Journalists detained after criticizing Turkey's Syria incursion
January 23, 2018 3:29 PM ET
Istanbul, January 23, 2018 --The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the detention of at least four journalists in Turkey after they criticized its incursion into northern Syria, and urged Turkish authorities to release the journalists and allow the...
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 26
February 27, 2017 9:47 AM ET
Shots fired at newspaper office, no one injured An unknown assailant in a moving taxi fired two shots from a handgun at the building housing the daily newspaper Cumhuriyet in Istanbul this morning, Cumhuriyet reported. A police investigation is...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of February 12
February 14, 2017 10:31 AM ET
Publisher closes magazine for cartoon lampooning Moses The publisher of the cartoon magazine GırGır announced today that he was closing down the magazine after its publication of a cartoon depicting Moses irritating his followers wandering in the desert by...
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 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...