Journalist Dündar calls attention to Turkey’s political prisoners via replica of prison cell in...
Journalist Can Dündar, former editor-in-chief of Turkey’s critical Cumhuriyet daily who lives in exile in Berlin, has made a bid to attract public attention...
Turkish gov’t to create its ‘truth ministry’ amid rising censorship
The Communications Directorate of the Turkish Presidency has announced that Turkey will create its own fact-checking mechanism to “fight against lies and false facts...
Photojournalist who captured murder of Kurdish student in 2017 standing trial on terror charges
The first hearing in the trial of photojournalist Abdurrahman Gök, in which he faces 20 years in prison on charges of “membership in a...
Swedish journalists call on Erdoğan to release jailed author Ahmet Altan
Sixteen journalists in Sweden including the heads of prominent journalism organizations have called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to take action for the...
71-year-old jailed author Altan fails to get access to COVID-19 vaccine
Prominent Turkish writer and journalist Ahmet Altan, 71, who has been behind bars for some five years, has failed to get a response to...
One in every four journalists in Turkey suffered physical violence in 2020: report
One out of every four journalists was subjected to physical violence and half of them received threats in 2020, a report recently released by...
Pro-gov’t discourse dominates Turkish media landscape: report
An overwhelming majority of Turkish media outlets give little to no screen time to opposition pundits while allocating the lion’s share to a handful...
Turkish authorities must end vindictive prosecutions of former staffers of Özgür Gündem: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) asked Turkish authorities to drop all charges against former staffers of Özgür Gündem, a now-defunct newspaper that had...
Journalists, human rights activist given suspended sentences on terror charges in Özgür Gündem trial
A Turkish court on Monday handed down suspended sentences to three journalists and prominent human rights activist Eren Keskin who were tried on charges...
Social media platforms pose threat to Turkey’s sovereignty: ruling party spokesman
Spokesman for Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Ömer Çelik called social media companies the source of digital fascism and digital dictatorship, saying...
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