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Exiled Turkish journalist attacked in Stockholm suburb
Swedish-based Turkish journalist Abdullah Bozkurt was attacked yesterday near his home in Stockholm, Nordic Monitor reported.
Bozkurt and his team of journalists in Sweden run the...
Turkish authorities should stop bullying journalists and drop charges against Oktay Candemir: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkish authorities to immediately drop all charges against journalist Oktay Candemir, who was charged with...
Prosecution demands jail terms for journalists over reporting on Turkish black op in Libya:...
A prosecutor has demanded sentences ranging from eight to 19 years for journalists over their reports on a Turkish intelligence officer killed in Libya,...
Jailed journalist not allowed to see daughter for 6 months
Imprisoned journalist Gazel Bulut, who has not been allowed to see her four-year-old daughter for the past six months due to COVID-19 measures, has...
CPJ: Turkey should cease filing bogus terrorism charges against the press
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in a news alert issued on August 31 called on Turkish authorities to "drop all charges against journalists...
CPJ: Turkey should release journalist Erkan Akkuş immediately and cease jailing members of the...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in a news alert issued Tuesday called on Turkish authorities to “release journalist Erkan Akkuş immediately and cease...
Prominent human rights organizations call for release of imprisoned journalist Nedim Türfent
The International Press Institute (IPI), PEN International, the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) and 43 other organizations in a statement published on June...
Voice of America reporter Arif Aslan arrested in Turkey
Arif Aslan, a correspondent for the Voice of America (VOA) Kurdish service, was arrested today in the eastern Turkish province of Van.
He was following...
Press freedom in Turkey: Still far worse than you think!
As we mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Turkey remains the worst jailer of journalists in the world.
The crackdown on press freedom...
112 journalists given various jail sentences in Turkey in 2018
A total of 520 journalists appeared in court in 2018, and 112 of them were given jail sentences of varying durations including aggravated life,...
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