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21 journalists taken to police HQ in İstanbul

All 21 journalists who were arrested again early on Saturday, hours after being released pending trial on Friday, were taken to police headquarters after...

Trial to kick off with record number of journalists as suspects

In one the most important press freedom cases in Turkey, 29 journalists, most of whom have been in pre-trial detention for eight months, are...

ECtHR to take up journalist Ilıcak’s case on priority basis

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to examine on a priority basis an application filed by jailed journalist Nazlı Ilıcak’s lawyer...

OSCE calls on Turkey to halt purge against critical voices

Dunja Mijatović, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) representative on freedom of the media, on Wednesday displayed a strong reaction to...

[UPDATE] Die Welt reporter Yücel arrested by court

German daily Die Welt’s Turkey reporter Deniz Yücel, who was detained in Turkey on Feb. 14 as part of an investigation for publishing stories...

Detention period for Die Welt Turkey reporter extended

The period of detention of German daily Die Welt’s Turkey reporter Deniz Yücel, who has been in custody since Feb. 17, was extended on...

German daily reporter under detention over stories on Erdoğan’s son-in-law

The Turkey representative of the German Die Welt daily, Deniz Yücel, has reportedly been under detention since Tuesday as part of an investigation for...

Jailed journalist Şık says government has embraced junta regime agenda

Imprisoned Cumhuriyet daily reporter Ahmet Şık said in a hearing on Wednesday that the government has embraced the agenda of a junta regime. The trial...

Doğan group fires TV presenter who says ‘no’ to new charter

Turkey's Doğan Media Group has fired İrfan Değirmenci, a presenter on Kanal D, because he declared on social media that he would vote "no"...

[OPINION] Turkey attempted to thwart CoE media alert platform

By Abdullah Bozkurt Feeling both shamed and troubled by the number of alerts posted on the Council of Europe (CoE) Platform for the Safety of...

Indictment shows journalists accused of terrorist activity only due to stories, tweets, retweets

The indictment of 29 journalists, 25 of whom are in pre-trial detention, reveals that they are accused of membership in a terrorist organization due...

Report: Gov’t wielding press accreditation as threat to foreign journalists in Turkey

Although infringements on freedom of the media and the arbitrary imprisonment of scores of Turkish journalists have been widely reported and criticized worldwide in...

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