Journalist detained over terrorist propaganda accusations

Fırat Can Arslan, a correspondent for the Mezopotamya News Agency (MA), was detained in the early hours of Wednesday in Ankara as part of...

Turkey’s RTÜK imposes fines on 4 opposition TV stations for election coverage

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed new fines on four TV stations for violating broadcasting guidelines during their...

CPJ calls on Turkey to investigate attacks on journalists during recent elections and treat...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkish authorities to investigate multiple incidents of journalists being attacked or obstructed from reporting during the country’s...

Turkey’s media watchdog investigates 7 opposition TV stations for election coverage

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has launched an investigation into seven opposition TV stations for violating broadcasting guidelines during their...

Journalist detained while covering dispute during celebrations of Erdoğan election victory

Vedat Aker, a local journalist in Turkey’s eastern province of Batman, was detained while covering a dispute that erupted during celebrations of President Recep...

Journalist given suspended sentence on Erdoğan insult charges

A Turkish court has handed down a suspended sentence to a reporter from the anti-government Birgün daily on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip...

Turkey issues arrest warrant for Die Welt journalist Yücel

A Turkish court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for Die Welt columnist Deniz Yücel, who is being tried in absentia on charges of...

Turkish court bans access to 2021 report on internet censorship in Turkey

A Turkish court has banned access to the 2021 annual report of the Freedom of Expression Association’s (İFÖD) EngelliWeb initiative, which focuses on the growing internet...

9 Kurdish journalists released following 7 months in pretrial detention

Nine Kurdish journalists, eight of whom were put in pretrial detention on terrorism charges in October, were released by a local court in Ankara...

Turkey’s top court refuses to annul transfer of Khashoggi murder trial to Saudi Arabia

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a decision by an İstanbul court to transfer to Saudi Arabia of the trial in absentia of suspects...

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