Wikimedia Foundation: Turkish minister ‘seriously misrepresented’ Wikipedia’s editing model
The Wikimedia Foundation has responded in an open letter to a May 18 statement made by Turkish Minister of Transport, Maritime, and Communications Ahmet...
Turkey’s Erdoğan argues with journalism student over press freedom question
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday argued with a student of journalism who asked him a question about the state of freedom of...
Survey shows Turkish mainstream media reluctant to cover massive human rights violations
Although there were significantly more human rights violations in Turkey in 2017 than in 2015, coverage of the violations declined in the Turkish media,...
Turkish gov’t lists 126,000 social media accounts as linked to alleged ‘terror organisations’
The Turkish government has listed about 126,000 social media accounts in Turkey as linked to alleged terrorist organisations since a controversial coup attempt on...
Turkish gov’t launches probe into alleged ‘fake news’ over depreciating lira
The Turkish government has launched an investigation into actions allegedly threatening "economic security," while Turkey’s financial watchdog launched a separate probe into what it...
Turkish prosecutors label Guardian, Foreign Policy articles as ‘terrorist propaganda’
Turkish prosecutors listed articles published on the websites of The Guardian newspaper and Foreign Policy magazine as evidence of "terrorist propaganda" in an indictment against...
Turkish court bans three books on Kurdish history
Three translated books on Kurdish history published by Turkey’s Avesta Yayıncılık have been banned by a local Turkish court on the grounds of “triggering...
Turkish court gives 7,5 years to Kurdish journalist in prison on ‘terrorism’ charges
Journalist Seda Taşkın on Wednesday was sentenced to seven years, six months in prison on charges of supporting a terrorist organization and disseminating terrorist...
Turkish prosecutor investigates journalist for calling Iranian regime ‘bloody’
Mehmet Sanrı, a correspondent in İstanbul who works for the Erbil-based Kurdistan TV, found himself the target of a Turkish prosecutor for calling the...
Jailed journalist: Even scenic photos are censored in Turkish prisons
Mehmet Güleş, one of hundreds of journalists behind bars in Turkey, complained in a letter about the restriction of rights in prison, saying that...
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