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Access to 30 critical websites blocked by gov’t after state of emergency declaration

Turkish government has blocked access to many critical websites, including WikiLeaks and a number of news portals reporting pieces critical of President Recep Tayyip...

Court halts publishing of satirical magazine Leman due to cover depicting failed coup attempt

An İstanbul court ordered on Wednesday to halt the publishing of Turkey's highly popular satirical weekly Leman due to the cover of the magazine's...

Meydan daily editor-in-chief, managing editor released

Meydan daily Editor-in-Chief Levent Kenez and Managing Editor Gülizar Baki, who were detained in what is considered to be part of the major government...

Police raid Meydan daily, arrest editor-in-chief following coup attempt

The office of the Meydan daily was raided by İstanbul Police on Wednesday evening, Editor-in-Chief Levent Kenez and Managing Editor Gülizar Baki were detained,...

TİB blocks access to news websites over Turkey coup attempt

Telecommunications Directorate (TİB) has blocked access to a number of news websites over a failed coup attempt by a group of military officials in...

Pro-gov’t Twitter user claims dissident journalists to be detained, gives list of names

A pro-government Twitter user named Başkentçi announced a list of dissident journalist allegedly to be detained soon as part of what is widely seen...

Tarık Toros says will continue doing journalism abroad

Tarık Toros, columnist at the Özgür Düşünce – one of the few remaining independent dailies in Turkey –, has announced that he will continue...

Report: 340 news websites banned, access to 3,000 links blocked in one year

Since June 7, 2015, 340 news websites were banned while access to around 3,000 links were blocked in a year as part of government-initiated...

Ex-Justice Minister: Blocking access to dailies’ websites violates Constitution

Former Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Türk has said that government-led move to block access to independent dailies’ websites violates the Article 28 of the...

Birgün daily managing editor fined for “insulting Erdoğan”

Berkant Gültekin, the managing editor of the Birgün daily, and manager İbrahim Aydın were each sentenced 11 months of jail term on charges of...

Turkish daily calls for end of censorship on media over gov’t-led ban on website

Yarına Bakış, a Turkish daily critical of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government, has released a public statement after its website...

Last arrested Özgür Gündem editor-in-chief on duty released

Writer Ahmet Aziz Nesin, who was arrested along with others after serving as an editor-in-chief on duty for the Özgür Gündem daily, was released on...

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