FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

Latest News

• Four newspapers in Turkey call for solidarity with Özgür Gündem 

  Reaction against the wave of attack on Özgür Gündem continues. Cumhuriyet, Evrensel, BirGün and Yurt newspapers have protested the court order and called for solidarity.
• Lawyer Keskin: Like in the past, Özgür Gündem won’t be silent today 

  Former Editor in Chief for Özgür Gündem Eren Keskin said Özgür Gündem was the newspaper of Apê Musa, Ferhat Tepe, Hüseyin Deniz and that “Özgür Gündem has made them a promise. Like in the past, Özgür Gündem won’t be silent today.”
• Özgür Gündem columnist Aslı Erdoğan detained 

  Özgür Gündem editorial board member and columnist Aslı Erdoğan was detained after the newspaper was closed with a court order yesterday.
• Özgür Gündem printed with headline “WE WILL NOT BOW DOWN” 

  Pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem was closed yesterday by the AKP government, but is printed today with the headline “WE WILL NOT BOW DOWN”.
• Detention of Özgür Gündem journalists prolonged 

  Detention of 24 journalist taken into custody in the Özgür Gündem raid has been prolonged until Friday.
• Özgür Gündem newspaper building sealed 

  Özgür Gündem has been closed and newspaper’s workers were detained. The building has been sealed by the Beyoğlu Municipality units.
• Wave of attack on Özgür Gündem widens 

  The wave of attack against pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem widens in the wake of the court order for its closure announced earlier today.
• At least 23 detained during raid on Özgür Gündem 

  At least 23 people have been reportedly detained during the police raid on the office of pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem after court order for its closure.
• ÖGC: Free press will take no steps back 

  Free Journalists Association (ÖGC) condemned the closure of Özgür Gündem daily, raid on Istanbul office and the detention of journalists.
• Özgür Gündem journalists detained during police raid on office 

  Police forces raided the Özgür Gündem office in Istanbul and detained the journalists inside by assaulting them.
• Özgür Gündem: We will not bow to the pressures 

  As the AKP government increases its attacks on the Kurdish media, Istanbul 8th Penal Court of Peace has ordered the closure of Istanbul based daily Özgür Gündem on alleged grounds of 'spreading PKK propaganda'.
• Free press under increasing attack: Turkey closes Özgür Gündem daily 

  Pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem has been closed by a Turkish court on Tuesday.
• Facebook closes ANF English page 

  The social network Facebook has closed the ANF English page as part of the growing pressures against Kurdish free press all around the world.
• Campaign against Twitter restraint on Kurdish media accounts 

  Kurdish media outlets stressed that; "If Twitter insists on its decision to apply censorship on Kurdish accounts, we will boycott Twitter by deactivating hundreds of thousands of Twitter accounts simultaneously."
• Roj News reporter murdered in Duhok laid to rest 

  Roj News reporter Vedat Hisên Ali who was murdered in Duhok on August 13, has been laid to rest.
• DIHA reporter detained in Siirt 

  Yet another reporter for Dicle News Agency (DIHA) has been taken into custody by police.
• Kurdish TVs under cyber attack 

  Pressures of the Turkish and Iranian regimes against free press are growing.
• Life sentence asked for DIHA reporter Şermin Soydan 

  Life sentence has been asked for DIHA reporter Şermin Soydan who was arrested due to her report titled “Details of the 'secret' operation on Gever”. The first hearing of Soydan will be held on August 10.
• Two reporters for DIHA detained in Gever 

  Two reporters for Dicle News Agency (DIHA) have been detained in Gever.
• 6th ban on JINHA 

  Access to Women's News Agency (JINHA) has been banned for the 6th time.
• Azadiya Welat editor arrested 

  Azadiya Welat daily editor Zeynel Abidin Bulut has been arrested in the main Kurdish city Amed.
• JINHA editor Doğan arrested on charges of “spreading propaganda” 

  JINHA editor and reporter Zehra Doğan has been arrested on charges of “spreading propaganda for a terror organisation”.
• Another reporter for DIHA jailed 

  As Turkish state's pressures against journalists continue growing, yet another reporter for pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DIHA) has been jailed.
• DIHA reporter sentenced to 3 years in prison 

  DIHA reporter Murat Verim has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for “spreading propaganda for an illegal organisation”.
• 6 more people investigated for showing solidarity with Özgür Gündem 

  6 more people who joined the 'Editor-in-Chiefs on Watch' campaign in solidarity with Özgür Gündem daily are facing investigations.