Turkish gov’t launches investigations into 242 social media users in a week
The Turkish government has launched legal proceedings against 242 people after examining 454 social media accounts through the cybercrime division of the police department...
Free Journalists Initiative: 41 more journalists detained across Turkey in March
The Free Journalists Initiative announced on Saturday that 41 more journalists were detained across Turkey during the month of March.
Holding a press conference at...
Turkish gov’t’s persecution targeting Kurdish journalists intensifies with new detentions
The Turkish government has intensified its crackdown on Kurdish media with repressive new measures and the detention of the pro-Kurdish journalists.
Police detained journalist İshak...
Afrin locals’ remarks intentionally mistranslated on Habertürk in favor of FSA
In an apparent move to justify an ongoing Turkish military operation in the northern Syrian town of Afrin, the remarks of several locals who...
Seventeen int’l press freedom groups condemn raid on pro-Kurdish daily
Seventeen international press freedom groups have called on Turkish authorities to immediately release 12 printing plant workers and staff arrested on March 28 at...
Turkish court sentences pro-Kurdish journalists Keskin and Çapan to prison
A Turkish court sentenced pro-Kurdish journalists Eren Keskin and Reyhan Çapan to 7,5 years in prison for contempt of the state by the articles...
Report by English Pen shows freedom of expression in jeopardy in Turkey
The rise of criminal cases involving freedom of expression in Turkey under a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a controversial military...
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...
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