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Turkish journalists prevented from covering Erdoğan meeting with foreign colleagues

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, forced Turkish journalists to leave the room during a question and answer segment of a press conference with foreign journalists on Thursday. The...

Turkish TV won’t broadcast NBA conference finals due to Enes Kanter: report

Turkish basketball player Enes Kanter’s Portland Trail Blazers reached the NBA’s Western Conference finals, which start on Tuesday, but for the first time the series will...

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 news website on Tuesday. Turkish...

Turkish minister ‘seriously misrepresented’ Wikipedia’s open editing model, says Wikimedia Foundation

The Wikimedia Foundation has responded in an open letter to a May 18 statement made by Turkish Minister of Transport, Maritime, and Communications Ahmet...

Minister says Wikipedia ban to remain as long as it shows Turkey supporting ISIL

Turkish Transportation Minister Ahmet Arslan has said a ban on online encyclopedia Wikipedia will remain in place in Turkey as long as it does...

Turkey’s RTÜK to monitor Internet TV channels

At a time when Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) is strictly monitoring broadcasts on national television and radio stations, the Turkish government...

Turkish version of ‘Orange Is the New Black’ faces censorship for terror propaganda

The Turkish adaptation of US TV series “Orange Is the New Black,” Avlu (The Yard), faces censorship over some of its scenes considered to...

Veteran soldier’s father says can’t tolerate terrorist remarks due to stance on referendum

The father of a Turkish veteran whose remarks during a campaign rally of the Republican People's Party (CHP) in Kayseri were censored by TV...

Turkey leads world again in Twitter censorship

Twitter’s latest government transparency report has revealed the extent of the Turkish government crackdown on social media, once again making the country the leader...

Column on Erdoğan’s alleged ‘private army’ removed by court

A column by Cumhuriyet’s Çiğdem Toker on SADAT A.S. International Defense Consulting, which has also been called President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s “secret army,” was...

Internet shutdown in Turkey’s Southeast follows pro-Kurdish mayors’ detention

Internet services in Turkey's southeastern provinces were shut down for almost 12 hours following protests against the detention of two co-mayors from the pro-Kurdish...

Prominent jurist says inappropriate to hold referendum amid censorship

While officials from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) have begun to set a date for a possible referendum on the country's switch to...

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