Turkey’s media watchdog asks Albanian counterpart to restrict Gülen documentary

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) head İlhan Yerlikaya has sent a letter to his Albanian counterpart to restrict a documentary titled “Love...

Merkel urges Erdoğan to uphold freedom of opinion, press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she stressed the importance of press freedom and freedom of opinion in Turkey during talks with President Recep...

Turkey’s media watchdog restricts ‘breaking news’ on TV channels

Turkey’s media watchdog, the Supreme Council of Radio and Television (RTÜK), has put restrictions to broadcast ‘breaking news” on TV channels.  RTÜK has distributed...

Football fan sentenced to 11 months in jail for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan

Fikret Yorgun, a staunch Bursapor fan, on Wednesday received a suspended jail sentence of eleven months for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in...

CPJ calls on Merkel to bring up media freedoms during Turkey visit

A leading press freedom advocacy group, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), has sent a letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel urging her to...

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...

Turkish justice minister claims only 30 journalists jailed in Turkey

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has claimed that there are only 30 journalists in Turkey’s prisons and that some jailed individuals may have wrongfully...

Freedom House: Turkey posts second worst decline in freedoms in a decade

Turkey has shared the second most dramatic decline in freedoms in the last decade with African nation Gambia, according to new ranking by Freedom...

PURGE IN PAST 10 DAYS: 1,325 detained, 652 arrested in post-coup operations

A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and...

Former TRT announcer detained as tries to flee from Turkey

Former TRT announcer Hamza Günerigök has been detained as he was trying to flee from Turkey to Greece in illegal ways. The government has...
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