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[VIDEO] Pro-gov’t columnist rips up Cumhuriyet daily, calling it dishonorable, scumbag on live TV

Pro-government Yeni Şafak columnist Hikmet Genç berated the Cumhuriyet daily during a live show on 24 TV on Tuesday and called those publish it...

[VIDEO] Arrested journalist Şık said in old interview was warned of impending arrest

Journalist Ahmet Şık, who was arrested by a court on Friday on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the...

Police briefly detain journalist after targeted by pro-gov’t columnist

Police raided the home of freelance journalist Gökhan Özbek early on Tuesday and briefly detained him after Salih Tuna, a pro-government columnist with the...

Syrian columnist Mahalli taken to emergency ward from detention

Critical Syrian columnist Hüsnü Mahalli, who was detained on Tuesday night after pro-government media targeted him for his stance on the Syrian war, was...

Veteran Turkish columnist quits writing columns amid media pressure

Fifty-nine-year-old veteran journalist Umur Talu has stopped writing columns, citing pressure on the media along with nationwide problems, ranging from high unemployment to civilian...

Int’l cartoonist organizations demand release of Turkish colleague

Leading cartoonist organizations from around the world called on Turkey, in a joint statement, to release Musa Kart, a well-known Turkish cartoonist who was...

Access to another Turkish media outlet blocked by government

Access to opposition news portal sendika12.org was blocked by the Turkish government on Monday. The media platform said the government has banned their website 14...

Number of journalists in Turkish prisons ‘cannot be determined,’ justice minister says

It is not possible to “determine” the number of journalists in Turkish prisons, said Turkey’s justice minister in response to a parliamentary question on...

1,213 social media users arrested in Turkey on ‘propaganda’ charges since July 15

A total of 1,213 Twitter and Facebook users have been arrested and 818 others were released pending trial on accusations of disseminating propaganda on...

Turkish journalists Dündar, Gül receive PEN’s Hermann Kesten Award

The German office of PEN International, a worldwide association of writers, has given the Hermann Kesten Award to former Editor-in-Chief of the Cumhuriyet daily Can Dündar...

Freedom House : Turkey among ‘Not Free’ countries in Internet freedom

Turkey has fallen into the “not free” category of countries ranked by Freedom House in its "Freedom on the Net 2016" report, with the...

Pro-Erdoğan columnist asks Fox TV to fire news anchor for supporting jailed journalists

Cem Küçük, a columnist for the pro-government Star daily and a staunch supporter of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said Fox TV news anchor Fatih...

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