Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of February 10
February 14, 2019 2:41 PM ET
Police detain two journalists in separate raids Police on February 12 detained Salih Turan, a freelance journalist who formerly worked for the U.S. government-funded broadcaster Voice of America and the Kurdish service of the Russian-state-funded outlet Sputnik, on accusations...
UPDATE: In Turkey, authorities rule to free journalists, then reverse decision
March 31, 2017 12:40 PM ET
New York, March 31, 2017-- Istanbul's 25th Court for Serious Crimes ordered the release pending trial of at least 19 journalists jailed in the aftermath of the July 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey, but the decision was reversed...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of March 26, 2017
March 27, 2017 10:23 AM ET
Istanbul court orders release, pending trial, of at least 19 journalists Istanbul's 25th Court for Serious Crimes today ordered the release, pending trial, of at least 19 journalists imprisoned in direct relation for their work following the July 2016...
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 Crackdown Chronicle: Week of November 20
November 21, 2016 10:11 AM ET
After six months, wire reporter released pending trial Hakkari's Second Court for Serious Crimes today ordered Şermin Soydan, a reporter for the shuttered pro-Kurdish DİHA news agency, released on probation the leftist newspaper Evrensel 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 prosecutors issue 35 arrest warrants for journalists
August 30, 2016 1:15 PM ET
New York, August 30, 2016 -- Turkish prosecutors should cancel orders for the detention of 35 journalists, and authorities should unconditionally release all journalists already jailed, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police today detained at least nine...
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...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of July 31
August 1, 2016 11:42 AM ET
Court indicts 12 media workers on terrorism charges An Istanbul court last night indicted 12 journalists on charges of being a member of a terrorist organization -- the Hizmet movement, which the Turkish government classes as a terrorist group...
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...