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CHP deputy: Justice minister doesn’t know number of jailed journalists

Republican People’s Party (CHP) İzmir deputy Atila Sertel has said Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül was unable to provide the number of journalists jailed...

Pretrial detention of Altan brothers, Ilıcak and 14 others to continue

An İstanbul court on Tuesday ordered the continuation of the pretrial detention of 17 journalists and members of the media, including Ahmet Altan, Mehmet...

Court decides to continue pretrial detention for jailed Zaman journalists

An İstanbul court on Tuesday ruled for a continuation of the pretrial detention of 21 journalists, former employees of the Zaman newspaper, which was...

Jailed journalist Ayşenur Parıldak given courage award by Norwegian rights group

Ayşenur Parıldak, a 27-year-old reporter from Turkey’s now-closed Zaman newspaper who has been behind bars for 13 months, was named the recipient of the...

Jailed Zaman editor says we are journalists, not terrorists

Former Zaman daily Ankara Representative Mustafa Ünal, who is standing trial after 414 days in pretrial detention, said on Monday that he and other...

[UPDATE] French journalist expected arrive in Paris on Sunday

French journalist Loup Bureau, who was released after 52 days in detention in Turkey, is expected to arrive in Paris on Sunday. According to French...

OSCE, UN media freedom watchdogs call on Turkey to release jailed journalists

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and United Nations officials for media freedom on Tuesday called on Turkey to release six...

RSF says Cumhuriyet trial in Turkey is ‘a mockery of justice’

Christophe Deloire, the secretary-general of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), said on Monday that the trial of Cumhuriyet journalists on charges of sponsoring terrorist organizations...

[BREAKING] Court rules for continuation of pretrial detention of 5 Cumhuriyet journalists

An İstanbul court on Monday evening ruled for continuation of pretrial detention for five Cumhuriyet daily journalists. According to the decision of İstanbul 27th High Criminal...

Another journalist jailed in Turkey due to social media posts

Pro-Kurdish Dihaber news agency reporter Mehmet Sıddık Damar was put in pretrial detention over his social media posts on Friday. According to Turkish media, Damar visited...

[VIDEO] Pro-gov’t columnist says he can instruct Doğan media boss to fire all critical Hürriyet journalists

Pro-government Star daily columnist Cem Küçük targeted journalists at the Hürriyet newspaper as well as the Doğan media group on Friday, saying that he...

Court releases 2 journalists, 10 to remain in prison

Two of 13 journalists who are accused of taking part in or supporting a coup attempt in Turkey last year have been released by...

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