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Turkey’s RTÜK threatened to punish TV stations if they cover ongoing wildfires

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has issued written and verbal warnings to TV stations in the country, threatening them...

Interior minister attempted to censor BBC Turkish over mafia boss’s claims

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said he called his British counterpart to complain about a report in the BBC’s Turkish edition concerning recent allegations...

Punitive actions by Turkey against anti-gov’t media at record high: report

Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has imposed a record number of punitive measures against anti-government TV and radio stations in the two...

Journalism in Turkey has become synonymous with death, arrest and joblessness: HDP

Journalism in Turkey has become synonymous with death, arrest, joblessness and many other risks, pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) vice chair Tayip Temel said...

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 on...

Turkey’s media watchdog says TV guests can’t be allowed freedom of expression

In a controversial move, Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has stated that guests on TV programs cannot be allowed...

Erdoğan blocks news about himself, his family, his senior officials: report

Forty-two percent of news reports blocked in Turkey between November 2019 and October 2020 are related to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his family...

Turkey punishes Twitter, Pinterest over new ‘censorship’ law

Turkey on Tuesday hit Twitter, Pinterest and Periscope with advertising bans after they failed to follow Facebook and appoint a local representative to take...

Social media giants starting to toe the line after fines, Erdoğan says

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said social media companies with a daily access rate of over 1 million in Turkey have begun to...

Turkey’s Olay TV forced to close over pro-Kurdish HDP coverage, chief editor says

Süleyman Sarılar, the former chief editor of private Turkish television station Olay TV, which was forced to close down due to government pressure last...

Turkish newspaper claims pro-gov’t company offered advertising in exchange for self-censorship

Turkey’s conservative Milli Gazete daily has claimed that a full-page ad from discount supermarket chain BİM that was scheduled to be published on Thursday...

Online censorship is rampant in Turkey

Reports about the former employee of a Turkish embassy caught with heroin in his vehicle, about allegations of international money laundering, about gender-based violence…...

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