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Journalist Nurcan Yalçın sentenced to prison for “supporting the PKK”
Kurdish journalist Nurcan Yalçın has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison in Amed for “supporting the PKK”. The background to the trial was a report on the siege of the old city district of Sur. -
Turkey on the verge of rewarding those who killed journalist Musa Anter with impunity, says RSF
Musa Anter was gunned down in Diyarbakır on 20 September 1992. Now the Turkish judiciary has come to the brink of rewarding those who killed him with impunity. -
Journalists commemorate Musa Anter at the scene of his murder
Kurdish writer Musa Anter was commemorated on the street where he was killed 30 years ago. -
Court sentences journalist Hatice Şahin to 6 years and 3 months in prison
Journalist Hatice Şahin, who was accused of "membership in a terrorist organization" for following DTK activities, was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison. -
Media Freedom Rapid Response exposes legal persecution of journalists in Turkey
The Media Freedom Rapid Response has published its first semi-annual report of the year. -
Protests in three cities for jailed Kurdish journalists
Journalists staged protests in the cities of Amed, Van and Mersin for their jailed colleagues, sending cards, letters and books to them. -
Call for support for the book and letter campaign for 16 jailed Kurdish journalists
Journalists will send books and letters to 16 Kurdish journalists who have been imprisoned in Diyarbakır for 3 months in a support campaign. -
Protests in solidarity with jailed journalists will be held in 5 cities on Friday
MKGP and DFG will hold protests in 5 cities in solidarity with 16 journalists arrested 3 months ago. -
Justice Ministry says number of jailed journalists 'doesn't concern public'
The Ministry of Justice refused to disclose information about journalists behind bars in Turkey, Bianet reports. -
Journalist Sinan Aygül sent to prison
Journalist Sinan Aygül, who told AKP Bitlis MP Vahit Kiler to stop being corrupt, has been arrested again. -
Court sentences MA journalists Eser and Topaloğlu to 6 years and 3 months in prison
Two former journalists for Mezopotamya Agency (MA), Sadiye Eser and Sadık Topaloğlu, have been sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison for "being a member of an illegal organization." -
Journalists file a criminal complaint against violent police officers
Journalists Elif Bayburt (ETHA) and Doğan Kaynak (MA) filed charges in Istanbul for police violence they suffered while observing a rally. Both declared that they would continue to report on the resistance in Turkey. -
16 journalists jailed in Turkey for three months without charge
For three months, 16 Kurdish media workers have been held in Turkish prisons without charge. The conditions of detention are getting worse and worse. -
Police blacklist and bring journalist Müftüoğlu to trial
The General Directorate of Security blacklisted 20 journalists, including DFG Co-Chair Dicle Müftüoğlu and TGS Chair Gökhan Durmuş. The blacklisting was revealed in a classified document attached to the case file of journalist Müftüoğlu. -
DFG report for August: Number of journalists in prison rose to 79
According to the Dicle Fırat Journalists’ Association, two more journalists were jailed in Turkey in August, bringing the number of journalists behind bars to 79. -
Journalist Ziya Ataman strip searched and put in isolation cell after prison transfer
Arrested journalist Ziya Ataman said that he was strip searched in Dumlu No. 2 High Security Prison, to which he was transferred, and was put in a solitary cell. -
Two journalists face prison for doing their job
Journalists Rozerin Gültekin (JinNews) and Ergin Çağlar (MA) face a prison sentence of up to three years in Turkey because they went to report on a demonstration against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan held in Bursa. -
MKM organises solidarity night with 16 journalists in prison
The MKM has organized a solidarity night at Şişli Cemil Candaş Cultural Center on Sunday night for the 16 imprisoned journalists and free press. -
Dersim Labor and Democracy Platform expresses solidarity with newspaper Evrensel
The Dersim Labor and Democracy Platform protested the cancellation of the right to publish official advertisements of the newspaper Evrensel, and called on the BİK to abandon its decision. -
Journalist Karakaş says he and other prisoners are on hunger strike in Kürkçüler jail
Journalist Ibrahim Karakaş, who is being held in Kürkçüler Prison, said that they started a 5-day alternating hunger strike as of 14 July due to the arbitrary behaviour in the prison and the rejection of their demands. -
MKM promotes night of solidarity for journalists in prison
The MKM released the promotional video of the night of solidarity it is going to organize for the free press. -
Jailed journalist Alağaş: Struggle feeds our soul
In a letter from prison, arrested journalist Safiye Alağaş said that JinNews is an important part of the women's struggle and added: “At bottom, there is an attack against the women's struggle, not JinNews. I believe that all women will embrace JinNews.” -
Oruç: We are journalists, we are right, and we will write again
In a letter from prison, journalist Aziz Oruç said that jailed journalists longed for the day when the lawlessness would end in Turkey. “We are journalists, we are right, we will go out of prisons and write again,” he said. -
Jailed journalist Bulut: The prison administration want us to pay electricity bills!
Today marks the 60th day of detention for 16 journalists. One of them, Zeynel Abidin Bulut, who is being held in Diyarbakır High Prison No. 2, said that they were sent electricity bills to pay. -
Journalist Mahir Fırat Fidan taken into custody in Amed
About 30 people were detained in the political police operations in Amed, Hakkari, Van and Adana carried out on Saturday. Journalist Mahir Fırat Fidan was detained during house raids in Amed.