The official presidential election campaign logo of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan includes the name of the Prophet Muhammed in Arabic, Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek said on July 6. “Did you know that ‘Muhammed’ in Arabic is used in the logo of our presidential candidate, Mr. Erdoğan?” Şimşek wrote via his Twitter account. via In other news: Rıdvan … Read more
işte mutluluğun resmi! ahmet, yonca ve mina şık… twitter.com/altinsaray/sta? — Cem Altınsaray (@altinsaray) March 12, 2012 İşte fotoğraf budur. Nedim Şener’in ilk işi kızını okula götürmek oldu… twitter.com/erenguler/stat? — Eren Güler (@erenguler) March 13, 2012 Court releases arrested scribes after 375 days from Hurriyet Daily News Journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener were released … Read more
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Turkey Loses Ground again in World Press Freedom Index Turkey fell back ten places to number 148 in the 2011-2012 World Press Freedom Index. According to the report of Reporters Without Borders, press freedom is in an even worse state in only 31 countries. Press freedom index: big falls for Arab trio in year of … Read more
Behind a wall of police, Turkish writer Ahmet Şik arrives at a courthouse in Istanbul to face antistate charges. (Reuters) Myths and Facts: ‘Imprisoned Journalists’ in Turkey Yavuz Baydar at Huffington Post The remaining six are accused of being members of Ergenekon, the alleged illegal terror network. (Nedim Şener and Ahmet Şık are not mentioned … Read more
Free press on trial in EU aspirant Turkey – by Andrew Rettman from Turkish Digest by A-News The trial of 11 journalists – including Turkey’s “last investigative reporter” – begins today, Tuesday (22 November) in a country which says it wants to join the EU. Turkish journalists stand trial in alleged coup plot Washington … Read more
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Turkish columnist sentenced in Defne Joy ‘criticism’ case by ISTANBUL – Hürriyet A columnist who has been sued for comments he made following the death of a Turkish-American TV host has been sentenced to pay 20,000 Turkish Liras in damages. In other human rights related news: İstanbul Court accepts indictment in odatv.com case including Şener, … Read more
A Turkish band, REDD, put the models of imprisoned journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener on the stage recently. photo source. Strasbourg, 12 July 2011 CommDH(2011)25 Original version REPORT by Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Following his visit to Turkey, from 27 to 29 April 2011 Freedom of expression … Read more
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Countries under surveillance Turkey Domain name : .tr Population : 77,804,122 Internet users : 35,000,000 Average monthly salary : 560 U.S. dollars Number of imprisoned netizens : 0 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 … Read more
IFEX: Forward your Concerns to Justice Minister Ergin from Bianet :: English International journalism and human rights organizations condemned the arrests of journalists Şener and Şık. The freedom of expression organization IFEX called for the release of the journalists and for sending appeals to Justice Minister Ergin by fax and mail. Trust is … Read more
IFJ campaign here. Journalists and their supporters hold banners as they march during a protest against the arrests of journalists in Istanbul March 4, 2011.? Read more » REUTERS/Osman Orsal/Files Full text of prosecutor’s query report on Nedim Şener and Ahmet Şık. Turkey: Journalists’ Arrests Chills Free Speech Human Rights Watch (press release) … Read more