship) and sea related topics (boat building and restoration, yacht racing, seafaring traditions).
I pay special attention to social and economic issues in depressed areas, including those regarding displaced people, urban refugees, neglected suburbs and craftsmen in disappearing professions, always with an eye on local history.
I am quite active on Twitter.
I write in Italian and English, have photo and video capability.

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Parliament lacks a role under Turkey’s new presidential rule

Turkey's Missed Opportunity in Renewable Energy and the Cost of Fossil Fuel Dependence

Mystery of Italian kidnapped in Turkey

Tight security and mourning mark the aftermath of deadly attack

Turks in Europe caught in electoral whirlwind

Brunson case: What will Erdoğan do?

Grass-roots environmental protests spring up across Turkey

Turkish firms shut Italian chocolate factories, leaving bitter taste

Business as usual: European companies increase trade with Turkey despite human rights concerns

'Öcalan factor' in the Italian debate

Book review: Lisa Morrow’s “Istanbul 50 unsung places”

I have to confess.

The dog who wanted to fly

Sevan Nişanyan: a living test case for democracy

Interview to a former Türk Hava Kurumu Canadair CL-215 pilot

The history of two families of winemakers farming an ancient vineyard by a mythological crater lake.

Why tensions between Turkey and Greece in the Aegean Sea are soaring

An Eid memory from Turkey

A Naples pizzeria story

Story of a Pizzeria in Naples

Wines of the volcano

Guns and toys

The other 1789 revolution

Whispers are as powerful as screams in the blue room

One Hundred Years of 'Victory'

Report from Ankara at the onset of coup attempt (In Italian)

Anniversary of Gezi protests in Ankara

Italian restorers for Ephesus' frescoes

Traveling with the Yoruk, the last nomadic shepherds of Anatolia

Civil society organizations train independent observers to assure regularity of Turkey's elections. (In Italian)

Woman Holds Soviet Flag in Front of Presidential Palace During Liberation Day Commemoration in Prague

Sailing like the ancient Greeks: the voyage of "Kybele," replica of a 2600 years old ship.

First woman to become an animator in Turkey’s shadow theater

Turkish Romani celebrates Kakava and Hidirellez

Daredevils on the Silk Road: BASE jumping on the Dark Canyon

Difficult times for the excellent Turkish wines

Oil wrestling tournament in Turkey's Edirne

The reconstruction of an ancient fishing boat

Double suicide bombing of a pacifist demonstration cause carnage in Ankara. (In Italian)

Afghan refugees in hunger strike sew their lips to protest UNHCR. (In Italian)

Izmir Catholics miss the Pope's visit

Turkey, the Amazons of Jirit

Sword fish hunters in the Straits of Messina

An analysis of how the so called "Gezi Protests" developed and eventually faded with a photo essay on the mass street demonstrations in Turkey's capital.

Italian photojournalist reports that a lone Turkish gunman shot Andrei Karlov dead in front of stunned media gathered for an exhibition. (In Italian)

Camel wrestling is a Turkish tradition that dates back almost 2,500 years. In a lot of ways it's like a goofier and less deadly version of cockfighting. I visited a fight recently and was able to sneak into the arena to get these shots

An interview to beloved and outspoken Turkish-Armenian rockstar Hayko Cepkin, on the anniversary of 1915 mass killings.

Questions and unresolved doubts still grip Turkey in the anniversary of the attempted coup, while purges continue.

A first hand tale of the night of the attempted coup in Turkey's capital. (In Italian)

Santa Claus hit international headlines early this Christmas when Turkish officials announced they had found his bones, leading to a tug of war with the town of Bari in Italy which says it has the remains of St. Nicholas.

Kybele’s Voyage

Beyond Gezi: remembering Ankara’s silent protests in photos

Battle of the Beasts: Camel Wrastlin’ in Turkey

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