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For the record, 259 journalist jailed in 2016, Turkey is the world leader…
2016 prison census: 259 journalists jailed worldwide https://t.co/TeZjE8THPs via @pressfreedomYou guessed it. Turkey is the world leader. pic.twitter.com/p7sn8oQsKY — ilhan tanir (@WashingtonPoint) December 13, 2016 Turkey: Silencing the Media hrw.org... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Turkey rated ‘not free’ [Again] in internet freedom in new Freedom House report…
Report here Turkey rated ‘not free’ in internet freedom in new Freedom House report Internet freedom in Turkey has been rated “not free” in the latest annual report by the Washington-based... Read more
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Black Monday: Cumhuriyet daily raided, its chief editor and many columnists detained…
Prominent #Cumhuriyet columnist & #Turkey rep for @globalfreemedia @KadriGursel reported among journos slated for detention.His house raided — Amberin Zaman (@amberinzaman) October 31, 2016 Birkaç yıl önce Ergenekoncu olmakla suçlanan... Read more
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Campaigns in solidarity with journalists in Turkey…
Turkey: Press freedom is essential for democracy, set journalism free! labourstartcampaigns.net In partnership with the International Federation of Journalists, which represents 600,000 journalists in 179 unions in 140 countries. It... Read more
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Turkey’s brain drain: Purges and fear are driving Turkish scholars out of the country
By William Armstrong The new academic year opened under dark clouds for many scholars in Turkey. The crackdown in the aftermath of July’s attempted military coup has worsened the sense of... Read more
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Numbers change in reports but jailed journalists amount to more than 100…
The EFJ and the IFJ listed 107 journalists and media workers/owners detained since the coup attempt (15 July) in Turkey: source: European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and affiliates list updated on:... Read more
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Freedom of Expression in Turkey represented in a photo here:
Arzu Geybulla took this photo at a bookstore: “Author of books in row 5,6,7 and 11,12 is currently behind bars in #Turkey “ ‘Ahmet Altan is one of Turkey’s most important... Read more
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More than 11K teachers fired, 28 HDP municipalities to be seized, Altan Brothers arrested without no substantive judiciary process…
More than 11,000 teachers suspended over PKK links More than 11,000 teachers have been suspended over suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkey’s Education Ministry announced on Sept.... Read more
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14-day-long curfew in Nusaybin lifted WHILE IHD: 617 children died in Turkey in 11 months…
IHD: 617 children died in Turkey in 11 months KARAKOK OTONOMU TR/CH 3,861 children suffered a violation of their rights and 617 others died during the 11 months of 2015.... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Ex-police chief Hanefi Avcı sentenced to 15 years NOT because…
of his police deeds but because he changed sides….He became critical of the current political elites configuration…. Ex-police chief Hanefi Avcı sentenced to 15 years Former Eskişehir Chief of Police... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Turkey lifts ban on thousands of books, but attempts to ban new ones…Steinbeck, Brad Pitt movie…
Another novel on the spot… AKP Men Don’t Wanna Watch Brad Pitt, Don’t Wanna Say “Vagina” from The Istanbulian by Emre Kızılkaya Two recent examples to show how progressive the... Read more
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by the way, Hrant Dink Award goes to…
Ahmet Altan and Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho…. Some friends got very confused and somewhat angry Mr. Altan being given the award. I am not exactly sure why such reaction occured.... Read more
