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 shutters more than 100 media outlets as purge continues
July 28, 2016 1:18 PM ET
New York, July 28, 2016--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Turkish authorities today to stop its sweeping purge of the media, and to allow all journalists to work freely at this critical time for the country. A decree...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of July 24
July 25, 2016 11:37 AM ET
At least 48 journalists detained in one week Police in Turkey detained at least 48 journalists in the past week, according to the independent news website P24 and the Twitter account of Ben Gazeteciyim, a volunteer association of Turkish...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of July 17
July 18, 2016 11:26 AM ET
Police raid and seal Meydan offices Istanbul police raided the offices of the pro-Hizmet daily Meydan at about 5 p.m. yesterday, local press reported. Police searched the offices in the Şirinevler district for three hours and confiscated documents, before...