Wikipedia launches campaign against censorship in Turkey
Wikipedia, the web-based non-profit reference site, started a new campaign today to reach one of the few countries in the world in which it has...
Survey shows female journalists in Turkey subjected to discrimination, violence
Fifty-five female journalists in Turkey have said they have been subjected to discrimination and violence in the media sector and that they don’t receive...
Turkish gov’t detains 169 people in a week over social media posts against Afrin...
The Turkish government detained 169 people last week over their alleged social media posts criticising a Turkish military campaign in the Afrin province of...
RSF appeals to ECtHR — #SaveTurkishJournalists
“You are our last hope” -- “We need you” -- “We are counting on you” -- “Will this ever stop?”
These are the messages that...
When the last barricade falls: Remembering unlawful takeover of Turkey’s largest daily
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On March 4, 2016, exactly two years ago today, hundreds of riot police fired rubber bullets and gassed loyal readers of Turkey’s best-selling daily...
Turkish gov’t arrests 17, detains 13 people for allegedly promoting terror on social media
The Turkish government on Saturday jailed 17 people and detained 13 over their alleged promotion of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and for...
Journalist Gültaşlı highlights double standards of int’l press and rights bodies for jailed Turkish...
Ahead of the second anniversary of the seizure of the Zaman Media Group by a government led by autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Turkish court sentences pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Öcalan to 2.5 years for terror propaganda
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Dilek Öcalan, a niece of Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the...
Amnesty’s Simanowitz: We must speak up for free expression in Turkey
Journalists and human rights activists are being unlawfully held in Turkish prisons, says Stefan Simanowitz, Amnesty International's media manager for Europe, Turkey and the...
Turkish journalist Yazgan sentenced to 9 years in prison based on anonymous letter
Vahit Yazgan, the former bureau chief of the shuttered Zaman daily in Turkey’s western province of İzmir, was sentenced to eight years, nine months...
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