Turkey’s broadcast regulator fines TV channel for criticism of woman who was rude to...
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed a fine on pro-opposition broadcaster Halk TV over a commentator who criticized...
Journalist Hasan Cemal faces 8 years in prison on Erdoğan insult charges
Veteran journalist Hasan Cemal is facing eight years in prison charges of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for two tweets he posted in...
47 journalists appeared in Turkish courts in the first month of 2022
A new report released on Tuesday by the Turkish Journalists' Association (TGC) has revealed that 47 journalists appeared in court in the first month...
Turkish journalist in US faces arrest warrants over articles, tweets critical of Erdoğan government
An arrest warrant was issued in Turkey for a Turkish journalist who lives in exile in the US over an article he wrote critical of...
Pro-Erdoğan daily targets yet another journalist in exile, reveals his home address
A pro-government daily has published a secretly taken photo of an investigative Turkish journalist living in exile in Sweden and revealed his home address...
Court hands down sentences to former Zaman daily columnists in retrial over Gülen links
Four former columnists from the now-closed Zaman daily appeared in an İstanbul court on Monday in the latest hearing of a retrial during which...
Turkey introduces app to combat online ‘disinformation’ in wake of major earthquake
The Turkish government has introduced a smartphone application allowing users to report people who are believed to have produced or disseminated fake news or...
Greek journalists file criminal complaint against Turkish officials who destroyed their equipment
Greek journalists, whose equipment was damaged by employees of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) while they were covering the aftermath of massive earthquakes that...
Media worker detained in southeastern Turkey
Kadir Bayram, a cameraman for Piya Productions, was detained in the early hours of Tuesday in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır, the Evrensel daily reported.
According...
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog imposes program ban, fine on pro-opposition Halk TV
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s government regulator for broadcasting, has imposed a five-time program ban as well as an upper limit...
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