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...
Turkey frees reporters jailed after failed appeal in state secrets trial
Two Turkish journalists convicted of violating Turkey’s state secrets law were released late on Tuesday the very same day they returned to prison after...
İstanbul court issues stay on revocation of Açık Radyo’s broadcasting license
Amid mounting criticism from international press and rights organizations over the revocation of the broadcasting license of independent radio station Açık Radyo, an İstanbul...
Kurdish Bas weekly paper stops print edition in Turkey due to increasing suppression
A Kurdish news outlet has decided on Monday to stop publishing its weekly printed edition in the country due to recently increased tensions between...
Turkey considers bill mandating social media identity checks, expanding content-removal powers
A Turkish government bill expected to be introduced in parliament in the coming days would require identity verification for social media users, impose new...
Hurriyet daily’s editor-in-chief Ergin dismissed over controversial headline
Hurriyet daily's editor-in-chief Sedat Ergin was dismissed by Doğan Media Group in wake of reactions and controversies over the daily's headline reporting “The ...
Turkish court sends journalist Karataş to jail over pro-Kurdish forum gathering
A columnist of Evrensel daily newspaper, Yusuf Karataş was put in pre-trial arrest as part of an investigation into the Democratic People’s Congress (DTK), the largest...
Freedom House: Turkish gov’t detains tens of thousands arbitrarily over alleged use of ByLock
The US-based think tank Freedom House, which has listed Turkey in his newly released report among the countries in which Internet freedoms are restricted...
AEJ-Bulgaria invites 95 jailed Turkish journalists to EU-Turkey leaders meeting
The Association of European Journalists - Bulgaria (AEJ-Bulgaria) has issued symbolic accreditation badges for 95 jailed Turkish journalists to attend the EU-Turkey leaders meeting...
Islamic scholar’s death triggers new wave of online censorship in Turkey
Turkish authorities are investigating at least 177 social media users due to their posts about the late Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, labeled as a...
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