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Turkish journalists
German police warn Turkish editor about hit list targeting journalists in exile
The German Federal Police have warned Celal Başlangıç, the editor-in-chief of Artı TV and the Artı Gerçek news website, of a planned assassination targeting...
108 journalists behind bars in Turkey, report reveals
There are 108
journalists in Turkey’s prisons, and Turkey is the second biggest jailer of
journalists in the world, according to a report drafted by an...
Turkish courts handed down sentences to 41 journalists in the first half of 2019
The Free Journalists Initiative (ÖGİ) has
announced that the first six months of the year saw the trial of 287 journalists,
41 of whom were sentenced...
Turkish journalists prevented from covering Erdoğan meeting with foreign colleagues
Turkey’s president,
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, forced Turkish journalists to leave the room during a
question and answer segment of a press conference with foreign journalists on
Thursday.The...
2 Turkish journalists moved from prison to house arrest
Editor
Semiha Şahin and reporter Pınar Gayıp from the Etkin News Agency (ETHA) have
been released from prison into house arrest, the Bianet news website reported
on...
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...
German parliamentarians to play football friendly with Turkish journalists
Some members of the German Bundestag will play a football friendly with a group of Turkish journalists in a bid to raise awareness about...
Die Zeit paper allocates full page to Turkish journalists under arrest, pressure
German newspaper Die Zeit on Thursday allocated one of its pages to 29 Turkish journalists who are either currently under arrest or face heavy...