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Court blocks access to reports on Turkey-based bank's activities revealed in FinCEN files
In a week, courts blocked access to websites of four news outlets, one journalist was indicted for "targeting a counterterrorism official," trials of several journalists' trials for "terrorism" and "insulting the president" continued.
2 October 2020
Volga Kuşçuoğlu
Two years on, journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder still unsolved
Activists and human rights groups have said the murder was premeditated and carried out upon directives of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
2 October 2020
New law requiring social media companies to open an office in Turkey comes into force
Social media companies, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, will face bandwidth restriction up to 90 percent if they don't comply with the law.
1 October 2020
55 journalists stood trial in September
Main opposition CHP former MP Barış Yarkadaş, also a journalist himself, has released his report on “Violations of Rights in Turkey’s Media” for September 2020.
1 October 2020
5-day blackout of Halk TV enters into effect
Broadcaster Halk TV has been blacked out by the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) for five days. The channel will start broadcasting again at 12 a.m. on October 3.
28 September 2020
Six journalists stood trial in a week for 'terrorism,' insulting government officials
An appeals court has upheld the verdicts regarding 11 journalists in Özgür Gündem trials, a local newspaper owner has been charged based on anonymous witness statements, a journalist has been indicted over a tweet from 2014...
25 September 2020
Volga Kuşçuoğlu
US journalist Andre Vltchek dies suspiciously in İstanbul
Vltchek's body has been taken to the Forensic Medicine Institution for autopsy.
22 September 2020
Kurdish Journalist Musa Anter commemorated on 28th anniversary of his assassination
Anter lost his life in an armed attack in Diyarbakır in 1992.
21 September 2020
'Local courts ignore Constitutional Court decisions against blocking access to news sites'
The access block on Sendika.org has not been lifted by the local court despite two decisions by the Constitutional Court.
18 September 2020
Hikmet Adal
Media in Turkey: 5 thousand 515 instances of hate speech in a year
Hrant Dink Foundation has released its “Hate Speech and Discriminatory Discourse in Media 2019 Report” in Turkish. The report has shown that 80 different groups were targeted by 5 thousand 515 hate speech items last year.
18 September 2020
Journalists appear before court over reports on Berkin Elvan's death during Gezi protests
Three journalists are charged with "targeting a public official who took part in the fight against terrorism."
17 September 2020
Administrative fine, broadcast suspension to four TV channels
Four broadcasters, including Haber Global news channel, which broadcast the remarks of Erol Mütercimler about the graduates of religious vocational high schools, have been fined by the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK).
17 September 2020
'They demand up to 19 years in jail because of a two-line story'
Standing trial over news reports regarding the funeral of an intelligence officer killed in Libya, journalist Ferhat Çelik has made his defense: “They demand up to 19 years in jail because of a 2-line story. This is enough to summarize the gravity of the situation. That's why I don't want to elaborate further. I demand my acquittal."
9 September 2020
'The grudge and rage of the government destroyed the common sense in court rooms'
Arrested over news regarding the funeral of an intelligence officer killed in Libya, journalist Barış Pehlivan has made his defense as to the accusations: “A state that lacks justice gets destroyed by its own injustices."
9 September 2020
Five journalists handed prison sentence over reports on intelligence officer's death in Libya
Eight people, including seven journalists, stood trial over news reports about the funeral of an intelligence who was killed in Libya. The defendants who were remanded in custody have been released.
9 September 2020
'We will continue to write what they don't want to be revealed'
Six journalists will appear before the court today in the case over news reports about an MIT officer's death in Libya.
9 September 2020
Hikmet Adal
Saudi Arabia convicts eight over Khashoggi murder
UN human rights investigator Agnes Callamard verdict on the 2018 murder "parody of justice," which spared "high-level" plotters.
8 September 2020
Turkey's media authority asks Netflix to block 'Cuties' film
Netflix might have its license suspended if it airs the movie in Turkey.
3 September 2020
TELE1 TV imposed blackout over remarks on Ottoman sultan in unprecedented decision
The broadcaster has been fined for its editor-in-chief describing Sultan Abdülhamid II as a "despot" and a "servant of imperialism."
3 September 2020
'Local journalists face increasing economic pressure from local interest groups'
"Local journalists who defend the people's right to information by performing their journalistic duty are often targeted in attacks," says the Contemporary Journalists' Association (ÇGD).
31 August 2020
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Over 90 percent of Turkey's households have Internet access, shows TurkStat data
According to the Information and Communication Technology Usage Survey results shared by the TurkStat, 90.7 percent of Turkey's households had access to the Internet from April 2019 to March 2020 while, 79 percent of individuals used the Internet.
25 August 2020
Google denies reports that it will open new office in Turkey to comply with social media law
Social media companies have to have a legal representative in Turkey, according to the law enacted in late July.
20 August 2020
Turkey's media authority fines TLC TV over program featuring LGBTI+ parents
Depicting two women as "parents" was against the society's "spiritual values," according to the RTÜK.
19 August 2020
Can a rapist have the 'right to be forgotten'?
A court has blocked access to news reports about wrestler Recep Çakır's rape of a 23-year-old woman.
19 August 2020
Hikmet Adal
Violations of rights in Turkey's media: Two journalists stood trial a day in July
Main opposition CHP former MP Yarkadaş has released his “Violations of Rights in the Media Report” for July. Referring to Sacrifice Feast, he has said, “This feast is a bit bittersweet for journalists because dozens of their colleagues are in prison.”
31 July 2020
‘Social media platforms should not accept Turkey’s new social media law’
Alternative Informatics Association Chair spoke to bianet about the new social media law: “While Penal Judges of Peace can give rulings without justification, social media providers will have to answer hundreds of requests by giving a justification.”
30 July 2020
Hikmet Adal
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‘Journalist should not question! We arrest! We close down!’
In the second quarter of 2020, at least two journalists were arrested, two journalists were physically assaulted and seven journalists were threatened. The RTÜK fined the TVs 5 million 906 thousand 326 lira and radios 25 thousand 35 lira in total.
30 July 2020
Erol Önderoğlu,Sinem Aydınlı,İdil Aydınoğlu
Court halts five-day blackout of Halk TV
The Television and Radio Supreme Council (RTÜK) previously “blacked out” broadcaster Halk TV for five days. While it was expected to be in effect as of August 1, the Ankara 3rd Administrative Court has given a ruling of stay of execution.
29 July 2020
'Despotism has been continuing for 112 years'
Journalism organizations have marked the Day of Struggle for Press Freedom.
24 July 2020
‘Social media bill will increase censorship in an already oppressive environment’
As the ruling AKP-MHP’s social media bill has been approved by the Parliamentary Justice Commission, International Press Institute (IPI) has released a statement, urging Turkey to “withdraw the repressive social media bill.”
24 July 2020
Local newspapers in the time of pandemic: Online views on the rise while sales decline
Journalists have lost their jobs, their workload has increased after switching to the home office system, local outlets have begun thinking about going digital.
23 July 2020
Nur Kaplan
‘Journalists cannot write news in Turkey any longer,’ says CHP’s Tanrıkulu
“On the one side, thousands of journalists refusing to obey the AKP are fired from their jobs; on the other, working journalists have to deal with investigations, lawsuits, detentions-arrests and publications bans,” says main opposition CHP MP Tanrıkulu.
23 July 2020
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