Turkey’s Top Court Rules Wikipedia Ban Violates Free Speech
Turkey's Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that the government's ban on access to online encyclopedia Wikipedia violated freedom of expression, the official Anadolu news agency…
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CPJ: Turkey Remains World’s Worst Jailer of Journalists
U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released its annual report for 2018 on Thursday, naming Turkey as the largest prison of journalists with at least 68 media employees kept…
Journalist Gets Prison Sentence After Calling Erdogan ‘Dictator’
Syrian-Turkish journalist Husnu Mahalli has been handed down a 29-month prison sentence on charges of "insulting the president" and a 20-month sentence for "insulting government officials,"…
Germany Denies Reports of Deporting Journalist Who Protested Erdogan
Berlin has decided not to renew residence permit for Turkish journalist Adil Yigit, who was last month forcibly removed from a press conference held by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…
Minister Kicks Out Reporters Over Controversial Public Tender Question
Turkey's Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Bekir Pakdemirli, has booted Turkish Fox TV reporter Beril Oguz and cameraman Serhat Yagmur out of a press conference, in response to a…
Three More Journalists Gets Suspended Jail Term For Insulting Erdogan
Three journalists, the editor-in-chief of Ozgur Gundem daily, Huseyin Aykol, the daily's managing editor Inan Kizilkaya and a columnist for the daily Evrensel, Ihsan Caralan, have been…
Turkey Prosecutes 227 For Social Media Posts Within A Week
Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 227 individuals have been prosecuted in relation to their social media posts, while a total of 956 suspects were detained on charges of…
Austrian Journalist Put in Pretrial Detention on ‘Terrorism’ Charges
A Turkish court ordered an Austrian student and journalist to be kept in jail ahead of a trial on terror charges following his detention last week, his lawyer said on Friday.
Int’l Media Groups Call for Acquittal of Zaman Journalists in Political Trial
ARTICLE 19, International Press Institute (IPI) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have all called for the acquittal of Zaman journalists and columnists in what it said a political trial…