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Turkey convicts Cumhuriyet journalists on terrorism charges
April 25, 2018 5:32 PM ET
Istanbul, April 25, 2018--An Istanbul court today convicted 13 people affiliated with the independent daily Cumhuriyet of aiding terrorist organizations and sentenced them to jail terms ranging between three and seven years, the newspaper reported. The court placed the journalists on probation and banned them from traveling until the...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of April 16, 2018
April 19, 2018 5:51 PM ET
Journalists in prison An Istanbul court on April 17 arraigned Adil Demirci, a Turkish-German dual national and reporter for the socialist Etkin News Agency (ETHA), on charges of "being a member of a [terrorist] organization" and "making propaganda for a [terrorist] organization," according to the German news agency Deutsche...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of April 9, 2018
April 12, 2018 5:06 PM ET
Journalists Imprisoned An Istanbul court on April 6 arraigned İhsan Yaşar and İhsak Kabul, the publisher and responsible news editor respectively for the recently seized pro-Kurdish newspaper Özgürlükçü Demokrasi, on charges of "being members of a [terrorist] organization" and "making propaganda for a [terrorist] organization," the daily Evrensel reported....
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of April 2, 2018
April 5, 2018 4:54 PM ET
Journalists sentenced An Istanbul court convicted in a retrial Hasan Cemal, a veteran journalist and a columnist for the news website T24, on charges of "making propaganda for a [terrorist] organization," and issued a suspended sentence of 18 months and 22 days, according to an April 3 report from...
Turkey issues new arrest warrant for Can Dündar, asks Interpol to do same
April 2, 2018 1:22 PM ET
New York, April 2, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Turkish authorities to drop the politically motivated case against the exiled independent journalist Can Dündar, and allow him to do his work without fear of reprisal....
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of March 26, 2018
March 29, 2018 4:31 PM ET
Pro-Kurdish newspaper seized A government-affiliated insurer and fund manager took over one of Turkey's last remaining pro-Kurdish dailies, Özgürlükçü Düşünce, on March 28, and Istanbul police detained at least 27 of its staff members, according to news reports....
Turkish authorities seize control of pro-Kurdish national daily
March 28, 2018 4:05 PM ET
Istanbul, March 28, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the takeover today by a government-affiliated body of one of the last remaining pro-Kurdish national dailies and called for authorities to immediately release at least 10 media staff detained during the raid and to return the outlet to its rightful...
CPJ calls on European Council and European Commission to raise press freedom with Turkey
March 22, 2018 4:11 PM ET
CPJ calls on the presidents of the European Council and European Commission to request the release of Turkish journalists as a matter of priority during a scheduled meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in Varna, Bulgari.
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of March 15, 2018
March 15, 2018 2:09 PM ET
Supreme Court says Can Dündar should face retrial Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals on March 9 ruled that Can Dündar, former chief editor of the daily, Cumhuriyet, and Erdem Gül, the paper's Ankara representative, should face a retrial on charges of "obtaining secret information with means of espionage," Euronews...