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[UPDATE] Two pro-Kurdish journalists detained in Turkey

Pro-Kurdish news agency Dihaber reporter Deniz Nazlım and Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper reporter Hamdullah Bayram were detained in raids carried out by by Turkish police on Monday. According...

Journalist activist Çelikkan to be imprisoned over ‘terror propaganda’

Journalist and human rights activist Murat Çelikkan, who was handed down an 18-month jail sentence in May, is going to be imprisoned for 13...

Journalist Altan detained in Mersin over outstanding arrest warrant

Dihaber reporter Berivan Altan has been detained in Mersin province based on an arrest warrant, the t24 news website reported on Thursday. According to the...

CPJ calls on Spain to release journalist arrested on Turkish warrant

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Spanish authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Hamza Yalçın, a writer for the leftist Turkish...

157 taken into custody in one week over social media posts, says Interior Ministry

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 157 people have been detained over the past week on charges of disseminating propaganda on social...

[VIDEO] 7 of 12 jailed Cumhuriyet journalists released pending trial

An İstanbul court on Friday released seven journalists and continued the pretrial detention of five others who were jailed as part of an investigation...

Gül says journalists on trial should not be in pretrial detention

Former Turkish President Abdullah Gül said journalists who stand trial should not be put under pretrial detention, in response to reporters’ questions on Friday...

PEN: We joyfully celebrate the anniversary of ‘press freedom’ in Turkey

PEN International Turkey celebrated with irony the 109th anniversary of press freedom in Turkey on July 24, which coincided with the first day in...

Opposition leader condemns AKP government for arresting journalists

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has condemned the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government for arresting scores of journalists. Kılıçdaroğlu’s...

Press organizations condemn Turkish media for ignoring Cumhuriyet trial

Several press organizations including the Turkish Journalists Association (TGC), Turkish Journalists Union (TGS), Turkish Press Council and PEN Writers Association have condemned Turkish media...

PEN: Never recorded so many writers in prison in one country at one time

PEN International, a worldwide association of writers, on Monday called on the Turkish government to stop abusing a state of emergency in force in...

Journalist released after brief detention for criticizing ‘July 15 saga’

Yeliz Koray, managing editor of the Kocaeli Koz newspaper, was released from detention on Sunday after police took her into custody on Saturday night...

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