Willing Accomplice
April 25, 2017 8:11 AM ET
Collusion by the Turkish media compounds the country's crisis By Andrew Finkel Turkey's bloody, failed military coup on July 15, 2016, and the ruthless crackdown that followed are testament to the country's escalating crisis of democracy. Though the crisis had...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of March 5
March 6, 2017 10:17 AM ET
Erdoğan says jailed Die Welt correspondent 'German agent,' Kurdish separatist Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on March 3 said that Deniz Yücel, the Turkey correspondent for the German newspaper Die Welt and a dual citizen of Germany and Turkey...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of February 19
February 21, 2017 9:56 AM ET
Detention of Die Welt Turkey correspondent complicates relations with Germany The detention of Deniz Yücel, Turkey correspondent for the German newspaper Die Welt, has complicated relations with German officials, the socialist daily Evrensel, the German news website Handelsbatt Global,...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of January 8
January 9, 2017 12:27 PM ET
Erdoğan praises Trump for 'beating down' CNN reporter Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan praised U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for "beating down" ("benzetmek") CNN senior White House correspondent Jim Costa in a January 11 press conference, according to media reports...
Turkey closes 15 media outlets, raids newspaper office, detains at least 12
October 31, 2016 1:48 PM ET
New York, October 31, 2016 -- The Turkish government should immediately reverse an emergency decree closing at least 15 news agencies, newspapers, and magazines and should immediately release all journalists imprisoned on bogus charges for their work, the Committee...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of October 23
October 24, 2016 10:22 AM ET
EU Parliament urges Turkey to release journalists The European Parliament urged Turkey to release all journalists jailed without proof of their alleged involvement in the failed July 15 military coup, Hürriyet Daily News reported, based on the text of...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of October 10
October 11, 2016 11:42 AM ET
Two columnists freed from jail on appeal Lale Kemal, a columnist who wrote for the dailies Taraf and Zaman, and Nuriye Akman, a columnist for Zaman, were released from prison yesterday on appeal, the English-language news blog Turkish Minute reported....
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of September 4
September 6, 2016 12:43 PM ET
Police raid Kurdish magazine office Police raided Istanbul office of the pro-Kurdish magazine Özgür Halk today, the pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DİHA) reported. DİHA reported that the raid, which was in progress at the time of publication, was related...
Turkish police raid newspaper office, detain at least 23 employees
August 29, 2016 1:02 PM ET
New York, August 29, 2016--Turkish authorities should immediately release 23 employees of the Kurdish-language daily newspaper Azadiya Welat detained yesterday in a police raid of the newspaper's office, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of August 28
August 29, 2016 10:30 AM ET
Government revokes press credentials for 115 journalists Turkey's General Directorate for Press, Broadcasting, and Information (BYEGM, by its Turkish acronym) -- the bureau within the prime minister's office responsible for accrediting journalists -- today revoked the credentials of 115...