Erdoğan says Hürriyet daily will pay a heavy price for army-gov’t tension story
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has heavily criticized the Hürriyet daily for a report on army-government relationship, saying that the daily will pay a heavy...
Medical union chair faces complaint for speaking to exiled journalist on YouTube program
A criminal complaint has been filed against human rights activist and president of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) Professor Şebnem Korur Fincancı on the...
Jailed Turkish journalist Soncan to sparrows: ‘I am begging; Don’t build your nests in...
Journalist Emre Soncan (36), who has been jailed in Turkey’s notorious Silivri Prison in İstanbul for 762 days and sentenced by a court to seven...
Int’l journalist associations condemn brutal detention of AFP photographer Kılıç
The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday condemned the brutal detention of AFP photographer Bülent Kılıç while...
Turkish appeals court upholds block on news website over deputy minister coverage
A Turkish appeals court has upheld an access ban on the Baba Ocağı news website over its reporting on Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister...
CPJ calls on Turkey to investigate airstrikes that killed journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday called on Turkey to immediately conduct a full and transparent investigation into whether Hawar News Agency...
Turkey’s RTÜK sanctions TV stations due to content over detained Istanbul mayor
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting and streaming regulator, has imposed maximum fines on several media outlets for their coverage of the detention...
YouTubers will need license from Turkey’s RTÜK for news programs, street interviews
In a move seen by many as aimed at controlling and restricting independent media and public discourse in Turkey, YouTubers who produce news programs...
Venice Commission watchdog says Turkey ‘on the road to autocracy’
A body of constitutional law experts has warned of a “one-person regime” in Turkey in the wake of proposed constitutional amendments which will establish...
Report: Foreign journalists face obstacles in getting accreditation in Turkey
While pressure of the government over free and critical media remains as one of the most prevailing problems in Turkey, AKP government’s approach is...
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