AFP photojournalist indicted for insulting police officers who brutally detained him
Agence France-Presse (AFP) photojournalist Bülent Kılıç, who was brutally detained while covering the İstanbul Pride March in 2021, has been indicted on charges of...
Tech companies asked to resist internet censorship ahead of Turkish elections
With Turkey scheduled to hold local elections at the end of March, a group of international and local human rights and press advocacy groups...
Reuters’ seized properties put up for sale by Turkey’s Saving Desposit Insurance Fund
Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF), which unlawfully sells the properties of TV stations and newspapers that have been first seized by Turkish government...
OSCE, UN media freedom watchdogs call on Turkey to release jailed journalists
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and United Nations officials for media freedom on Tuesday called on Turkey to release six...
Journalist sentenced to prison on terrorism charges in first hearing of trial
A journalist was sentenced to 15 months in prison on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda in the first hearing of her trial at a...
Kurdish author Nezir Çakan arrested for protesting ISIS siege of Kobane
Nezir Çakan, a member of PEN International and president of the Kurdish Literary Association, has been arrested as part of an investigation into the...
Twitter succumbs to Erdoğan’s pressure, silences key voices in Turkey on election eve: report
Twitter announced at 6 a.m. Turkish time on Saturday that it was restricting access in Turkey to certain account holders to ensure the platform...
Turkey ranks 3rd globally in requests for content removal from Twitter
Turkey was the third country, after Japan and Russia, that most frequently requested the removal of content from Twitter in the first half of...
TV stations critical of Turkish gov’t get bulk of broadcasting watchdog’s fines
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed fines on TV stations critical of the ruling Justice and Development Party...
CPJ calls on Turkish gov’t to drop charges against journalist
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged Turkish authorities on Wednesday to drop charges against journalist Sinan Aygül, who is accused of threatening the...
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