turkish journalism

A joint declaration titled ‘Nazi Germany 2015’ – A group of intellectuals [including me] launch signature campaign against media suppression

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Turkish intellectuals launch signature campaign against media suppression 175 Turkish intellectuals have prepared a joint declaration titled ‘Nazi Germany 2015’ criticizing the government-backed operations against the free press which began with the December 17-25, 2013 corruption probes and have continued on through Tuesday’s raid against İpek Media Holding. On Wednesday 175 prominent Turkish intellectuals, academics, … Read more

Persona non Grata, A documentary (with English subtitles) on the story of Turkey’s journalists today… EFD Rights Watch….

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A new documentary: Persona non Grata Produced by P24, directed by Tuluhan Tekelioglu, Persona non Grata tells the story of Turkey’s journalists today—watch it here… The first public screening of Punto24’s new documentary was held at the Swedish Consulate in Istanbul to mark the World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, 2015. This is not … Read more

He has the evidence: the footage showing moment when tear gas hits him

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Bu video Adobe Flash Player’ın son sürümünü gerektirmektedir.   Gezi protester opens legal battle with footage showing moment when tear gas hits him Hurriyet Daily News Authorities are rejecting any responsibility for the injuries of a protester who lost his sight during the Gezi Park protests   Turkish journalist Ahmet Şik laureate of UNESCO Guillermo … Read more

Our colleague Ahmet Şık (@sahmetsahmet) receives UNESCO Guilelrmo Cano Prize

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Defendant Here, Awarded Abroad: Ahmet Şık http://www.bianet.org/english/media/154896-defendant-here-awarded-abroad-ahmet-sik ? Defendant Here, Awarded Abroad: Ahmet Şık UNESCO Guilelrmo Cano Prize has been given to Ahmet Şık, a Tiurkish journalist on trial within Odatv case and a target of police violence during the Gezi Park Resistance. He has also been acquitted of defamation lately.

Tomorrow: Panel discussion at Sabancı U (Karaköy): Freedom of the Press. Osman Ulagay (@oulagay) & Erkan Saka

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  Discussion in English. Event page at Facebook.  

Media ownership in Turkey. A pictorial explanation. By @mediacat

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January is a month of loss… R.I.P Mehmet Ali Birand. Turkish journalism loses one major name…

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During my pilot study for my PhD fieldwork, I happened to attend daily editorial meetings at CNN Turk chaired by him. He was also a notable journalist in EU-Turkey relations… Birand at Wikipedia Birand’s Last Article | Artık ölümlerin durmasını diliyorum from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M In Memoriam | Mehmet Ali Birand (1941-2013) from Mavi … Read more

Birgün daily’s cover today. Impossibility of opposition in contemporary Turkey…

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Today Birgün, a leftist daily sort of announced the names of a group of columnists most of whom lost their jobs allegedly under the pressure of Erdoğan government. The implication was that these would start to write for the paper. However, it seems that some of the columnists have not decided yet to begin contributing. … Read more

Not the new media but corrupt managers are killing old media!

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In the last couple of days: 6 columnists have been fired [link in Turkish] from Akşam daily. 1 very popular critical columnist at Radikal daily, Yıldırım Türker, has been censored and decided to quit. Another, Tarhan Erdem, rumored to be censored, too… Corruption has different angles. It might be political- and mostly political right now- … Read more

How to pronounce Bashar Assad?

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In addition to foreign policy complexities, Turkish journalists try to figure out how two spell Bashar al-Assad in Turkish. Apart from the most used three options, Esat, Esad or Esed, Turkish Language Institute finally gave an answer: Beşşar Esed. Here is the story in Turkish.

Crowdsourcing Turkey’s constitution…

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As I had previously mentioned, I and a group of graduate students from Bilgi U. Media Studies started a crowdsourcing project to contribute to the writing process of Turkey’s new constitution here. Using the very Wiki software, we try to give it a shot. There are several ongoing civilian projects for the new constitution. A … 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

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

In the history of journalism in Turkey, there are also Armenian journalists killed. Here is a list.

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More 24 April photos here.   We?ll be there on April 24 by ORHAN KEMAL CENGİZ This Sunday for the second time in our history, commemorations for Armenian massacres in the past will be held throughout Turkey.   Komitas Vardapet, forgotten folk hero from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk Composer Komitas Vardapet survived a genocide … Read more

Another unfortunate day for Turkish journalism. 119 journalists fired from Haberturk and Sabah yesterday…

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A Facebook page is founded for those who were fired from Haberturk… And a blog that covers the strike at Sabah daily…