Jailed journalist Baransu faces 45 years in prison for revealing state secrets
A Turkish prosecutor has demanded a prison sentence of up to 45 years for a jailed journalist on various accusations concerning the revelation of...
Turkish-German journalist Tolu arrives home after Turkish court lifts travel ban
Meşale Tolu, a Turkish-German journalist and translator who was on remand in Turkey on terror-related charges, has flown to Germany with her three-year-old son.
Although...
EU’s Hahn says urgent need for negative trend in Turkey to be reversed
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Johannes Hahn, the European commissioner for neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations, said on Tuesday that there is an urgent need for the negative trend...
Turkish government sells properties of 8 media outlets seized from critics
Properties belonging to eight of the media outlets that the Turkish government seized under post-coup emergency rule have been put up for sale by...
Turkey’s media watchdog intends to monitor broadcasts on YouTube, others
Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), which monitors broadcasts on national television and radio stations, is also intending to scrutinize broadcasts on YouTube...
Turkish journalist associations call 2024 ‘a lost year’ for press freedom amid crackdowns
Representatives of Turkish journalist associations warned Tuesday that press freedom is eroding under legal and political pressure marked by detentions, police violence and censorship,...
Journalism under threat in Turkey, says AFP photographer
Yasin Akgül, a photojournalist for Agence France-Presse who was arrested this week after covering the huge protests rocking his native Turkey, said after his...
Turkish court rules to release 1 journalist, keep 5 pro-Kurdish journalists in pretrial detention
A Turkish court ruled on Wednesday to release journalist Pınar Tarlak but continued the pretrial detention of five other staff members during a hearing...
Turkish government releases German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel
A Turkish court, İstanbul 32nd High Criminal Court, has accepted an indictment seeking up to 18 years in jail for German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel...
Turkey’s pro-gov’t daily targets Doğan media, suggest gov’t seizure of Hürriyet
The pro-government Türkiye daily and its columnists targeted the Doğan media group on Wednesday and suggested that the government seize its largest media outlet,...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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The May 2023 re-election of...