Artist and journalist Zehra Doğan sentenced for 3 years of prison
Artist and journalist Zehra Doğan, who was released from prison on December 9, was sentenced for 2 years, 9 months and 22 days of...
12 int’l NGOs and journalism organizations examine threats to press freedom in Turkey
Twelve international NGOs and journalism organizations are on a three-day mission to Turkey to investigate serious, continued threats to independent journalism in the country.
The...
Afrin locals’ remarks intentionally mistranslated on Habertürk in favor of FSA
In an apparent move to justify an ongoing Turkish military operation in the northern Syrian town of Afrin, the remarks of several locals who...
Journalist sentenced to 6 years in prison over alleged Gülen links
A Turkish court has sentenced journalist Ahmet Erkan Yiğitsözlü to six years, three months in prison for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement,...
Turkish uplink technician Cuma Kaya faces life time jail for providing service to critical...
A Turkish media worker, who has been jailed by Turkish government under the rule of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for almost 16 months,...
Turkish court releases pro-Kurdish journalist Duran from prison for health reasons
A Turkish court ruled on Monday to release jailed journalist Metin Duran from prison following a report issued by Turkey's Institute of Forensic Medicine...
CoE calls on Turkey to release 3 journalists, cancel judicial control measures imposed on...
The Council of Europe (CoE) has called on the Turkish government to release several journalists arrested last week and to cancel the judicial control...
Turkish gov’t blocks access to websites of 4 pro-Kurdish news outlets
Turkish government has blocked access to the websites of the pro-Kurdish news outlets Mezopotamya news agency, Özgürlükçü Demokrasi, Demokrat Haber and 1HaberVar news sites. The websites...
The Number Of Jailed Journalists In Turkey Reaches To 200
Stockholm Center for Freedom, an advocacy group that monitors rights violations in Turkey, has updated its mammoth list of jailed journalists in Turkey which...
YouTube journalist in Turkey arrested for street interview
Hasan Köksoy, a YouTube journalist, was arrested by a Turkish court on Wednesday due to an interview he broadcast three days ago, Turkish media...
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