by admin | Dec 10, 2015 | media freedom, Turkey
Last Tuesday, a court in Istanbul threw out an appeal against the detention of two editors from a top daily newspaper as a global media rights watchdog launched a major petition for their release. The higher Istanbul court rejected the appeal from lawyers for the...
by admin | Nov 27, 2015 | international, media freedom, Turkey
A court in Istanbul has charged two journalists from the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper with spying after they alleged Turkey’s secret services had sent arms to Islamist rebels in Syria. Can Dundar the editor-in-chief, (who I have met on my visits to Turkey) and...
by admin | Nov 7, 2015 | international, media freedom, Turkey
The NUJ joined the International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ) and their affiliate the Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS) in calling for press freedom in Turkey following the election. The call was made following the surprise victory of...
by admin | Sep 22, 2015 | censorship, international, media freedom, Turkey
Increasing attacks on journalists, jailings, limits on collective bargaining, increasing restrictions on the right to report, more prosecutions and less press freedom. These were some of the key issues discussed at a conference held in Istanbul on 17/18 September,...
by admin | Jun 9, 2015 | Europe, media freedom, Turkey
Just two weeks before the general election in Turkey on 7 June the New York Times ran an editorial ‘Dark clouds over Turkey’. It reported rising tensions in the country and that opposition supporters were fearful of a new crackdown to ensure that the...
by admin | May 24, 2015 | media freedom, Turkey
Last week I received official notice that my request to visit Hidayet Karaca head of the TV media network Samanyolu had been turned down by the Turkish Justice Ministry. The news was reported in yesterday’s edition of Zaman under the heading ‘ IFJ...
