Activist starts serving prison sentence for showing solidarity with Kurdish daily
Well-known activist, writer and journalist Celaletttin Can has been sent to prison to serve a 15-month sentence on conviction of disseminating terrorist propaganda for...
Journalist faces 15 years on terror charges due to news reports on his arrest
One of 15 journalists who were arrested in southeastern Turkey in June 2022 and indicted on terrorism charges 10 months later is facing another...
Turkey blocks access to VOA Turkish news website
A Turkish court imposed an access ban on the Voice of America (VOA) Turkish edition website after the media outlet refused to comply with...
Journalist faces multiple insult charges due to social media posts
An editor at the Gerçek Gündem news website has been indicted on charges of insulting public officials in tweets that allegedly targeted two deputy...
Turkish journalist jailed for a fifth time
Turkish journalist Barış Pehlivan, who was ordered to return to prison by text message this month, was jailed on Tuesday for the fifth time...
Journalist investigated for reporting on child sexual abuse in health minister’s hospital
A journalist from the anti-government Halk TV station has announced that she is being investigated for reporting on the alleged sexual abuse of a...
Sputnik Turkish firing journalists after decision to strike: report
The Turkish bureau of Russian state-owned news agency and radio broadcast service Sputnik has begun to fire journalists and media workers after they decided...
Turkey’s media watchdog starts enforcement of 7-day blackout on TELE1 TV
The enforcement of a seven-day blackout on Turkish broadcaster TELE1, which was ordered by Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) over its editor-in-chief’s...
Court blocks access to news report behind journalists’ detention
A court in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır has blocked access to a news report about the replacement of a judge and her...
1 journalist arrested, 4 released on judicial probation for ‘targeting public officials’
A Turkish court has ruled for the arrest of one of five journalists detained on Tuesday on allegations of targeting public officials while four...
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