by admin | Sep 25, 2016 | Campaigns, international, Turkey
Last week I was on a mission to Turkey on behalf of the International and European Federation of Journalists to observe a number of trials of journalists, which have been on the increase since the failed coup of 15 July and the three month state of emergency...
by admin | Aug 16, 2016 | international, Turkey, whistle blowing
Persecuted Turkish newspaper editor Can Dündar said yesterday he was resigning as he no longer had faith in the judiciary to hear his appeal following last month’s failed coup. In May an Istanbul court sentenced the editor-in-chief of the Kemalist Cumhuriyet daily to...
by admin | Jul 19, 2016 | media freedom, Turkey
The failure of the coup launched by a faction of the military on 15 July has resulted in a massive purge by the Erdogan government, while the reckless military adventurism has weakened, possibly fatally, what was left of the country’s democratic framework. In...
by admin | Jul 1, 2016 | international, media freedom, Turkey
Speaking to a meeting called by English PEN, in partnership with the Centre for Turkey Studies in London on 29 June journalist Can Dündar, Cumhuriyet’s editor-in-chief, who along with his colleague Erdem Gül were recently sentenced to five years and 10 months and five...
by admin | Apr 18, 2016 | Campaigns, Turkey
NUJ speaks out for journalists in Turkey The worsening situation in Turkey was discussed at the NUJ delegate meeting this weekend in Southport and a number of excellent motions were passed. Cambridge branch put forward a comprehensive late notice motion covering...
by admin | Apr 2, 2016 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, Turkey
From yesterday’s Hurriyet Daily News ‘Can Dündar and Erdem Gül appeared in Istanbul’s Çağlayan courthouse for the second hearing of their controversial case yesterday, 1 April, with the court again ruling not to arrest them for the duration of the trial. The...
