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RSF calls on Turkey to act quickly to protect journalists after 2 murders in a year

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Turkish authorities to adopt urgent measures for the safety of journalists, with two of them murdered in...

Turkey silences critics with presidential insult law

Turkish journalist Sedef Kabaş begins her second month in detention on Tuesday for "insulting the president," an increasingly common offence which observers believe is...

VOA vows to do its best for a free Internet in wake of threat from Turkey

Voice of America (VOA), the US state-owned international multimedia broadcaster, has vowed to do its best to ensure that its audience in Turkey has...

Turkey’s media watchdog gives int’l news websites 72 hours to get licenses

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has given international news agencies operating in the country a 72-hour deadline to apply for...

27 int’l rights, press groups call for release of jailed TV journalist Sedef Kabaş

Twenty-nine international human rights and journalists organizations have in a joint statement called for the release of prominent TV journalist Sedef Kabaş from pre-trial detention...

95 Turkish journalists appeared before a judge in March, report reveals

As Turkey continues to be among the top jailers of journalists in the world, a total of 95 journalists appeared in court in March,...

NBA star Kanter dedicates Trail Blazers’ latest victory to seized Zaman daily

Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter, an outspoken critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the deepening human rights crisis taking place under...

Top court rules against putting state-run news agency under Erdoğan’s control

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled against a presidential decree that put Turkey’s oldest media institution, the Anadolu news agency, under the control of the...

Pro-gov’t daily features Erdoğan in its major story 106 times in 341 days

Turkish President and Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been featured in the pro-government Sabah daily's lead story 106 times...

Court rejects recusal demand by journalist Dündar’s lawyers in MİT trucks case

A high criminal court in İstanbul has rejected a demand for the recusal of the panel of judges by lawyers for journalist Can Dündar, who...

Former TV anchorman faces up to 15 years in prison on terrorism charges

An indictment drafted by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks a prison sentence of up to 15 years for Erkan Akkuş, a former anchorman at the...

European court rules Turkey violated rights of Cumhuriyet journalists

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the right to liberty and security as well as the right to...

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