by admin | Oct 6, 2017 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, Turkey
Hamza Yalçin (see blog dated 20 August 2017) was released on 28 September following a decision by Spain’s National High Court. “We are very pleased for our colleague, whose release we have been requesting since 3 August,” said European Federation of Journalists...
by admin | Aug 20, 2017 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, Turkey
I have recently received an email from a relative of NUJ adopted journalist Müyesser Yildiz, one of the journalists charged, imprisoned, released and subsequently acquitted on 12 April (see blog ‘At last the OdaTV13 are acquitted’ dated 15 April 2017). The...
by admin | Apr 18, 2017 | Campaigns, international, Turkey
It was a narrow victory and one which will not please President Erdogan ,who was hoping for a decisive one. Instead he won by a whisker with an estimated 51.4% of the vote, despite controlling the media and conducting the ‘Yes’ campaign under a state of...
by admin | Apr 15, 2017 | Campaigns, international, Turkey
After a 6 year ordeal an Istanbul court on 12 April ordered the acquittal of 13 suspects, including journalists and writers, charged with membership of the Ergenekon organisation in the OdaTV case. Among those acquitted is journalist Muyesser Yildiz who was adopted in...
by admin | Apr 4, 2017 | Campaigns, Turkey
“The UK has distinguished itself as a friend in the eyes of the Turkish government, and both sides are seeking to cement a strategic relationship. But, as the UK does so, it must not be seen as disregarding—or even excusing—allegations of serious human rights...
by admin | Feb 26, 2017 | Campaigns, media freedom, Turkey
On 10 February I wrote in my last blog that: “Next Tuesday I am travelling to Istanbul to see the curtain come down on one of the most farcical trials I have witnessed in my years as an observer at trials of journalists in Turkey.” Owing to an unscheduled trip to...
