Detention of 11 journalists across Turkey sparks global concern, domestic outrage
The Turkish government has attracted condemnation and anger from press organizations and politicians within and without Turkey for the recent detention of 11 journalists...
25 journalists imprisoned in half a year in Turkey: RSF
Thirty journalists working in the pro-Kurdish media were detained and 25 of them have been put in prison in Turkey in just half a...
CPJ calls on Turkey to drop criminal charges against journalists over earthquake coverage
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkey to ensure that members of the press do not face criminal charges over coverage...
9 Kurdish journalists released following 7 months in pretrial detention
Nine Kurdish journalists, eight of whom were put in pretrial detention on terrorism charges in October, were released by a local court in Ankara...
Turkey blocks access to VOA Turkish news website
A Turkish court imposed an access ban on the Voice of America (VOA) Turkish edition website after the media outlet refused to comply with...
Turkish court hands down suspended sentence to singer on insult charges
An İstanbul court hearing a retrial has handed down a suspended sentence of more than two years to singer Atilla Taş on conviction of...
Top court finds rights violation in conviction of journalist for reporting on corruption
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a prison sentence imposed on a local journalist who was convicted of libel for reporting on corruption constituted...
Court overturns acquittal of Kurdish journalist facing terrorism charges
An appeals court in southeastern Turkey has overturned the acquittal of journalist Ayşe Kara, who now faces retrial on terrorism-related charges, the Artı Gerçek...
Former journalist given 5-year sentence in MİT trucks case retrial
An İstanbul court has handed down a prison sentence of five years to former journalist Erdem Gül in a retrial concerning a report on...
Turkey’s media watchdog fines 2 TV stations due to critical reporting
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting and streaming regulator, has fined two TV stations due to their content critical of ruling...
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