Turkey ranks 157th in RSF’s 2018 World Press Freedom Index

Turkey, which has jailed more than 250 journalists and media workers, is ranked 157th among 180 countriesin the 2018 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters...

Imprisoned Kurdish journalist says in letter there is no such thing as press freedom...

Aziz Oruç, one of 16 Kurdish journalists who were arrested in June, said in a letter there was no such thing as freedom of...

Veteran Turkish journalist Alpay’s house subject to random searches even at midnight

The house belonging to veteran journalist Şahin Alpay, who was released pending trial on March 17, 2017 after spending 20 months in jail, has...

Journalist Aslan re-detained by Turkish gov’t after release from prison

Journalist Arif Aslan, whose recent release from prison was appealed against by a prosecutor, was re-detained and taken to a local police department. According to...

Turkish journalist on Erdoğan’s wishlist worries about future in Sweden

A Turkish journalist exiled in Stockholm is increasingly worried he will be used as a bartering chip after Turkey’s president singled out his extradition...

Journalist Gülseven, detained over alleged insult to Turkey’s Erdoğan, released

The chief editor of the Redaktif website, Hakan Gülseven, who was detained on Friday in Balıkesir province on charges of insulting Turkey's autocratic President...

Editor of Kurdish news agency acquitted of terrorism charges

A Turkish court has acquitted journalist Sedat Yılmaz, editor of the Mezopotamya news agency, of terrorism charges related to his alleged links to the...

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...

Free Journalists Initiative says files opened against 37 journalists across Turkey in May

The Free Journalists Initiative (Özgür Gazeteciler İnisiyatifi, ÖGİ) has reported that files were opened against 37 journalists across Turkey in May. The ÖGİ stated in...
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More than 36,000 people faced criminal investigation for insulting President Erdoğan in 2019

The number of people investigated for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is increasing every year, with 36,066 people facing criminal investigations in 2019, the...
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