An article series will be published on cases of hate speech and disinformation in the media as part of the international Resilience Project, of which IPS Communication Foundation/ bianet from Turkey is also a partner.

News camera operator Rojhat Doğru, put on trial for attending the 2014 Kobanî protests where he was covering news, has been given a life sentence and 12 years, 1 month in prison. An arrest warrant has also been issued against the journalist.

Mezopotamya Agency Managing Editor Ferhat Çelik was detained on the night of January 4. He gave his statement both at the prosecutor’s office and the judgeship. After he was released, he was detained again and gave another statement to the police.

Journalist Birkan Bulut hasn't been issued a press card since he made an application to the Communications Directorate in 2017.

Taken into custody over a news report posted on YouTube, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) Managing Editor Ferhat Çelik is expected to give his statement at the prosecutor’s office today, on January 5.

The Tigris-Euphrates Journalists Association has released its 2021 Report on Violations of Rights Against Journalists: “The government's attitude, pressure and what is happening in terms of press freedom show us that Turkey is a prison for journalists.”

The Journalists’ Association has released its December 2021 report: 67 journalists faced 412 years, 1 month to 1,334 years, 1 month in prison and three life sentences in Turkey in a month while eight journalists were sentenced to 14 years in prison.

bianet editor Evrim Kepenek is facing a lawsuit for "insult" after a complaint by the man who was arrested for abusing his child.

"At the start of my career, I was earning four times the minimum wage despite only two years of experience. Now I've been working for 22 years and earn 1.5 times the minimum wage," says a journalist.

Violent images are more frequently seen in both news bulletins and TV series, the media regulator has noted.

The agency accused Facebook of censorship and ignoring its objections to the ban.

The newspaper had fired 45 journalists to prevent the authorization of the Journalists' Union of Turkey, the court has concluded.

Because the Demirören Media failed to repay the loan, the land that it mortgaged was handed over to Ziraat Bank, which later leased the land to the company.

The DİSK Press Union protested Muharrem Sarıkaya’s physical violence against reporter Ahmet Demir in front of the Habertürk media outlet’s building in İstanbul. “The slap in the face of laborers cannot be forgiven,” said union chair Faruk Eren.

Habertürk Ankara representative Muharrem Sarıkaya slapped İhlas News Agency (İHA) reporter Ahmet Demir. While he apologized for his behavior later on, both his behavior and the silence of Fatma Şahin have caused a public outrage.

Council of State has halted the execution of the regulation on Press Cards: “The authority of the Communications Directorate is limited to giving press cards. It is not authorized to decide who will be given the card or when it is to be cancelled.”

After eight employees of daily Cumhuriyet, also members of a labor union, were dismissed, Küçükkaya was also removed from office as the Editor-in-Chief after expressing support. With Küçükkaya having resigned, four others have followed suit.

The hate and propaganda media has specifically targeted the LGBTI+ community during the Boğaziçi University protests. But how has the discriminatory and hateful news affected LGBTI+s? How should have Turkey’s media covered these stories?

The Press Crimes Bureau of the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation against T24 columnist Cemal for “insulting the President”. The investigation has turned into a court case, the first hearing of which is scheduled for April 12.

Detained on December 12, the owners of three YouTube channels posting street interviews Arif Kocabıyık, Hasan Köksoy and Turan Kural have been released to house arrest. An international travel ban has been imposed on the three.