Turkey arrests 40 journalists in 2025, 57 sentenced in ongoing cases: report
A total of 105 journalists were detained in Turkey in 2025, with 40 arrested and 57 sentenced in cases concluded during the year, according...
13 Turkish journalists go on trial over alleged coup support
The first trial of 13 journalists accused of taking part in or supporting last year’s coup attempt in Turkey is to open on Wednesday...
Turkey orders blocking of access to jailed journalist’s YouTube channel
A Turkish court has ordered the blocking of access to the YouTube channel of journalist Fatih Altaylı, who is currently being held in prison,...
Turkish journalist briefly detained over social media posts allegedly insulting Erdoğan
Turkish journalist Sedef Kabaş was briefly detained on accusations of “insulting the president” and “inciting crime,” the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) reported.
Kabaş...
Turkey among top 3 countries with steepest decline in liberal democracy index: report
Turkey is among the countries that “autocratized” the most, together with Poland and Hungary, according to the “Democracy Report 2021,” which was published by...
Journalist detained twice over ‘pun tweet’
Journalist Hakan Aygün was briefly detained by Turkish police and released after giving a deposition as part of a prosecution prompted by a tweet...
Turkish photojournalist Bülent Kılıç on ‘10 Most Urgent’ list of press freedom cases
AFP photojournalist Bülent Kılıç was included on the One Free Press Coalition’s “10 Most Urgent” list of press freedom cases, the organization announced in...
21 journalists’ re-arrest comes after outcry among pro-gov’t colleagues
Many journalists who are either open or covert supporters of the Turkish government were outraged by a court decision on Friday for the release...
Jailed Turkish journalist married in 10-minute ceremony in prison
Under arrest for nearly two months, journalist Nur Ener, who is an editor at Yeni Asya daily, got married in Bakırköy Prison with a...
US congressional commission tackles Turkey’s human rights record
The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, a bipartisan body within the US House of Representatives, held a hearing on Tuesday to address the human...
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