IFJ- EFJ call for urgent medical care for jailed Turkish journalist Çetinkaya
The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) has called on Turkish authorities to provide urgent medical care to Turkish journalist Tuncer Çetinkaya who...
RSF calls on Turkey to reinstate Açık Radyo’s broadcasting license
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Turkish judicial authorities to overturn a decision by country’s broadcasting and streaming regulator to rescind independent radio station Açık...
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog sanctions 7 TV channels
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting regulator, has imposed sanctions on seven TV stations due to their content, the T24 news...
Erdoğanist columnist says he can instruct Doğan media boss to fire all critical Hürriyet...
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A staunchly Erdoğanist Sar daily columnist Cem Küçük targeted journalists at the Hürriyet newspaper as well as the Doğan media group on Friday, saying...
Changes to Turkey’s Press Ethics Code feared to contribute to increasing censorship
Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating publicly funded advertisements in the media, has changed the Press Ethics Code, adding...
Turkey’s ‘disinformation law’ weaponized to target journalists: int’l NGOs
A new report released jointly by several international NGOs details the worsening press freedom environment in Turkey, accusing the government of instrumentalizing the recently...
60 int’l bodies express grave concerns over digital communications in Turkey at UNHRC
Sixty international organisations from around the globe express their grave concern about the growing crackdown by states on the use of secure digital communications...
Turkish court sentences 3 journalists over TV commentary
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced three journalists over remarks made on a television program, convicting them on charges of spreading disinformation and violating...
Turkish police detain two Kurdish journalists in İstanbul
The editor-in-chief of pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya news agency Elif Çetiner and journalist Melike Ceyhan have reportedly been detained as they were covering a report in...
Turkish court rules for continuation of TRT employees’ imprisonment over alleged Gülen links
A court in Ankara ruled on Wednesday for a continuation of the imprisonment of nine dismissed employees of Turkey's state broadcaster TRT during a...
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