Report: Germany reluctant to lift travel warning as long as Turkey keeps state of...
Despite Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu having said during a visit to Berlin that Turkey is no less safe than other European countries, the...
22 women journalists involved in court proceedings in June: MKG
The Mezopotamya Female Journalists Association (MKG) has announced in a monthly report that a total of 22 women journalists were involved in trial proceedings...
Report reveals growing pressure, judicial harassment of journalists in Turkey
An increasing number of journalists are being subjected to government pressure and judicial harassment in Turkey, where 91 journalists are currently in prison for...
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 journalists walk for release of jailed colleagues
On the 100th day of the detention of journalist Ahmet Şık, journalists and deputies on Sunday walked in İstanbul for the release of all...
Turkish court gives prison sentences to BirGün daily’s editor Gültekin and owner Aydın
Journalist Berkant Gültekin, a managing editor of leftist Turkish daily BirGün, and İbrahim Aydın, the owner of the paper, were sentenced to 21 months...
Press groups condemn detention of 4 journalists in Turkey, call for their release
Press freedom and human rights organizations have condemned the detention of four journalists in Turkey, calling it a crackdown on independent media and demanding...
Freedom House: Turkey posts second worst decline in freedoms in a decade
Turkey has shared the second most dramatic decline in freedoms in the last decade with African nation Gambia, according to new ranking by Freedom...
Prominent Turkish academic ends political commentary, fearing imprisonment
Prominent Turkish academic and journalist Nuray Mert has announced that she will no longer write about Turkish politics or speak publicly on political matters,...
Turkish court imposes house arrest, travel ban on 3 YouTube journalists
Three YouTube journalists known for their candid street interviews who were detained on Sunday after police raided their homes were ordered to remain under...
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