Journalist convicted for covering press statement against Turkish military incursion in northern Syria
Turkish journalist Ozan Kaplanoğlu was sentenced to one year, 10 months and 15 days in prison on Thursday on terrorism-related charges for covering a...
Municipality demolishes headquarters of TV station shut down over Gülen links
Municipal teams in İstanbul on Tuesday demolished the former headquarters of Samanyolu TV, one of the country’s major networks before President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s...
Jailed Kurdish journalist Nedim Türfent made honorary member of PEN Melbourne
Jailed Kurdish journalist Nedim Türfent, who worked as a correspondent for the pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DIHA), was made an honorary member of PEN...
[Interview] Index on Censorship will continue to monitor government suppression of the media in...
Author and journalist Jemimah Steinfeld said in an interview with the Stockholm Center for Freedom that the jailing of journalists in Turkey is worrying...
AKP deputy threatens BirGün daily journalist for publishing controversial video
Journalist Ismail Arı, who works for the BirGün daily, said on Twitter he was threatened by Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmaker Ahmet Akay...
Riyadh expected to roll out the red carpet for Erdoğan following Turkish court’s decision...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to visit Saudi Arabia following a Turkish court’s decision to hand the case of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder...
Journalist on Turkey’s extradition list from Sweden targeted by pro-Erdoğan daily
A Turkish journalist living in exile in Sweden who’s on a list of political dissidents whose extradition is demanded by the Turkish government has...
Journalist reporting on child abuse in eastern Turkey detained
Journalist Sinan Aygül was detained on Tuesday on charges of "inciting hatred and hostility" after reporting on a child abuse incident in Turkey’s eastern...
CPJ calls on Turkey to stop charging members of the press with terrorism, release...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkey to stop charging members of the press with terrorism and release all jailed journalists....
Turkey bans access to 26 URLs, websites reporting on sentencing of DW journalist
A Turkish court on Tuesday blocked access to 26 websites and URLs, including news websites, blogs and social media accounts, for reporting on the...
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