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OSCE urges Turkey to free jailed journalists, drop unfounded charges

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir on Thursday reacted to an İstanbul high criminal court decision that gave prison sentences ranging...

CPJ calls on Turkey to stop equating journalism with terrorism

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday condemned a Turkish court's decision earlier in the day to sentence 25 journalists to prison on...

As trial nears end, journalists say they are being punished for doing their job

The trial of 29 journalists charged with membership in a terrorist organization resumed in İstanbul on Wednesday, with the journalists delivering their final defense...

Turkish journalist gets 9 years based on anonymous letter alleging terrorism

Vahit Yazgan, the former bureau chief of the shuttered Zaman daily in Turkey’s western province of İzmir, was sentenced to eight years, nine months...

Journalists facing terror accusations deny charges as trial nears end

The trial of 29 journalists charged with membership in a terrorist organization resumed in İstanbul on Thursday, with the journalists denying the charges and...

4 journalists receive sentences of up to 9 years in prison

An Adana court has handed down prison sentences varying from seven years, six months to nine years to four journalists on charges of membership in...

Zaman employee says facing life sentence due to a TV commercial

Zaman brand marketing manager Yakup Şimşek has said he is facing a life sentence because of a TV commercial run by his paper which...

Journalist recounts flight from post-coup crackdown in Turkey

Abdullah Bozkurt, the former Ankara bureau chief of the closed-down Today’s Zaman daily who now lives in exile in Sweden, recounts in an interview...

[OPINION] The case of Turkish journalist İbrahim Karayeğen under torture and abuse

Abdullah Bozkurt Among all the 250 journalists who are currently languishing behind bars in Turkey under abusive conditions in which torture and ill-treatment are widely...

Only 1 released in trial of jailed journalists facing coup charges

An İstanbul court on Tuesday decided to release a jailed journalist for medical reasons in the latest hearing of a trial in which 29...

HRW: Media, activists, political opposition targeted in Turkey in 2017

Human Rights Watch on Thursday said in its World Report 2018 that Turkey had increased restrictions on the media, the political opposition and human...

Jailed Turkish journalist Şahin Alpay: My health is getting worse

Şahin Alpay, a jailed veteran journalist and columnist for the now-closed Zaman and Today’s Zaman dailies, has said in a letter sent from Silivri...

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