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Mezopotamya news agency reporter detained in SE Turkey

Turkish police have detained journalist Emrullah Acar, a reporter for the Mezopotamya news agency, in an early morning raid in southeastern Şanlıurfa province, the...

15 journalists detained, 48 attacked in Turkey in 3rd quarter of 2021: report

Turkey detained 15 members of the press while 48 others were physically attacked in the third quarter of 2021, with fines imposed on critical...

12 int’l NGOs and journalism organizations examine threats to press freedom in Turkey

Twelve international NGOs and journalism organizations are on a three-day mission to Turkey to investigate serious, continued threats to independent journalism in the country, the...

Journalist sentenced to prison on terrorism charges

İbrahim Karakaş, a journalist for the Yeni Yaşam daily, was on Thursday sentenced to nine years, nine months’ imprisonment on charges of membership in...

179 journalists appeared in court, 16 detained in Turkey in April-June period: report

A total of 179 journalists appeared in court in 81 separate cases during the second quarter of this year, while 16 journalists were detained,...

Turkish photojournalist Bülent Kılıç on ‘10 Most Urgent’ list of press freedom cases

AFP photojournalist Bülent Kılıç was included on the One Free Press Coalition’s “10 Most Urgent” list of press freedom cases, the organization announced in...

Erdoğan aide signals new regulation on foreign funding of media outlets

A new regulation will be implemented for media outlets that receive financial support from overseas, Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said in response to...

Journalist sues judge for damages over belated release from prison

Prominent Turkish journalist and professor of economics Mehmet Altan has filed a lawsuit for damages against one of the judges who failed to provide...

Gov’t crackdown on critical media turning into systematic violence against journalists: report

A June report by Turkey’s Progressive Journalists Association (ÇGD) has drawn attention to a series of physical attacks targeting members of the press, saying...

Top court says interim closure of pro-Kurdish daily violated constitutional freedoms

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the interim closure of Özgür Gündem, a now-defunct newspaper that had focused on Kurdish issues, violated the constitutional...

Erdoğan makes it onto RSF’s ‘press freedom predators’ list again

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has again made it onto a list of “press freedom predators” published by Reporters without Borders (RSF) that includes...

14 press organizations protest police violence against Turkish journalists

Representatives from 14 press organizations gathered in the capital city of Ankara on Tuesday to condemn the increasing police violence against journalists in Turkey,...

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