Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of April 14, 2019
April 18, 2019 2:56 PM ET
Sözcü journalists on trial At a hearing for journalists from the opposition daily Sözcü, in Istanbul, on April 18, the prosecutor asked that seven staff members be found guilty for "willingly and knowingly helping a [terrorist] organization without being...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of February 24, 2019
February 28, 2019 12:45 PM ET
RSF Turkey representative in court Erol Önderoğlu, the Turkey representative for the press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF), was in court in Istanbul on February 25 alongside Şebnem Korur Fincancı, a columnist for the leftist daily Evrensel and...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of January 28, 2019
January 31, 2019 2:55 PM ET
Düzkan starts jail term for Özgür Gündem campaignJournalist Ayşe Düzkan started serving an 18-month prison sentence in Bakırköy Women's Prison in Istanbul on January 29 over her participation in a solidarity campaign with the daily newspaper Özgür Gündem, the...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of May 21, 2017
May 22, 2017 10:51 AM ET
Two journalists arraigned, finance manager released A court in Istanbul arraigned Gökmen Ulu and Mediha Olgun, journalists for the secularist, nationalist daily Sözcü, one of the last remaining widely circulated newspapers to be consistently critical of the government, on...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of March 19, 2017
March 20, 2017 9:37 AM ET
Security forces detain reporter in southeastern Turkey Security forces in the southeastern province of Mardin today detained Dihaber reporter Murat Verim, the news agency reported. Dihaber said the arrest was part of an ongoing terrorism investigation....
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...
Turkey releases journalist, press freedom advocate
June 30, 2016 1:11 PM ET
New York, June 30, 2016--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes today's release of Erol Önderoğlu, the Turkey representative of the press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Şebnem Korur Fincancı, an academic, columnist, and president of the Human...
Reporters Without Borders representative, two others jailed in Turkey
June 20, 2016 2:59 PM ET
New York, June 20, 2016--Authorities should immediately release and drop all charges against two human rights defenders and a journalist arrested in Istanbul, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. A court in Istanbul today ordered Erol Önderoğlu, the...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of May 15
May 16, 2016 10:20 AM ET
Veteran columnist pleads 'not guilty' to charges of insulting Erdoğan Veteran journalist Hasan Cemal, a columnist for the news website T24 and a founder of the news website P24, today pleaded not guilty to charges of insulting Turkish President...