Turkey’s Telecommunications Directorate (TİB) blocked access to the website of the Yeni Hayat daily, following its lead story claiming there are currently 150 potential...
Founding President of the Turkish Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) Professor Şebnem Korur Fincancı and Turkey Representative of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Erol Önderoğlu...
Members of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Freedom for Journalists Platform (GÖP) gathered in front of Metris Prison in İstanbul to protest against...
An İstanbul prosecutor requested prison sentences between 2 to 14 years for journalists, academics and activists who participated a campaign in solidarity with the...
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed the hope that Turkey Representative of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Erol Önderoğlu -- who was...
Federica Mogherini, the Vice President of the European Union (EU) Commission and the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,...
Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, wrote on Twitter that he has been “appalled by detention of human rights defenders in...
Constitutional Court rejects journalist's appeal
Turkey's Constitutional Court today ruled that editor Mehmet Baransu's constitutional right to freedom of expression and the constitution's guarantees of...
An İstanbul court on Monday ruled for arrest of academic and human rights activist Şebnem Korur Fincancı, writer and journalist Ahmet Nesin and journalist...
MuhabirAjans, a new independent news agency service of Turkey, has been launched in the Ankara capital to provide national and local media with accurate...
Around 600 journalists have been fired from Zaman and Today’s Zaman dailies, Cihan news agency and Irmak TV station, after trustees were appointed to...
