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Nearly 3,000 online news articles censored by Turkey in 2018: report
Turkey
February 20, 2019
Nearly 3,000 online news articles censored by Turkey in 2018: report
Turkey censored 2,950 online news articles in 2018 according to the “BİA Media Monitoring Report 2018,” released by the Bianet…
Enforced disappearance: 2 more men abducted by armed group in broad daylight in Ankara
Turkey
February 15, 2019
Enforced disappearance: 2 more men abducted by armed group in broad daylight in Ankara
Özgür Kaya and Yasin Ugan, both of Ankara, were reportedly abducted from their apartment building on Wednesday, with police saying…
Journalist Salih Turan arrested on terrorism charges
Media Freedom
February 14, 2019
Journalist Salih Turan arrested on terrorism charges
Turkish journalist Salih Turan was arrested by a court on Wednesday on charges of alleged membership in a terrorist group,…
2 Sözcü daily columnists indicted on Gülen charges
Media Freedom
December 11, 2018
2 Sözcü daily columnists indicted on Gülen charges
Two columnists from the nationalist, secularist Sözcü newspaper have been indicted on allegations of aiding the faith-based Gülen movement, which…
CPJ International Press Freedom Awards go to Ukrainian broadcaster
Video
November 21, 2018
CPJ International Press Freedom Awards go to Ukrainian broadcaster
The Committee to Protect Journalists and media luminaries from around the world last night celebrated courageous journalists from Sudan, Ukraine,…
A major victory for freedom of the press in Turkey: Ahmet Sik is released
Media Freedom
March 10, 2018
A major victory for freedom of the press in Turkey: Ahmet Sik is released
Turkey’s court ruled on Friday that two journalists should be released for the duration of their trial for subversion, a…
Turkey hands down long prison sentences to 25 journalists on terror charges
Media Freedom
March 10, 2018
Turkey hands down long prison sentences to 25 journalists on terror charges
The journalists, some of whom used to work for media outlets affiliated with the Gülen movement, are alleged to be…
An open letter to President Erdoğan from 38 Nobel laureates
Editor's Choice
March 1, 2018
An open letter to President Erdoğan from 38 Nobel laureates
Dear President Erdoğan, We wish to draw your attention to the damage being done to the Republic of Turkey, to its…
Reporters Without Borders condemns Turkey’s trial of journalists
Media Freedom
February 23, 2018
Reporters Without Borders condemns Turkey’s trial of journalists
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), repeated its condemnation of the trial of 29 journalists and media workers that is expected to…
Journalists in State of Emergency – 122
Editor's Choice
February 23, 2018
Journalists in State of Emergency – 122
Çetin Kurşun, a reporter for the shuttered Kurdish-language newspaper Azadiya Welat, was imprisoned pending trial on February 21, 2018, on the charge…