Announcing its verdict regarding a ruling which blocked access to a bianet news dated 2006, the Constitutional Court has ruled that the removal of the related news report from the website “has violated the freedoms of expression and press.”

It has been 24 years since the Özgür Ülke newspaper was bombed; journalists have met in front of the newspaper and said, “This tradition will live on.”

The prison sentences, which were previously given to journalists Ayşe Düzkan, Ragıp Duran, Mehmet Ali Çelebi, Hüseyin Bektaş and Hüseyin Aykol in the trial of Özgür Gündem Editors-in-Chief on Watch, have been upheld by the Court of Appeal.

The Ministry of Interior has announced that 277 social media accounts have been investigated and a legal action has been taken against 182 people from November 5 to 12. In October 2018, 11 people in total were arrested due to their social media posts.

On the occasion of November 15 International Day of the Imprisoned Writers, the worldwide association of writers PEN International has drawn attention to the imprisonment of journalists Shahidul Alam, Dawit Isaa, Wael Abbas and Oleg Sentsov.

The results of the media research jointly conducted by University of Oxford and Reuters have been published. The research has shown that while online media is the primary source for left-wing respondents in Turkey, television is for the ones on the right.

The Ministry of Interior has announced that 171 social media accounts have been investigated and a legal action has been taken against 142 people in one week.

In its report on rights violations committed against journalists in October, Free Journalists Initiative has emphasized that the murder of Bağdu, who was working for Azadiya Welat newspaper and died in an armed attack four years ago, has not yet been brought to light.

Fox TV journalists Oğuz and Yağmur were forced to leave Pakdemirli's public presentation at the Agriculture and Rural Development Support Board, albeit they were invited and accredited to follow the event.

Sahar Zaky, a friend of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has laid a bouquet of chrysanthemum flowers in front of the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in İstanbul. In her one-person protest, Zaky has chanted the slogan, “Justice to Jamal Khashoggi”.

The prison sentences, which were previously given to journalists Murat Aksoy and Atilla Taş on charge of “being members of an armed terrorist organization”, have been upheld.

Kemal Özer, the Dersim reporter of Evrensel newspaper, who has been behind bars since September 15, 2017, has had his third hearing. The court board has ruled that the arrest of Özer shall continue and the next hearing shall be held on December 28.

22 employees of the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in İstanbul have been called as witnesses as part of the investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. One of the witnesses has stated that they worked full time on the day of incident.

123 journalists have been behind bars. 304 journalists have faced 46 aggravated life imprisonment, one life imprisonment and 3 thousand 23 years and 10 months in prison. 28 journalists have become defendants or suspects for insulting President Erdoğan.

UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani has made a call to “conduct a prompt and impartial investigation into the circumstances of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and to make the findings public.”

The next hearing of the case, which has been filed against Önderoğlu, Nesin and Korur-Fincancı on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” after they solidarized with the closed Özgür Günden newspaper, will be held in January 2019.

Over 100 people, among whom are also journalists Abdurrahman Gök, Esra Solin Dal, Kibriye Evren and Semiha Alankuş, have been taken into custody in house raids.

The Washington Post has published the last photograph of its columnist Jamal Khashoggi, which shows him while entering the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in İstanbul. President Erdoğan, US President Trump and US Department of State have also released statements about the journalist, who has allegedly been killed.

The news workshop involves subjects such as rights based journalism, readings of Turkey, news photography, usage of social media in news making, digital security, video news making, city and children, interview, memory studies, what an editor wants what a reporter does.

The Radio and Television Supreme Council has approved the regulation which foresees an extensive supervision and censorship on online radio and TV broadcasts. Prof. Dr. Yaman Akdeniz has said, “Turkey can be the first country to ban Netflix.”