press freedom

well, there are new photos from a forgotten (Maraş) massacre…EFD Rights Watch…

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The Maraş Massacre (tr: Maraş katliamı) or Kahramanmaraş Massacre of December 1978 was the massacre of more than hundred civilians, mostly Alevis, a minority Muslim group in Turkey. The prime perpetrators were Greywolves.[1] It was an attack by rightists on leftists, Turks on Kurds, Sunnis (probably Kurdish as well as Turkish) on Alevis.[1]……….continue to read Today new photos from the 1978 Maraş massacre were released…  click here for … Read more

Turkey today: tens of journalists are detained in KCK Case….EFD Rights Watch

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 strangling the public sphere piece by piece…. Turkey arrests journalists in alleged terror plot CNN International – 13 minutes ago Turkey has been battling a Kurdish separatist insurgency led by guerillas from … organization referred to as the Union of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK) ********************** Interior minister criticizes media reports on beating from Hurriyet Daily News Interior Minister İdris Naim Şahin … Read more

So who is right? how many imprisoned journalists in Turkey? -EFD Rights Watch

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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

Erkan also quoted in CPJ special report: “Imprisonments jump worldwide, and Iran is worst”

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Imprisonments jump worldwide, and Iran is worst Stark regional differences are seen as jailings grow significantly in the Middle East and North Africa. Dozens of journalists are held without charge, many in secret prisons. A CPJ special report   Behind a wall of police, Turkish writer Ahmet Şik arrives at a courthouse in Istanbul to face … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Journalists were under trial today and more…

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  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

EFD Rights Watch: body of Sebahattin Yılmaz found in debris. Journalists not only imprisoned but also die because of State misconducts in Turkey…

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Turkish Quake Death Toll Rises to 26 ? ABC News – Bertan Ayduk – Mehmet Guzel – 4 hours ago Colleagues and friends wept as rescue workers pulled out the body of Sebahattin Yilmaz from beneath the debris of the Bayram Hotel ? one of two hotels that When judiciary facilitates rape from Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news :: Columnists … Read more

63 journalists are currently imprisoned in Turkey…

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59 of them are in prison due to non-journalistic crimes, Ministry of Justice claims.Full list of the imprisoned journalists can be found here. That’s the tricky part. Some use being a journalist as a cover, and but most are accused of non-journalistic crimes to punish oppositionary journalism… “Journalists not Detained because of their Writings” Bianet … Read more

2 more features on Media Freedom in Turkey…

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FEATURE-Jailed journalists write for freedom in Turkey Reuters Many of those are for articles about the alleged anti-government plots of the shadowy “Ergenekon” network since the investigation was launched four years ago. Some 2000 cases have been opened against reporters. Well known journalist Ahmet Slk was…. Mission Journal: Media under growing pressure in Turkey CPJ … Read more

So they were burnt alive…A confession on “Operation Return to Life”…

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In year 2000, Turkish authorities intervened the ongoing “death fast” protest by radical left wing political prisoners. the protest was against the new F-type prison system. A soldier confessed after 11 years: “The detainees wanted to get out of the burning cells and surrender but the doors were not opened, the fire brigade did not … Read more

Report: Freedom of expression and media freedom in Turkey

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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

A country of increasing rights violations. Last but final case: Harakiri Magazine

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Country of No: No Laziness or Adventurism from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White The Crime? Directing Turkish People to Laziness and Adventurism. The punishment: a $92,000 fine. In effect, cease publication of the humor magazine, Harakiri. From Hurriyet (click here): The humor magazine Harakiri has been forced to shut down after being slapped with a … Read more

RSF report: “A book is not a bomb” says fact-finding mission

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Reporters Without Borders urged the Turkish government today to prove it supports the media freedom it proclaimed during the recent election campaign. The appeal came in a report called ?Media and justice in Turkey ? mistrust and repression? after recent fact-finding visits by the worldwide media freedom organisation to investigate the hounding and prosecution of … Read more

Journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener in prison for more than 100 days now. Journalists’ march today to protest their friends’ imprisonment…

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  More photos and news in Turkish here.

Azadiya Welat, the Kurdish daily, banned again.

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  Azadiya Welat Newspaper Banned – Again Azadiya Welat, the only nation-wide newspaper in Turkey publishing in Kurdish, has been banned for the duration of 15 days. This is the ninth publication ban for the daily. Its printing house in Diyarbakır was searched by the police. BİA Media Monitoring Report 2011 First Quarter – Full … Read more

the Second flotilla to Gaza may look like a domestic election stunt… A foreign policy roundup…

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  Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, seen here in 2011, has warned Israel against another act of bloodshed in international waters after activists announced plans to send a new aid flotilla to the blockaded Gaza Strip.(AFP/File/Ferenc Isza)   Turk is favourite to take over at IMF by Graeme Wearden Kemal Derviş heads the list at … Read more