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Closed Radio, TV Channels Come Together: There is 1 Report

Closed Radio, TV Channels Come Together: There is 1 Report

Staff of four TV and seven radio channels closed by Statutory Decrees have come together and established 1 Haber Var (There is 1 Report) Platform.

9 December 2016

Europe: Access to Information in Practice, not Just on Paper

Europe: Access to Information in Practice, not Just on Paper

250 years after the first transparency law in Europe adopted in Sweden in 1766, Europeans need access to information in practice, not just on paper.

21 November 2016 Helen Darbishire

Med Nûçe TV to Resume Broadcasting

Med Nûçe TV to Resume Broadcasting

Paris Court has convicted Eutelsat, which cut off Med Nûçe TV. The channel will resume broadcasting and Eutelsat will pay fine.

17 November 2016

Kılıçdaroğlu: Please Sue Me

Kılıçdaroğlu: Please Sue Me

CHP Leader Kılıçdaroğlu has said, “It is the AKP that aids and abets terror organizations. Why don’t they put me on trial? You do this so I can put forward all evidence”.

11 November 2016

Life Imprisonment Demanded for Özgür Gündem Writers, Executives

Life Imprisonment Demanded for Özgür Gündem Writers, Executives

Aggravated life and from 6.5 to 17.5 years imprisonment have been demanded for Özgür Gündem’s nine writers and executives, four of whom arrested.

11 November 2016

Journalists Behind Bars

Journalists Behind Bars

Killings, imprisonments and other methods to silence journalists happens all too often, in Europe as elsewhere in the world. In this editorial, Mogens Blicher Bjerregård* highlights the importance of being on the side of those who are threatened.

14 October 2016 Mogens Blicher Bjerregård

International Call to Government: Freedom to Journalists, Writers

International Call to Government: Freedom to Journalists, Writers

303 academics, writers, artists, scientists and right defenders including figures such as Jürgen Baurmann, Judith Butler, Margaret Atwood and Costa Gavras have made a call for imprisoned writers and journalists in Turkey.

28 September 2016

Rights Organizations: UN Must Monitor Turkey Closely

Rights Organizations: UN Must Monitor Turkey Closely

In the human rights session of the UN Human Rights Council, NGOs have underlined the increasing human rights violations during the State of Emergency and stated that the violations must be monitored closely.

20 September 2016

2 Azadiya Welat Staff Arrested

2 Azadiya Welat Staff Arrested

Azadiya Welat workers Şirin Çoban and İlker İlkan have been arrested.

9 September 2016

4 More From Özgür Gündem Solidarity Campaign Called to Testify

4 More From Özgür Gündem Solidarity Campaign Called to Testify

Three journalists, an artist, and an Alevi sage who joined the the “Editors-in-Chief on Watch” campaign launched on May 3 have been called to testify.

7 September 2016

Arrest Demanded For Özgür Gündem Board Member Necmiye Alpay

Arrest Demanded For Özgür Gündem Board Member Necmiye Alpay

After her testimony, Necmiye Alpay, Özgür Gündem daily’s Publishing Consultant Board member, linguist and writer, has been referred to court by Prosecutor Umut Tepe for arrest.

Detention Warrant for 35 People Including Journalists

Detention Warrant for 35 People Including Journalists

İstanbul Chief Public Prosecution has issued detention warrant for 35 people including journalists as part of the investigation launched into the Gülen community following July 15 coup attempt, nine journalists have been detained.

Support to Aslı Erdoğan from Germany

Support to Aslı Erdoğan from Germany

The writers from Germany including Günter Wallaraf, and European culture institutions have demanded that arrested novelist and Özgür Gündem columnist Aslı Erdoğan be released.

Police Raid on Azadiya Welat

Police Raid on Azadiya Welat

Police have raided Azadiya Welat daily’s central bureau in Diyarbakır. 27 people including one child have been taken into custody.

Access to DİHA, JİNHA Blocked Again

Access to DİHA, JİNHA Blocked Again

Dicle News Agency for the 44th time, Jin News Agency for the 9th have been blocked by the order of Information and Communication Technologies Authority.

DİHA Reporter Sabahattin Koyuncu Detained

DİHA Reporter Sabahattin Koyuncu Detained

DİHA reporter Sabahattin Koyuncu has been detained in a raid carried out by the special operation forces on his home in Silopi district in Şırnak province.

Paylan: What is the Legal Base of Shutting Down Özgür Gündem?

Paylan: What is the Legal Base of Shutting Down Özgür Gündem?

HDP’s Paylan in his parliamentary motion has recalled that there is the condition of conviction in the Constitutional clause on which the shutting down decision is rested, yet no such conviction verdict has been issued.

AA: 19 TRT Employees Arrested

AA: 19 TRT Employees Arrested

Anadolu Agency has reported that 19 TRT workers have been arrested as part of the investigation carried out by Ankara Chief Public Prosecution.

Police Raid Özgür Gündem Daily

Police Raid Özgür Gündem Daily

Police have raided the Özgür Gündem daily, which has been closed on charge of “[illegal] organization propaganda”.

16 August 2016 Haluk Kalafat,Beyza Kural

Hürriyet Daily Reporter Arda Akın Arrested

Hürriyet Daily Reporter Arda Akın Arrested

Hürriyet daily reporter Arda Akın has been arrested on the charge of “Aiding the organization [Fethullahist Terror Organization] willingly and deliberately” under the scope of the failed coup investigation. Akın was detained earlier and released on probation.

Employees of Closed Newspapers Cannot Receive Unemployment Pay

Employees of Closed Newspapers Cannot Receive Unemployment Pay

Employees of the closed Manşet Kocaeli daily, which has been closed by statutory decree, cannot receive their unemployment pay.

10 August 2016 Elif Akgül

Another ‘Propaganda’ Charge Against Özgür Gündem’s 6 Articles, 1 Report

Another ‘Propaganda’ Charge Against Özgür Gündem’s 6 Articles, 1 Report

Columnist Çelebi, Editor-in-Chief Aykol and Managing Editor Kızılkaya have been sued for six articles and a report published in Özgür Gündem daily’s April 25, 2016 issue.

8 August 2016 Elif Akgül

Hayko Bağdat´s Passport Seizure in Parliament

Hayko Bağdat´s Passport Seizure in Parliament

HDP MP Paylan asked the Minister of Interior, Efkan Ala, about Hayko Bağdat´s baseless passport seizure.

6th Censorship on JINHA

6th Censorship on JINHA

The Telecommunication Communication Presidency has blocked access to the first and only woman news agency in Turkey, the Jin News Agency for the sixth time.

TGS Commission for Women and LGBTI Calls for Arrested Women Journalists

TGS Commission for Women and LGBTI Calls for Arrested Women Journalists

TGS Commission for Women and LGBTI is sending letters to the arrested women journalists tomorrow (December 18).

17 December 2015

CPJ: 199 Journalists in Prison, 14 From Turkey

CPJ: 199 Journalists in Prison, 14 From Turkey

According to a report of the Committee to Protect Journalists, 14 journalists out of 199 arrested journalists all over the world, are in prison in Turkey.

15 December 2015

Penalty for Journalist over ‘Wolf Politician’ Report

A REPORT FROM A CENSURED WEB PAGE [DİHA]

Penalty for Journalist over ‘Wolf Politician’ Report

Local journalist Sinan Aygül in Bitlis has been imposed a punitive fine for using the expression “wolf journalist” on a report about a corruption which Vahit Kiler, then MP of AKP was involved in.

11 December 2015

Upon Constitutional Court’s Decision, All Access-Blocks Unlawful

ASST. PROF. DR. KEREM ALTIPARMAK ON ACCESS-BLOCKS DECISION

Upon Constitutional Court’s Decision, All Access-Blocks Unlawful

Constitutional Court has ruled that the inferior court’s decision of blocking access was a violation of freedom of expression, Asst. Prof. Dr. Altıparmak has commentated on the decision for bianet.

9 December 2015 Elif Akgül

Heybeliada Left Without Library

Heybeliada Left Without Library

Triandafilidis Mansion, Heybeliada’s Library is put to use as service building as to being consigned to District National Education Directorate following Special Provincial Administration being abolished, and offer for library declined by National Education.

4 December 2015 Elif Akgül

Peter Jackson: It is not Gollum but Smeagol in the Photos

Peter Jackson: It is not Gollum but Smeagol in the Photos

Director of Lord of the Rings trilogy Jackson and its script writers Walsh and Boyens have made a statement following Aydın court ruling to assign an expert witness for “Gollum is evil” probe in defamation case against President Erdoğan: “It is not Gollum but Smeagol in the photos”.

3 December 2015

Call from Journalist Organizations on Erdoğan: ‘Freedom for Journalists in Prison‘

Call from Journalist Organizations on Erdoğan: ‘Freedom for Journalists in Prison‘

Congregating upon the arrest of Dündar and Gül from Cumhuriyet daily, organizations for freedom of press and expression have made a call on President Erdoğan for releasing the arrested journalists and pressuring national and international organizations in favor of freedom of press in Turkey.

1 December 2015 Elif Akgül

2nd Court of First Instance Reserves All Working Hours for Erdoğan Family

2nd Court of First Instance Reserves All Working Hours for Erdoğan Family

Today’s work shift of the 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance of Istanbul consists of law suits filed by President Erdoğan and his family against journalists.

1 December 2015