Journalist investigated for covering stone quarry project close to residential area
Prosecutors in Erzincan have launched an investigation into journalist Duygu Kıt over her report on a project to construct a stone quarry in proximity...
Press freedom NGO criticizes harsh sentences for journalists in Turkey
European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) Monitoring Coordinator Gürkan Özturan has condemned the harsh sentences recently handed down by Turkish courts to...
Detention of Turkish journalist amounts to legal harassment: Coalition for Women in Journalism
The detention of Turkish journalist Pınar Gayıp is part of a broader pattern of legal harassment aimed at silencing the press, the Coalition For...
Disinformation law used to punish Turkish journalist reporting on earthquake response
Turkish journalist Yüsra Batıhan, who reported on alleged failures in the government’s response to the February 2023 earthquakes, is facing charges under the country’s...
Journalists from pro-opposition TV station face 14 years over interview with court witness
Turkish prosecutors are seeking up to 14 years in prison for journalists and executives from the pro-opposition Halk TV station for airing an interview...
Swedish journalist held in Turkey not housed with other prisoners, employer says
A Swedish journalist detained upon arrival in Turkey and later arrested on terrorism-related charges is being held separately from other prisoners but is in...
Turkish journalist questioned over article on Armenian youth released after brief detention
Tuğçe Yılmaz, an editor at the independent Turkish news outlet Bianet who was detained by police during an identity check in İstanbul on Tuesday...
Turkey blocks access to pro-Kurdish newspaper’s X account
Turkish authorities on Friday blocked access to the X account of the pro-Kurdish Yeni Yaşam daily, the newspaper reported.
This was the third ban on...
17 press groups urge Turkey to drop provisions in bill criminalizing LGBTQ+ reporting
Seventeen international press organizations have called on Turkey to remove provisions from a new judicial reform bill that would criminalize reporting on LGBTQ+ issues,...
Turkey continues to suppress free speech, trying 1,696 people in 12 months: report
Freedom of the press and freedom of expression have continued to deteriorate in Turkey over the past year, with 1,696 people put on trial...
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