Turkish gov’t seizes pro-Kurdish paper Özgürlükçü Demokrasi, detains 21
Turkish authorities have taken control of the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper on the grounds that it has links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party...
HRW: Turkish gov’t has reached ‘new low’ with social media crackdown
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized the Turkish government for prosecuting large numbers of people in recent weeks over social media posts protesting Turkey’s...
Bulgarian journalists sent letters to Turkish colleagues in jail ahead of Varna summit
The Association of European Journalists-Bulgaria (AEJ-Bulgaria) sent letters to journalists jailed in Turkey as a sign of solidarity with them.
A huge number of media...
EU leaders tell Turkey’s Erdoğan they have common interests but also challenges
The European Union is worried about autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s adherence to the rule of law at home and his actions in...
COMMENTARY — CPJ downplays the number of jailed journalists in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Although there are varying figures on the number of jailed journalists and media workers in Turkey from different advocacy groups, one thing...
Visually impaired Turkish journalist transferred to remote prison, held in windowless cell
Visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, who was jailed in July 2017 due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, has been sent a...
RSF calls on EU leaders to insist on press freedom at summit with Turkey
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has written a letter to European Union leaders in advance of an EU-Turkey summit in Varna, Bulgaria, on March 26...
Jailed Turkish academic Laçiner: I got used to lynching, at least accusations should make...
Renowned Turkish academic and political scientist Prof. Dr. Sedat Laçiner, who was arrested in the wake of a controversial military coup on July 15,...
Turkish government working on technology to block use of VPN
Amid concerns over the government’s increased grip on the Internet due to a recent regulation governing online media outlets, an expert at the Turkish...
Veteran journalist: Turkish media mogul Aydın Doğan had to choose between jail and selling
Turkish media mogul Aydın Doğan had to choose between jail and selling his giant Doğan Media Group to the pro-government Demirören Holding, veteran journalist...
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