Turkey remains ranked 157 among 180 countries in press freedom index | Ahval Turkey is ranked 157th out of 180 countries ranked by Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) on its 2019… The last photo of the six #Cumhuriyet journalists and employees who were sent back to prison today to serve the remainder of their sentences after … Read more
International Editors Stand in Solidarity with Turkish Colleagues More than 50 leading international media editors have written an open letter to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan raising profound concerns about the deteriorating conditions for press freedom in Turkey in the run up to the elections this weekend. Friday 30 October 2015 The letter and a … Read more
News in Turkish ***** President Erdoğan puts his stamp on AKP congress For the first time since it’s founding in 2001, AKP held its regular congress without the presence of its founding leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, but he made his clout felt with loyal names elected to the party’s decision-making body Conference to tackle press freedom … Read more
An influential and whistleblower Twitter account @fuatavni have been declaring that there might be a possible wave of arrests against pro-Fethullan Gülen journalists and columnists. Many gathered in front of Zaman daily for solidarity tonight. I have no sources to verify at the moment if fuatavni claims are true or not…
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
CPJ issues first-ever report on press freedom in the United States Barack Obama leaves a press conference in the East Room of the White House August 9. (AFP/Saul Loeb) Josh Stearns says, New Report Finds Obama?s Policies Threaten an Independent Press The Committee to Protect Journalists has released its first-ever special report on freedom … Read more
As recently stated Ekşi Sözlük is one of the major internet sites that harbored an internet user culture in Turkey. From time to time, it has been targeted by conservative or Islamist citizens who are quite annoyed with the existence of such a major independent site despite the growth of Facebook and Twitter. There are … 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
In Turkey, Media Bosses Are Undermining Democracy New York Times By YAVUZ BAYDAR. Published: July 19, 2013. ISTANBUL ? THE protests that convulsed Istanbuland other Turkish cities last month exposed, among many other things, the shameful role of Turkey’s media conglomerates in subverting press freedom. ****** Kurdish rebels warn Turkey on peace Kurdish rebels give … Read more
Award From Europe for the “Press Freedom in Turkey“ Report Marc Pierini, the former Ambassador of European Union to Turkey, received the International Publication of the Year Award in the Prospect Think Tank of the Year Awards Ceremony for his report titled “Press Freedom in Turkey”. For the last year, Pierini has been working as a visiting scholar … Read more
Officials fail to secure Reyhanlı bombing site Security at the site of the deadly terrorist attack in Reyhanlı remained lax hours after the event, while officials confess to incompetence and negligence. Number of Women on Police Protection Skyrockets in Turkey Following the implementation of “Family Protection and Prevention of Violence Against Women” Act in … Read more
The issues of press freedom and freedom of expression in Turkey have for several years attracted a great deal of attention and provoked extensive debate both in Turkey and in other Western countries. Dozens of journalists critical of the government have been jailed, and hefty fines have been levied against media outlets seen as opposing … Read more
Bloomberg chief says data access inexcusable Matthew Winkler, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, apologized for allowing journalists ?limited? access to sensitive data AP leak put Americans ‘at risk,’ US Attorney General says The leak that prompted the seizure of a journalist phone records was a ‘very serious’ matter which ‘puts the American people at risk,’ Attorney … Read more
Child Workers Near 900,000 in Turkey from Bianet :: English According to a recent report released by Turkey’s main statistics institute, there are currently 893,000 child workers with half of them not going to any school in Turkey On Turkish Media: What I Told Al Jazeera and They Couldn’t Air from The Istanbulian by Emre … Read more
Doubts about report on Uludere massacre from Journalist in Turkey, background articles, news and weblog about by Fréderike Geerdink ISTANBUL ? A commission in the Turkish parliament has finalized its report on the Uludere massacre, in which 34 civilians were killed at the end of 2011. According to the report the bombing of civilians was … Read more