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Assaults on journalists in Turkey are far too common, authorities should take such cases seriously: CPJ
Assaults on journalists in Turkey are far too common and will only cease when authorities show that they take such cases seriously, the Committee...
Journalist Aygül should not serve prison time for doing his job, CPJ says
Turkish authorities should not imprison journalist Sinan Aygül, who was convicted on charges of “violating the secrecy of an investigation” by reporting on a...
Prosecution of murder of journalist Hrant Dink remains unsatisfactory: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Turkish authorities to conduct an impartial and depoliticized investigation into the killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink...
CPJ calls on Turkish gov’t to investigate mob assault on journalist Gültekin
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Turkish government to investigate a mob assault on Turkish journalist Levent Gültekin, a columnist for the...
German foreign minister, CPJ slam Turkish court’s ruling on exiled journalist Dündar: report
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) slammed the ruling of a Turkish court on Wednesday that sentenced exiled...
Turkey changes criteria to acquire press card, makes cancellations easier
A new regulation that resets the criteria for journalists to acquire press cards in Turkey was published in the Official Gazette on Friday in...
Turkey remains world’s worst jailer of journalists, CPJ report says
According to a report released on Thursday by media freedom advocacy group the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Turkey remains the world’s worst jailer...
EU’s Mogherini urges Turkey to abide by ECtHR ruling
European Union Foreign Affairs chief Federica Mogherini during a visit to Ankara on Thursday called on Turkey to release jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş...
Jailed Turkish journalist: Being a prisoner is like a small death
Turkish journalist Bayram Kaya, who was sentenced to six years, three months on charges of membership in a terrorist organization, says “hope” and “longing”...
Int’l organizations decry verdicts for Zaman journalists, calling them ‘perversion of justice’
International organizations including the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch (HRW), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Committee...
[OPINION] CPJ downplays the number of jailed journalists in Turkey
Abdullah BozkurtAlthough there are varying figures on the number of jailed journalists and media workers in Turkey from different advocacy groups, one thing that...
CPJ calls on EU officials to raise press freedom with Erdoğan
In a letter to the European Union's top officials, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday asked the union to call for the...