RWB condemns presence of ‘predators’ in Paris march, calls for solidarity with ‘all Charlies’ Reporters Without Borders – Jan 11 – Reporters Without Borders welcomes the participation of many foreign leaders in today‘s march in Paris in homage to the victims of last week’s terror attacks and in defence of the French republic’s values, but … Read more
The End of Turkey in Europe Freedom House – Nate Schenkkan – On December 17, 2013, Turkey woke up to mass police raids across the country. The chief executive of state-owned HalkBank was detained, and television stations showed shoeboxes stuffed with millions of American dollars pulled out from under his… Turkey’s politicians should not be let … Read more
Why corporate investigations into journalists (and Boris’ article) are wrong The Next Web by Roberto Baldwin Wow. How about that Uber right? Over the last few days the company has been caught using a tool that tracks users (including journalists) with apparently zero oversight. Uber investor and noted dingdong Ashton Kutcher: what’s so bad about investigating … Read more
James Hardy @jameshardy61 Journalists protest at BBC HQ over threat to free press worldwide and arrest of AlJaz team in Egypt #freejournalismpic.twitter.com/GErzDVNDlf On the record: Journalism is not a crime AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Colleagues of detained Al Jazeera journalists press demands for their release, 100 days after their arrest in Egypt. UNESCO Mapping World … Read more
Scenes showing Turkish reporter falling due to water cannon raises eyebrows Images of a reporter falling after being hit by a water cannon have caused reactions to the Turkish police?s harsh interventions Images of Turkish Reporter Felled by Police Water Cannon Stir Anger Online Outraged Turkish bloggers and journalists shared images of … Read more
Investigation deepens into death of child bride in southeastern Turkey An investigation into the death of a 14-year-old mother in the southeastern province of Siirt has been intensified Father of child bride victim voices doubts on her circumstances of death The case widens as the Family Ministry applies to become a party in … Read more
The future of the newspaper Digitalization is already part of the newspaper, both in terms of the production process and distribution. And the dual structure of print and digital media is likely to persist, write Thomas Steinfeld and Lothar Müller. The ultimate triumph of digital over print media is by no means imminent. … Read more
The book, titled ?Through the Eyes of Journalists: Resistance and Gezi Park Photographs,? includes photographs taken by 21 photo journalists during the events Gezi not an incident related to terror, prosecutor says Ankara Public Prosecutor in charge of terror activities denied to oversee the Gezi Park case in the scope of terror crimes Apollinaire publisher … Read more
Turkish paper fires readers’ editor after refusing to publish his columns The veteran Turkish journalist Yavuz Baydar has been fired from the daily newspaper Sabah, where he was its readers’ editor, after two of his columns were rejected for publication. On the first occasion on 24 June, Baydar wrote a column that criticised the government’s handling … Read more
[[Yesterday Ankara mayor, Melih Gökçek, accuses BBC Turkish journalist of being an ‘agent’ in Twitter campaign]] Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek BBC Global News Director, Peter Horrocks, has issued the following statement. The BBC is very concerned by the continued campaign of the Turkish authorities to discredit the BBC and intimidate its journalists. A large … Read more