Report: Turkish government detained at least 187 journalists in 2017
At least 187 journalists were detained by Turkish government in 2017, according to a report released by Free Journalists Initiative (ÖGİ) in Diyarbakır on Wednesday.
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Turkish gov’t blocks access to websites of 4 pro-Kurdish news outlets
Turkish government has blocked access to the websites of the pro-Kurdish news outlets Mezopotamya news agency, Özgürlükçü Demokrasi, Demokrat Haber and 1HaberVar news sites. The websites...
Turkish FM says judiciary told to speed up indictment of German journalist Yücel
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Monday that the Turkish government was encouraging the judiciary to speed up an indictment against German journalist...
Journalist Aslan re-detained by Turkish gov’t after release from prison
Journalist Arif Aslan, whose recent release from prison was appealed against by a prosecutor, was re-detained and taken to a local police department.
According to...
Turkish opposition launches campaign to lift Turkey’s 17-month-long rule of emergency
A pro-democracy organisation called "United for Democracy -- Demokrasi için Birlik" has launched a campaign for the lifting of the state of emergency in Turkey, reported by...
Report: Turkish government detained 52 woman journalists in 2017
Fifty-two woman journalists were detained and 9 of them were sent to prison across Turkey in 2017, according to report revealed by Mesopotamia Woman Journalists...
EP’s Harms: I have serious doubts about ECtHR’s attitude over cases from Turkey
Rebecca Harms, a member of the European Parliament and Co-President of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, has said that she has serious doubts about the...
Kurdish issue expert detained by Turkish gov’t over tweets despite he has no social...
An author known for his work on Kurdish issue was briefly detained on the grounds his tweets were evidence that he “was a member...
Jailed 73-year-old journalist Alpay: Being accused of coup-plotting, terrorism greatest irony of my life
Şahin Alpay, one of the many journalists arrested following the closure of Zaman daily, has put his thoughts on his impending Supreme Court trial...
Jailed Turkish journalist Hidayet Karaca reportedly put in solitary confinement
Hidayet Karaca, a jailed Turkish journalist and the former chairman of the now-closed Samanyolu Broadcasting Group, has reportedly been put into solitary confinement following...
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