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German police warn Turkish editor about hit list targeting journalists in exile

July 21, 2021

The German Federal Police have warned Celal Başlangıç, the editor-in-chief of Artı TV and the Artı Gerçek news website, of a planned assassination targeting...

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108 journalists behind bars in Turkey, report reveals

January 10, 2020

There are 108 journalists in Turkey’s prisons, and Turkey is the second biggest jailer of journalists in the world, according to a report drafted by an...

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Turkish courts handed down sentences to 41 journalists in the first half of 2019

July 1, 2019

The Free Journalists Initiative (ÖGİ) has announced that the first six months of the year saw the trial of 287 journalists, 41 of whom were sentenced...

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Turkish journalists prevented from covering Erdoğan meeting with foreign colleagues

June 20, 2019

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, forced Turkish journalists to leave the room during a question and answer segment of a press conference with foreign journalists on Thursday. The...

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2 Turkish journalists moved from prison to house arrest

June 13, 2019

Editor Semiha Şahin and reporter Pınar Gayıp from the Etkin News Agency (ETHA) have been released from prison into house arrest, the Bianet news website reported on...

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