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ÇGD report: 318 journalists detained, 103 jailed in Turkey in one year

July 21, 2017

A recently released quarterly press report by the Contemporary Journalists' Association (ÇGD) has revealed that 318 journalists were detained and 103 of them were...

National

Amnesty calls on Turkey to end media crackdown, release jailed journalists

March 24, 2017

Human rights advocacy group Amnesty International has called on Turkish authorities to put an end to an ongoing media crackdown in the country and...

NTV portrays electronic circuit board sketch as prison break map

November 3, 2016

In a scandalous news report the pro-government news channel NTV portrayed the sketch of an electronic circuit board as a prison break map of...

Business

German media group Axel Springer to exit Turkish market

November 3, 2016

One of the largest publishing companies of Europe, Axel Springer, announced its decision to sell its shares in Doğan Media Holding and leave Turkey...

Turkish government shuts down another 20 TV, radio stations in new decree

September 30, 2016

A dozen Kurdish and Alevi TV stations were closed down under a new decree issued by Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) late on...

National

RSF urges Turkey to ‘rescind draconian state of emergency decrees’

September 19, 2016

Reporters Without Borders (RSF), in a report released on Monday, called on the Turkish government to rescind decrees that have been enforced under the...

National

Journalist Altan brothers detained on charges of revealing coup plans on July 14

September 10, 2016

A lawyer from the independent journalism organization Platform 24 (P24) has announced that journalist brothers Ahmet Altan and Mehmet Altan who were detained on...

National

Design award-winning newspaper gets much-mocked logo after government seizure

May 31, 2016

The Zaman daily, which used to be Turkey’s best-selling newspaper until it was taken over by the government in early March on a highly...

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