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WSJ reporter held incommunicado in Turkey for 2 days

Don Nissenbaum, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, was detained on Tuesday in Istanbul and was held for two-and-a-half days without access to...

Journalists send wishes for freedom in 2017 to jailed colleagues

Approximately 100 journalists and representatives of media organizations gathered to send best wishes for the new year to colleagues who are currently in prison. The...

Over 150 journalists allegedly to face investigation

One of the pro-Erdoğan insider Twitter accounts claimed on Sunday that 154 journalists will soon face investigation. Sharing the names of the journalists, the "BAŞKENTÇİ"...

Turkish police to arrested journalist: You Armenian b*stard. Come on, write a report now!

As a government-led crackdown on critical media outlets in the country continues at full speed, Turkish police teams on Sunday detained six more journalists...

Peer pressure forces jailed journalist’s children to change surname

The children of former Taraf daily journalist Mehmet Baransu, who was imprisoned in March 2015 after revealing an alleged government plan to “eliminate the...

Pro-gov’t columnist says journalist Dündar to be brought to Turkey like Öcalan

Ahmet Kekeç, a columnist from the pro-government Star daily, has claimed exiled former editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet daily Can Dündar will be brought to...

UN official calls on Turkey to release jailed journalists

United Nations Special Rapporteur David Kaye has called on the Turkish government to release all journalists currently in jail, warning Ankara that the need...

Turkey’s jailed intellectuals agree failed to see AKP’s dark side: We regret support we once gave Erdoğan

Fundamental rights are suspended; political opponents, intellectuals are jailed; media is censored. Same old same old in Turkey. The pervasive sense of fear, apprehension...

Cumhuriyet CEO arrested

The Cumhuriyet daily’s chief executive officer, Akın Atalay, who was detained at İstanbul Atatürk Airport on Friday upon his return from Germany based on...

State-run TRT hints EP’s Schulz a child molester

European Parliament (EP) President Martin Schulz was hinted at being a child molester during a Tuesday night TV program aired on state-run broadcaster TRT...

Freedom House: Turkish government stifling media and dissent

The US-based independent watchdog organization Freedom House said in a statement on Tuesday that Turkey's government is attacking the press to a degree not...

ÇGD says coup attempt foiled but press freedom sustaining heavy blows in Turkey

The Contemporary Journalists Association (ÇGD) has said although a military coup attempt was foiled in Turkey, freedom of the press in the country has...

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