Court sentences journalist Coşkun over her report on favoritism for jurists

Journalist Canan Coşkun has been penalized by an Istanbul court to pay a fine in amount of 12,600 TL (3.060 euro) over her report...

Turkey is no longer a country governed by the rule of law, says a...

In a new report unveiled today as part of continuing series that focus on human rights violations and arbitrariness in the application of the...

Turkey’s TV watchdog fines TV channel for showing Gülen linked book on shelf

Turkey's television watchdog the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has fined Kanal D TV channel for airing a book linked to faith-based Gülen...

CoE: Imprisonment of journalists part of broader pattern of repression against dissent, criticism

Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights, has stated in an observation report on October 10, 2017, which was released today,...

Lawyers for Turkish journalists Alpay, Altan say Constitutional Court rulings are binding on all

Lawyers representing imprisoned Turkish journalists Mehmet Altan and Şahin Alpay issued a public statement over the weekend regarding the continued detention of their clients...

COMMENTARY — CPJ downplays the number of jailed journalists in Turkey

By Abdullah Bozkurt Although there are varying figures on the number of jailed journalists and media workers in Turkey from different advocacy groups, one thing...

Erdoğanist think tank lays down ‘terror reporting rules’ for Turkish media

Pro-government Turkish think tank the Foundation for Economic, Political and Social Research, or SETA, has recommended the introduction of mechanisms to control language used to report...

Turkish court gives aggravated life sentences to jailed journalists Karaca and Kaya over Gülen...

A court in Ankara on Friday handed down aggravated life sentences to jailed journalists Hidayet Karaca and Alaattin Kaya over their links to the...

Turkish publicist arrested over election comment on social media

Hakan Aykut Nili, an advertising publicist, was arrested last week for a comment made on social media about the results of the June 24...

Turkish journalist Erdoğdu appeals for help as new abduction list appears in Ukrainian media

Yunus Erdoğdu, a Kiev-based Turkish journalist, has called for help as a list of 10 people including him was published in the Ukrainian media...
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