RTÜK: 70 radio and TV channels gagged under the rule of emergency in Turkey
The High Commission of Radio and Television (RTÜK), Turkey’s state broadcasting watchdog, said 33 television channels and 37 radio stations belonging to 54 different media companies...
Ultranationalist columnist says Turkey must get rid of Gülen followers, hints at mass burning
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Sabahattin Önkibar, a columnist for the Aydınlık daily, which is affiliated with the ultranationalist Homeland Party (VP) of Doğu Perinçek, said on Sunday that...
Turkish gov’t detains nationalist news portal’s editor over alleged links to Gülen movement
Journalist İsmail Türk, the editor-in-chief of a nationalist online news portal, Haber Erk and a former columnist for the Yeniçağ daily newspaper has been...
Confiscated Zaman daily headquarters now used as court building
The headquarters of Zaman newspaper, which was seized and later shut down by the Turkish government, was assigned to the İstanbul judicial complex to...
Turkey allows German officials to meet jailed Die Welt journalist Yücel
The Turkish government has issued permission to German Embassy officials in Turkey to visit jailed journalist Deniz Yücel, who works for the German Die...
German TV documentary focuses on Erdoğan’s pursuit of dissident journalists in exile
A documentary aired on Germany’s state-run television station ZDF earlier this week tells the stories of journalists living in exile who have been added...
Turkish press agency imposes record number of advertising bans on Cumhuriyet daily
Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating publicly funded advertisements in the media, has imposed a record number of advertising...
Internet freedom continued to decline in Turkey: Freedom House
A yearly report by Freedom House on global internet freedom reveals that internet freedom continued to decline for the fourth year in a row in Turkey...
Imprisoned journalist Ener’s book on human rights violations prohibited in Turkish prisons
After the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP) jailed co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş's recently published book "Seher -- Dawn", Yeni Asya daily's jailed editor Naciye Nur...
Properties of 4 Turkish media outlets seized from gov’t critic up for sale
Properties belonging to four of the media outlets that the Turkish government seized under post-coup emergency rule have been put up for sale by...
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