Turkey's High Council of Radio and Television (RTÜK) issued fines and warnings on Halk TV, Ulusal TV, Cem TV and EM TV - television networks that ...»

Yıldız Technical University Security staff allegedly veiled a banner ad that depicted a woman in stockings. University president protested the media coverage on the issue, saying ...»

An Antalya court suspended the trial of Canan Arın - advocate and founder of Mor Çatı women organization who was charged with “insulting Prophet Mohammed and ...»

17 individuals including 15 high school students in the northwestern province of Bursa have been sued over shouting the slogan “Lightbulb Tayyip” to protest the exam ...»

85 women worldwide organizations released a statement supporting Canan Arın, advocate and founder of Mor Çatı women organization who is currently being charged with “insulting Prophet ...»

CHP, Turkey’s main opposition party, completed a report on the situation of jailed journalists in Turkey, underlining that the number of jailed journalists (71) in 2013 ...»

Reporters Without Borders condemned Sevan Nişanyan’s conviction to 13.5 months of prison for insulting Prophet Mohammed and urged a dismissal in the appeals trial. ...»

Necati Abay, a representative of Solidarity Platform with Jailed Journalists (TGDP) was sentenced to 11 years and 3 months of prison for terrorist organization membership allegations ...»

Istanbul 14th Peace Court convicted author Sevan Nişanyan to 13.5 months of prison for “openly insulting religious values of a certain faction of the society” in ...»

Reacting to Interior Ministry's new plan to assign to "guard officers" on university campuses, current and former student leaders spoke up to bianet, claiming that police ...»

Center for American Progress released its report on Freedom of the Press and Expression – a comprehensive document that also included recommendations for a free freer ...»

Several media unions across Turkey protested the media ban imposed on Reyhanlı blasts, appealing the court to lift the ban immediately. ...»

A team of police officers and intervention tanks casted gas bombs and used water cannons against a bunch of protestors who were peacefully gathering on the ...»

69 journalists and 30 distributors were behind bars between January and March 2013 in Turkey. Out of 69 journalists and 30 publishers currently jailed in Turkey, ...»

Murdered journalists, imprisoned journalists, releases, attacks, threats, obstructions, investigations and trials; defamation cases, actions for personal rights and compensation cases; decisions by the Harmful Publications Board, ...»

President Gül ratified two law proposals that amended several articles on Turkish Penal Code and Anti-Terror Act - a series of revisions publicly known as 4th ...»

After a prosecutor dropped charges against Adnan Oktar, a controversial religious figure, for “incitement to hatred and hostility", Oktar filed lawsuits against the applicants and their ...»

English PEN is campaigning on freedom of expression in Turkey throughout 2013 to raise awareness of current threats to writers, publishers, translators and journalists. ...»

A new mock website allows users to check online whether they have been sued over defamation charges by Melih Gökçek, Ankara’s controversial mayor. ...»

An Istanbul court convicted Pianist Fazıl Say of blasphemy over his tweets, ordering him to serve 10 months of prison - a sentence that was later ...»