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[UPDATE] 6 journalists released after lengthy pre-trial detention taken into custody again

Six of 21 journalists who had been in pre-trial detention for eight months and were released pending trial on Friday were detained again later...

Artist given 2 years’ jail time for painting destruction in Kurdish town of Nusaybin

Zehra Doğan, a Turkish painter and reporter for the now-closed Dicle news agency, has been given a prison sentence of two years, nine months,...

[VIDEO] Pro-Erdoğan columnist threatens journalist Ataklı: You will be finished within 5 minutes

Cem Küçük, a columnist with the pro-government Star daily who is known for his social media attacks on government critics and also as a...

Merkel reacts to Die Welt reporter’s arrest: Disproportionate

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reacted to a Turkish court decision to arrest German daily Die Welt’s Turkey reporter Deniz Yücel for "disseminating the...

New IPI website to serve as resource on jailed journalists in Turkey

The International Press Institute (IPI) on Wednesday launched a website that will serve as a resource for information on the 153 journalists and media...

Nobel laureate Pamuk: I don’t want to be silent while newspapers are shuttered in Turkey

Nobel laureate novelist Orhan Pamuk said on Wednesday that he cannot keep silent while there is tremendous political pressure on dissent and newspapers critical...

Cumhuriyet reporter fined for ‘defaming civil servants’

The İstanbul 2nd Penal Court of First Instance on Thursday fined Cumhuriyet daily correspondent Canan Coşkun TL 12,600 ($3,250) for a report she wrote...

Report on Turkey journalists: 191 jailed, 92 wanted, 839 charged

Turkey’s press freedom woes are worse than you think, says a report published on Thursday by new advocacy group the Stockholm Center for Freedom...

CHP deputy demands immediate release of journalist Mahalli for medical care

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Barış Yarkadaş said on Wednesday that Syrian-Turkish columnist Hüsnü Mahalli, who was arrested on Dec. 15...

Police keep 6 journalists under custody for 23 days

Six Turkish journalists have been kept in police custody since Dec. 25, according to the Evrensel daily. Police teams detained the six journalists -- DİHA...

Turkey to cancel licenses of media outlets disobeying gag orders

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) will be able cancel licenses of Turkish media outlets as part of new decrees issued on Friday...

Publisher of closed pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem newspaper arrested

Kemal Sancılı, the publisher of the now-defunct pro-Kurdish newspaper Özgür Gündem, has been arrested on accusations of membership in a terrorist organization. Özgür Gündem, along with...

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