Who are we?

Botan Times is a website of the company Botan International Media LTD. STI. It was founded by Murat Bayram in 2020.

Botan International is a permanent partner of Reporters Without Borders (RSF). It operates according to international standards and is not affiliated with any political party or organization.

In 2026, the GGC (Southeast Journalists Association) awarded the "Press Freedom Award" to Botan International.

PhD. Kubra Sagir and Laleş Ongun worked as fundrisers.

PhD. Ekrem Yildiz, PhD. Engîn Olmez, Kurdish linguist Vahdet Uçar, journalist Berîl Caymaz, and journalist Gulistan Korban served as editors for botantimes.com.

The director and editor-in-chief of the website is Murat Bayram.

Yonca Sarsilmaz edited the English section.

The Botan Times website features over 4,000 articles written by 50 select Kurdish-language writers. Zana Farqînî, Roşan Lezgîn, Prof. Dr. Serdar Şengul, Dr. Sevda Orak Reşitoglu, Dr. Şahab Vali, Dr. Şehmus Kurt, PhD. Canan Yalçin, Dr. Ferzan Şêr, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zulkuf Ergun, Şener Ozmen, Ramazan Kaya, Firat Aydinkaya, Rohat Alakom, Murat Dildar, and Rizgar Elegez... the list of 50 continues.

The editor of Botan Podcast, Semîha Yildiz, has published 356 podcasts.

On YouTube/BotanTimes, there are 1,100 videos hosted by video show presenters Semiha Yildiz, Vahdet Uçar, Murat Bayram, Ekrem Yildiz, and Serdar Canan, alongside many guest presenters.

In 2023, the website received a one-year grant from the Chrest Foundation and the EED; since then, it has continued its publishing with the support of its readers.

Except for some images from free platforms and a small number of articles by guest writers, we have paid the royalties for all works on the website. It is free for readers, but if you would like to help us keep going, please support us.