Journalist investigated for reporting on child sexual abuse in health minister’s hospital
A journalist from the anti-government Halk TV station has announced that she is being investigated for reporting on the alleged sexual abuse of a...
Legal back-and-forth continues in trial of of 2 Vice News reporters in Turkey
The trial of two reporters from US-based Vice News in which they face charges of “aiding a terrorist organization” due to their journalistic work...
Turkey has blocked 42 Kurdish agency new reports since 2017
Turkish courts have issued access bans on 42 news reports published by the Mezopotamya news agency (MA) since 2017, according to MA.
Turkish authorities have in...
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog fines 3 more stations for airing content critical of gov’t
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog has imposed fines on three television stations for broadcasting content critical of the Turkish government, the T24 news website reported.
Radio and...
Turkish court upholds travel ban for Turkish-German journalist Tolu
Turkish-German journalist Meşale Tolu will not be allowed to leave Turkey, where she faces charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda, a Turkish court has decided.
The...
A media professional Hüseyin Belli faces lifetime jail in Turkey for severance payment
A media worker who worked for a critical Turkish national daily has been locked up behind bars for 266 days over farcical terror charges...
Independent media outlets in Turkey condemn Google’s ‘devastating’ algorithm changes
Eight independent online news outlets in Turkey have issued an open letter protesting Google’s algorithm changes, which they say have drastically reduced their reader...
Family, lawyers say latest ruling fails to punish real instigators of Dink’s murder
The family of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, who was murdered in broad daylight in İstanbul 14 years ago, on Friday said in a statement...
Erdoğainst Turks get Le Point ad removed from billboard in France
A group of Turks in Avignon, France, succeeded in the removal of a publicity poster for the French magazine Le Point, which in its...
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...
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