CPJ condemns Turkmen journalist’s denial of entry to Turkey
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in a recent statement condemned Turkey’s denial of entry to Turkmen journalist Ruslan Myatiev.
Myatiev, the director and chief...
Turkish court releases journalist Ömer Çelik as kept others in prison
An İstanbul court has released journalist Ömer Çelik, the news director of now-closed Dicle news agency (DİHA) on Tuesday, as the court decided for...
When the last barricade falls: Remembering unlawful takeover of Turkey’s largest daily
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On March 4, 2016, exactly one year ago today , hundreds of riot police officers fired rubber bullets and gassed loyal readers of Turkey’s...
Cumhuriyet journalists’ lawyers appeal upcoming jail terms
The lawyers of eight former employees of the Cumhuriyet daily have appealed to an Istanbul court for the suspension of the execution of their...
Scholars to Erdoğan: Persecution of Professor Şık shows your disregard for academic freedom and...
In a letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Professor Dina Rizk Khoury, president of the US-based Middle East Studies Association (MESA), urged that...
Court rules media mogul Doğan be escorted by police to testify in court
An İstanbul court on Wednesday ruled that honorary chairman of the Doğan Media Group Aydın Doğan, who was indicted last year on charges of...
Int’l press groups urge full probe into killing of Turkish environmental journalist
International press organizations have joined local press groups in strongly condemning a fatal attack on journalist and environmental activist Hakan Tosun and urged Turkish authorities to...
European Parliament strongly condemns human rights violations in Turkey
A large majority of the European Parliament (EP) has adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in Turkey, emphasizing the structural problems that...
Case of jailed journalist Şirin Kabakçı – A prototype of persecution in Erdoğan’s Turkey
Şirin Kabakçı (53), who used to be the provincial bureau chief in Konya for the Zaman newspaper, Turkey’s most highly circulated newspaper before the...
Council of Europe rapporteur calls on Turkey, Azerbaijan to urgently stop attacks on journalists
Austrian lawmaker Stefan Schennach, general rapporteur on media freedom and the safety of journalists for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE),...
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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This report focuses on how illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities have devastating consequences on Turkish asylum seekers upon their return to Turkey.
In recent years...