Just three sentences left behind from Turkish prisoner’s letter censored with scissors
A letter sent by a Turkish prisoner to a journalist was censored by an unprecedented method and just three sentences of the letter left...
Report: 721 critical Twitter accounts currently banned by Turkish government
At least 721 critical Twitter accounts are currently banned in Turkey, according to a report by US-based BuzzFeed online news outlet. Obtaining data from Twitter...
Turkish gov’t restricts access to archive of media outlets closed under emergency rule
Access to archived copies of the journals, magazines and the newspapers that were shuttered as part of Turkey’s post-coup emergency decrees were restricted as...
Turkish gov’t jails pro-Kurdish media worker Semiha Mete
Semiha Mete, a distribution worker of pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi daily, was arrested by an İzmir court and sent to prison on Friday. Media worker...
Survey shows Turkey is leader in fake news in the world
Turkey (with 49 percent) has become the country that suffered the most in fake news, disinformation and misleading reports among the 37 countries, which...
United Nations: The new social media bill will further undermine the right of people...
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Liz Throssell in a press statement on Tuesday expressed concern over the moves by the...
Turkey’s RTÜK fines TV channel for insulting pro-gov’t foundation
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed a fine on pro-opposition broadcaster Halk TV on the grounds that it...
Turkey’s media watchdog intends to monitor broadcasts on YouTube, others
Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), which monitors broadcasts on national television and radio stations, is also intending to scrutinize broadcasts on YouTube...
Jailed 73-year-old journalist Alpay: Being accused of coup-plotting, terrorism greatest irony of my life
Şahin Alpay, one of the many journalists arrested following the closure of Zaman daily, has put his thoughts on his impending Supreme Court trial...
Investigative journalist reporting from exile targeted by pro-Erdoğan daily
Cevheri Güven, an investigative journalist in exile whose videos on YouTube in which he talks about the Turkish government’s corruption and murky relations attract...
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