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The YouTube saga

Much was written throughout Turkey in 2010 about the fate of the Google-owned video-sharing website YouTube. Blocked in Turkey since May 2008 because of videos which Ataturk, the founder of the Republic and the nation, deemed ?offensive,? it was rendered accessible again in October 2010 after a series of unexpected developments. CONTINUE

No Way to Run Turkey?s Democracy – NYTimes.com

Arrest of Turkish reporters raises doubts over Ergenekon case

Index On Censorship

The Ergenekon case began four years ago, as an ambitious legal investigation seeking to reveal plots against Turkish democracy. It would supposedly uncover the misdeeds of Turkish state officials who were part of an alleged ultra-nationalist plot that

The Republic of Fear: Ordinary People Ground Up in the Ergenekon Mill

Photo from Radikal

A graduate student?s life and career are ruined by the courts.

Hüseyin Edemir is a face to be put on the judicial tragedy of Turkey as not only high profile journalists or alleged coup suspect generals suffer from being put on trial under arrest with highly questionable evidence.

Turkey Inquired about Internet Censorship

Trial on Seven Speeches of Kurdish Politician Postponed

Press freedom in Turkey: A dangerous place to be a journalist
The Economist
Mr Sik and Mr Sener have been accused of involvement with the so-called Ergenekon gang, an organisation of generals and like-minded accomplices alleged to have plotted to overthrow AK. The investigation into Ergenekon, which began in 2007,

Imam Might Come Over Unannounced

Arat Dink responds to jailed Turkish journalist’s letter

Nedim Sener : Ergenekon, Fethullah Gülen, Hanefi Avci, prémonitions et quelques explications .

Sur cette vidéo, mise en ligne sur Youtube en septembre dernier, l?extrait d?un entretien entre Nedim Sener – journaliste d?investigation turc dont l?arrestation dans le cadre du procès Ergenekon a provoqué l?émoi en Turquie – et Cüneyt Özdemir, un de ses confrère de CNN Türk. Dans cet extrait ils évoquent le mouvement de Fethullah Gülen, peut-être à l?occasion de l?arrestation d?Hanefi Avci. Leurs propos montrent bien en tous les cas le climat délétère qui règne en Turquie autour de ces questions. Et ils résonnent aujourd?hui de façon prémonitoire.

Turkish journalist Ilıcak to file criminal complaint against OdaTV

The professional solidarity quagmire

Reading the Ergenekon issue

Erdogan rejects accusations of trying to suppress Turkish media
Southeast European Times
His statement followed the arrests last week of about ten journalists, as part of the so-called Ergenekon investigation into a suspected plot to topple the government. The arrests spurred reactions from the EU, the US and international human rights

Journalism and coup charges
Today’s Zaman
At his party’s parliamentary group meeting earlier this week, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan responded to criticism against his government that suggested it is behind the arrests of some journalists in the latest wave of Ergenekon arrests as part

Turkish Reporters’ Arrests Spur Backlash Against ‘Deep State’ Probe
Wall Street Journal
Prosecutors this week formally arrested six journalists and a writer on charges they belonged to the alleged organization, known as Ergenekon, which is accused of attempting to destabilize Turkey and topple its leaders. Associated Press Ahmet Sik

Journalist Şener: They Would Have Taken Me in Anyways

International Women’s Day Overshadowed by Violence

Lawyer Aslan: Prolonged Detention of Student Edemir Unfounded

Students in Jail for Protesting Killing of Fellow Students

Five students from Dicle University who boycotted their school because of the killing of two fellow students by the police were sentenced to a total of 57 years in prison for several of offences. Lawyer Deniz announced to appeal the decision

No investigation yet of Turkish ‘postmodern coup’

Turkey’s bad example on democracy and authoritarianism