For Turkish media, Taksim story reveals flaws, threats
June 7, 2013 3:00 PM ET
The coverage of the Taksim Square protests will not be remembered as a moment of glory for a number of Turkish mainstream media. While demonstrators were being tear-gassed and beaten by police a week ago, CNN Türk was airing...
News blackout deepens Turkey press freedom doubts
May 17, 2013 3:21 PM ET
When twin car bombs shook the district of Reyhanli in Turkey's southeastern province of Hatay near the Syrian border last Saturday, killing at least 51 people and wounding dozens of others, a local court issued a gag order on...
Turkey's press freedom must be on Obama-Erdoğan agenda
May 16, 2013 2:24 PM ET
When President Obama meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyp Erdoğan today, he needs to deliver the message that Turkey's failure to improve its record on press freedom is eroding the country's strategic relationship with the United States and sabotaging...
Investigation, threats against freed Turkish journalists
March 22, 2012 4:15 PM ET
New York, March 22, 2012--Turkish authorities must immediately dismiss the new criminal investigation against journalist Ahmet Şık and should thoroughly investigate threats made against Şık and investigative journalist Nedim Şener, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....