Pro-Turkey forces detain journalist in northern Syria: rights group
A Syrian journalist working for several media outlets in an area of the country’s north controlled by Turkey-backed rebel factions has been detained by...
OSCE’s Désir questions media freedom in Turkey 49 times in 8 months
Harlem Désir, representative on freedom of the media for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), has made 13 statements, posted 31...
Two journalists detained in home raids in İstanbul
Two Turkish journalists were detained on Thursday as part of an investigation into the sale of a television station, the İstanbul prosecutor’s office said,...
Assaults on journalists in Turkey are far too common, authorities should take such cases...
Assaults on journalists in Turkey are far too common and will only cease when authorities show that they take such cases seriously, the Committee...
Venice Commission recommends Turkey not enact controversial article of ‘disinformation’ bill
The Venice Commission, the Council of Europe’s advisory body on constitutional matters, has recommended in an “urgent joint opinion” with the Human Rights and...
Police detain 6 journalists working for Kurdish media in western Turkey
Turkish special operations police on Tuesday morning detained six journalists, most of whom work for pro-Kurdish media outlets, in simultaneous raids in the western...
German Chancellor Merkel meets with wife of jailed Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted imprisoned journalist Deniz Yücel’s wife Dilek Mayatürk Yücel in her office in the German Parliament, Bianet reported on Wednesday.
According...
Jailed Turkish journalist Ali Bulaç not receiving medications as prescribed
Jailed veteran columnist and renowned theologian Ali Bulaç has not been given the prescribed medications he is required to take daily by the authorities...
Turkish judge throws jailed journalist Şık out of courtroom for alleged ‘political’ defence
Turkey's prominent investigative journalist and writer Ahmet Şık, who is being tried alongside other journalists from Cumhuriyet daily, has been ejected from the courtroom...
HRF advertises in NYC daily, launches #Erdoganout campaign during UNGA
The New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) on Tuesday took out an advertisement in the Metro New York newspaper criticizing Turkey's autocratic President Recep...
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