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‘Iraqi Kurdistan is becoming a dangerous place for journalists’

‘Iraqi Kurdistan is becoming a dangerous place for journalists’

Two leading journalism groups, RSF and CPJ, have condemned the suspected Turkish drone strike that killed two journalists and injured another in the region.

Attacks on journalists: Gültekin is neither the first nor the last

PRESS FREEDOM IN TURKEY

Attacks on journalists: Gültekin is neither the first nor the last

Seven journalists have been assaulted in Turkey in the first three months of 2021. While 18 journalists were assaulted in 2020, 139 journalists have been assaulted in the country in the last five years.

Journalists mark 26th anniversary of Özgür Ülke newspaper bombing

Journalists mark 26th anniversary of Özgür Ülke newspaper bombing

Three offices of the newspaper were bombed on the same day in one of the largest attacks on the Kurdish media in Turkey.

3 December 2020

Press Organizations React Against Attack on Journalists in Midyat

Press Organizations React Against Attack on Journalists in Midyat

The press trade bodies TGF, RSF, and DİSK Press Labor have reacted against the attack carried out on the three journalists in Midyat.

10 June 2016 Elif Akgül

3 Journalists Attacked in Midyat

3 Journalists Attacked in Midyat

Journalists Mahmut Bozarslan, Hatice Kamer and Sertaç Kayar shooting around the police station due to the bomb attack at the Security Directorate in Midyat have been attacked.

Syrian Journalist Exposed to Armed Attack in Antep

Syrian Journalist Exposed to Armed Attack in Antep

Syrian journalist, Muhammed Zahir el Şerkat has been exposed to armed attack in Antep. The journalist wounded in his head and hand is in intensive care.

Association of Free Journalists’ Reaction against Fire on Journalists in Nusaybin

Association of Free Journalists’ Reaction against Fire on Journalists in Nusaybin

Association of Free Journalists has shown reaction against fire on three journalists shooting in a house in Nusaybin. The association has noted that the journalists would now “throw more heart and soul into news tracking in order to dash such attacks”.

4th Group of News Watch in Diyarbakır

4th Group of News Watch in Diyarbakır

Journalists Aram Ekin Duran, Aysel Kılıç, Güliz Karaoğlan Vural, Gülşen İşeri, Gülten Üstündağ, Leyla Alp, Nevin Sungur, Pelin Cengiz and Yavuz Baydar are in Diyarbakır for the News Watch. The number of News Watch attenders has become 34.

24 February 2016

Journalist Refik Tekin Released

Journalist Refik Tekin Released

Journalist Refik Tekin wounded in his leg by bullet in Cizre and whom police waited by his door because of arrest warrant has been released after he gave testimony at police station.

1 February 2016

Press Organizations Request Revoking Custody Order Against Refik Tekin

Press Organizations Request Revoking Custody Order Against Refik Tekin

TGC, TGS, ÇGD and DİSK Press Union have demanded Şırnak Governor Su to revoke the custody order for imc TV cameraperson Refik Tekin who has been shot in his leg in Cizre.

25 January 2016

DİSK Press-Union’s Statement on Tekin

DİSK Press-Union’s Statement on Tekin

DİSK Press Union, has asked to put an end to the attacks against people’s right to demand information and called on the Anadolu (Anatolian) Agency calling Refik Tekin and other nine injured persons “terrorist”.

21 January 2016