Reporters Without Borders condemns Turkish gov’t over trial of 29 journalists
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has reiterated its condemnation of the politically-motivated trial of 29 journalists and media workers that resumed on Thursday in İstanbul...
Turkish authorities impose advertising ban on daily over criticism of Syria incursion
Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating public-funded advertisements in the media, has imposed a 19-day advertising ban on the...
Turkey has investigated at least 70 journalists under controversial ‘disinformation law’ since 2022
Turkish authorities have investigated at least 70 journalists under a controversial “disinformation law” since 2022, among whom 15 were detained, four were arrested and...
Journalist Hidayet Karaca has been held alone in a prison cell for more than...
Hidayet Karaca, a prominent journalist and former chief executive of the Samanyolu Media Group who was arrested in 2014 and sentenced to aggravated life,...
Politicians, journalist among 48 detained in İzmir-based counterterrorism operation: report
A total of 48 people, including politicians and a journalist critical of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), were detained as part of...
Turkish gov’t cuts disability benefit for blind journalist serving prison sentence
Visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, who was jailed in July 2017 over alleged links to the Gülen movement, sent a letter through his...
Jailed journalist Şık says AKP gov’t has embraced junta regime agenda
Imprisoned Cumhuriyet daily reporter Ahmet Şık said in a hearing on Wednesday that the government has embraced the agenda of a junta regime.
The trial...
Novelist Aslı Erdoğan receives Erich Maria Remarque peace prize in Germany
Turkish novelist Aslı Erdoğan, who was released after 132 days in prison due to links to the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily and recently was...
Turkish gov’t jails 10 social media users on terror charges
A total of 10 Kurdish social media users have been sent to prison on charges of “disseminating terrorist propaganda” and “membership in an armed...
Turkish appeals court upholds prison sentences of 7 Kurdish journalists
The Ankara Regional Court of Justice has upheld prison sentences handed down to seven Kurdish journalists on charges of “membership in a terrorist organization,”...
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