Turkish journalists platform calls for attendance at trials of jailed female reporters
The pro-Kurdish Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform (MKGP) has issued a written statement in solidarity with female journalists who will appear in Turkish courts this...
Exiled Turkish journalist Dündar vows to quit profession if Erdoğan proves him a spy
Exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar has promised to quit journalism if Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proves his claim that Dündar is a spy,...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 15 journalists over alleged Gülen links
Eight media workers were detained on Wednesday during operations in seven provinces following the issuance of detention warrants by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's...
Freedom House reports Turkey fails in Internet freedom over past year
Turkey's restrictive Internet policy and digital surveillance continued to grow last year, with Turkey scoring 66 out of 100 on Internet freedom, according to...
Turkish court releases Austrian journalist Max Zirngast from pre-trial detention
An Ankara court on Monday released Austrian journalist Max
Zirngast, who has been in pre-trial detention on terrorism charges,
after accepting an indictment against...
European journalists barred from summit with EU in Turkey
A number of European journalists were shut out of a meeting on Thursday between Turkish and EU officials, Turkish media reported.
The journalists were kept...
Turkish courts handed down sentences to 41 journalists in first half of 2019
The Free Journalists Initiative (ÖGİ) has announced that the first six months of the year saw the trial of 287 journalists, 41 of whom...
Turkish court convicts 6 journalists from gov’t-critical daily over Gülen links
A Turkish court on Friday convicted six journalists and one other employee of a government-critical newspaper of aiding the network of a US-based cleric...
Turkey releases 6 journalists after top appeals court overturns sentences
The İstanbul 25th High Criminal Court on Monday released journalists Ahmet Memiş, Cemal Kalyoncu, Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu, Ünal Tanık, Yakup Çetin and Yetkin Yıldız, whose...
Journalist investigated over report on woman’s rape by noncommissioned officer: report
An investigation has been opened into İdris Yayla, publisher of the Jiyan Haber newspaper, for "provoking the public to hatred and hostility or denigrating...
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