by admin | Mar 27, 2016 | international, media freedom, Turkey, unions
Friday 25 March was a bleak day for journalism, the rule of law and the public’s right to know, when an Istanbul court ruled that the entire trial of Can Dündar and Erdem Gül should be held behind closed doors. Earlier scores of their supporters turned up to the court...
by admin | Mar 23, 2016 | Campaigns, Europe, media freedom, Turkey
Today I have received a reply from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Turkey Desk, Europe Directive) to a letter I wrote on 12 February to the Foreign Secretary, in which I called on the government to, amongst other things, put out a statement condemning the Turkish...
by admin | Feb 27, 2016 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, Turkey
At last better news from Turkey with the Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruling on 25 February that the rights of Cumhuriyet newspaper journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül had been violated. The ruling highlighted violations of Article 19 (right to personal liberty and...
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 10, 2015 | international, Turkey
A longstanding journalist colleague of mine writes: “The election result was surprise for everyone. Many analysis points out that the nationalists voters (MHP) shifted to the AKP. And also some religious Kurdish voters who supported Kurdish party (HDP) in the June...
