5 journalists who reported on villagers tortured and thrown from helicopter acquitted
A Turkish court has ruled to acquit five journalists who were indicted on charges of membership in a terrorist organization for reporting on an...
Jailed Turkish visual journalist’s drawings on display at Minnesota art museum
“Dark White,” an exhibition of 40 works of art by visual journalist Fevzi Yazıcı that were created mostly in prison as he has been...
Pro-Erdoğan journalist, husband file complaint against 33 politicians, journalists on terror allegations
A journalist close to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and her husband have filed a criminal complaint against 33 people, including opposition politicians and...
Pro-Erdoğan daily targets yet another Turkish journalist living in exile
A Turkish journalist living in exile in Sweden who’s on a list of political dissidents whose extradition is demanded by Turkey has been targeted...
Journalist Hidayet Karaca has been held alone in a prison cell for more than...
Hidayet Karaca, a prominent journalist and former chief executive of the Samanyolu Media Group who was arrested in 2014 and sentenced to aggravated life,...
Earthquake restrictions muzzle Turkish media ahead of elections: monitor
A state of emergency imposed in Turkey’s earthquake-hit southeast is shackling reporters, a top media rights campaigner told AFP, expressing fears they will be...
Journalist detained while covering dispute during celebrations of Erdoğan election victory
Vedat Aker, a local journalist in Turkey’s eastern province of Batman, was detained while covering a dispute that erupted during celebrations of President Recep...
Journalist who stood trial for reporting on opposition politician acquitted of charges
A court in the southeastern Turkish province of Hakkari has acquitted a journalist of charges of spreading misleading information in one of his reports...
Turkish journalist briefly detained for disseminating ‘misinformation’
Turkish authorities on Wednesday briefly detained journalist Dinçer Gökçe on accusations of spreading misinformation due to a news report claiming that two convicted mob...
Journalist assaulted in eastern Turkey faces trial for insulting attacker
Sinan Aygül, a local journalist based in the eastern province of Bitlis who in June was physically attacked after covering municipal corruption allegations, is...
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