Local journalists increasingly targeted for their work, says professional association
The Contemporary Journalists' Association (ÇGD) released a statement yesterday condemning increasing pressure and attacks on local Turkish journalists following several incidents over the past...
Turkey’s internet crackdown blocked 3,300 URLs in first seven months of 2025: report
Turkish courts blocked access to 3,330 URLs linked to 1,306 pieces of online content in the first seven months of 2025, according to a...
European rights court poses questions to Turkish gov’t on ByLock messaging app
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) posed a series of questions to the Turkish government about the ByLock messaging app in the case...
Turkish court sentences two top editors of closed Nokta newsweekly to 22 years
A court in İstanbul has handed down a sentence of 22 years, six months to both Cevheri Güven and Murat Çapan, top editors of...
Canadian HR activist to jailed Turkish journalist Parıldak: We love you, think of you,...
"Please know that we love you, think of you, and do our best to make sure the world knows you. You are not alone....
Female journalists say Turkish police beat them, threatened rape during raid
A group of journalists said Turkish police beat them and threatened them with rape during a raid on the office of a pro-Kurdish newspaper...
Turkey’s appeals court upholds journalist Hasan Cemal’s sentences
A Turkish appeals court has upheld a prison sentence and punitive fine for veteran Journalist Hasan Cemal, while reversing a lower court decision acquitting...
There are clear indications of the existence of hit lists targeting Turkish government critics...
There are clear indications of hit lists targeting Turkish government critics in Germany, Interior Ministry Undersecretary Dr. Helmut Teichmann said in response to a...
Press freedom groups demand release of 3 journalists in Turkey
Ten press freedom organizations on Thursday called for the immediate and unconditional release of three journalists arrested in Turkey earlier this month as part...
Turkish court gives jail sentence for human rights activist Gergerlioğlu
A Turkish court has sentenced writer and human rights activist Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu to two-and-a half-years in prison for anti-war comments posted on social...
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