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...
In Turkey, one journalist killed, several newsrooms seized in attempted coup
July 16, 2016 1:35 PM ET
Istanbul, July 16, 2016 - Turkish soldiers shot and killed one journalist and seized control of several newsrooms last night as factions of the Turkish military attempted to topple the government of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and...
Two newspaper offices firebombed in Istanbul
February 11, 2016 11:12 AM ET
New York, February 11, 2016--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today's attacks on the Istanbul offices of the daily newspapers Yeni Akit and Yeni Şafak. The newspapers are generally supportive of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)....