Turkey remains 157th out of 180 countries in world press freedom index
Turkey’s ranking in Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) 2018 World Press Freedom Index, released on Thursday, remained at 157th out of 180 countries as the...
Journalist sentenced to prison for press statement in 2015
Sezgin Kartal, a reporter for ABC Gazetesi and a former member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) party council, was sentenced Thursday to...
German journalist returns to İstanbul after Turkey relents on press credential
The Turkish government has renewed the press credentials of Tagesspiegel reporter Thomas Seibert after initially refusing to do so, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported...
8 more journalists convicted in Özgür Gündem case
Eight more journalists were convicted on Wednesday of disseminating terrorist propaganda while serving as the symbolic editor-in-chief for a day of the now-closed Kurdish...
Senior editor to remain in jail despite lack of evidence
A court in İstanbul ruled on Thursday for a continuation of the pre-trial detention of Harun Çümen, the last responsible managing editor of the...
Jailed journalist Ünal: Indictment has lost validity as prosecutor suspended
Mustafa Ünal (51), a jailed veteran journalist and former Ankara bureau chief for the now-closed Zaman daily, has said since the prosecutor who indicted...
Turkish reporter included on list of journalists under attack
The One Free Press Coalition, an initiative established during a meeting of the International Media Council at the recent World Economic Forum, has included...
Court rules for continuation of arrest of veteran journalist Gündem
A high criminal court in İstanbul on Thursday ruled for a continuation of the arrest of journalist Mehmet Gündem, who was jailed on November...
PEC protests judicial harassment of Turkish journalists in UN Human Rights Council statement
The Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), a nongovernmental organization with special consultative status at the United Nations, presented a statement on press freedom and journalist...
Turkey extends accreditation of 1 German journalist after initial refusal
The press credentials of German journalist Jörg Brase have been renewed by the Turkish government, which at first had refused to do so, forcing...
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