YouTube journalist, man who read a poem in street interview arrested for insulting Erdoğan
A Turkish court on Friday ordered the arrest of YouTube journalist Hasan Köksoy and Halil Kürklü, who recited a poem during one of Köksoy’s...
Prosecutors split over journalist’s investigative report, raising questions about political influence in Turkey’s judiciary
Turkish prosecutors have reached opposing decisions over the same investigative report on corruption, with İstanbul indicting journalist İsmail Arı on insult and defamation charges...
Turkey’s press freedom deteriorates in November as journalists face detentions, censorship: report
Press freedom in Turkey continued to deteriorate in November, with journalists facing detentions, threats and lengthy sentences despite scant evidence, according to a monthly...
Turkey puts journalist on trial over article on Armenian genocide
Journalist Tuğçe Yılmaz, editor of the Bianet news website, appeared in an İstanbul court on Tuesday on charges of “insulting the Turkish nation and...
CPJ urges Turkey to free journalist after conviction for ‘threatening’ Erdoğan
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday called on Turkish authorities to release veteran journalist Fatih Altaylı pending his appeal after a court sentenced...
Turkish journalist jailed for 201 days convicted but released at first hearing
Turkish journalist Furkan Karabay was convicted Tuesday and sentenced to more than four years in prison but was released due to time served at...
Turkey continues to suppress free speech, trying 1,696 people in 12 months: report
Freedom of the press and freedom of expression have continued to deteriorate in Turkey over the past year, with 1,696 people put on trial...
64 bar associations condemn Turkish journalist’s conviction as blow to free expression
Sixty-four bar associations across Turkey have condemned the conviction of journalist Fatih Altaylı, calling his prison sentence “a severe blow to free expression” and...
Turkey’s new judicial bill would allow rapid online takedowns without a court order
Turkey’s government has introduced a new bill that would allow the removal of online content before a judge issues a ruling, Turkish Minute reported.
The...
Turkish appeals court upholds prison sentence of journalist over Afrin reporting
A Turkish appeals court has upheld the prison sentence of journalist Ozan Kaplanoğlu, convicted of “disseminating terrorist propaganda” in his reporting on the 2018...
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