Turkey’s media watchdog imposes sanctions on Halk TV due to journalist’s remarks
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed penalties on the pro-opposition Halk TV station due to the remarks of...
Turkish police investigated 106,000 social media accounts in 2021
A total of 106,000 social media accounts in Turkey were investigated in 2021 due to posts found problematic by the authorities, Turkish Minute reported,...
Investigation launched into Turkish-Cypriot academic for insulting Erdoğan
A police investigation has been launched into Associate Professor Hasan Ulaş Altıok, a Turkish-Cypriot academic, on allegations of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
‘I don’t feel safe in Sweden,’ says exiled journalist after attack in Stockholm
Ahmet Dönmez, a Turkish journalist critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) who lives in exile in Sweden, said...
Turkish police detain journalist on Working Journalists Day
On Jan. 10, when the work and independence of journalists are celebrated in Turkey, the police detained a journalist from an anti-government news website,...
AFP photojournalist indicted for insulting police officers who brutally detained him
Agence France-Presse (AFP) photojournalist Bülent Kılıç, who was brutally detained while covering the İstanbul Pride March in 2021, has been indicted on charges of...
Kurdish journalists jailed for over a year apply to ECtHR demanding fair trial
Sixteen Kurdish journalists who have been in pre-trial detention since June 2022 on terrorism-related charges have filed an application with the European Court of...
Journalist given suspended sentence due to social media posts
A Turkish court has handed down a suspended 15-month sentence to a Kurdish journalist on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda in her social media...
18 rights, media organizations condemn Turkish journalist’s arrest over report on corruption
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have joined 16 other media and human rights organizations in condemning the arrest of a...
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog imposed 570 sanctions on TV stations in 2023
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting regulator, has imposed a total of 570 sanctions on TV stations since the beginning of...
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