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Pro-government TV outlets continue to avoid RTÜK fines
The media authority has issued 41 fines since the start of the year. Only three of them targeted pro-government outlets.
19 September 2022
MFRR: Legal persecution most pervasive threat against journalism in Türkiye
The MFRR recorded 71 press freedom violations in Turkey in the first half of the year, which involved 171 attacked persons or media entities.
16 September 2022
Hikmet Adal
Communications Directorate revokes veteran journalist Tuğrul Eryılmaz's press card
"Because I'm a 70+ youngster, 'my actions that may harm national security' were punished by Fahrettin Altun and his team," said the journalist.
16 September 2022
Halk TV fined over comments about remains of Kurdish man delivered in a sack
The Radio and Television Supreme Council has concluded that the Halk TV pundits made comments "serving the purposes of terrorism."
15 September 2022
RTÜK fines Netflix, Spotify over TV series, podcasts
The scenes where "two girls were kissing each other" in the "Jurassic Park Camp Cretaceous" series violated the "principle of the protection of general morality and family," the council concluded.
18 August 2022
RTÜK probes Jurassic Park animated series over LGBTI+ characters
"We are determined not to allow content that may negatively impact our children and youth and that disregard our values," said the head of Türkiye's media authority.
2 August 2022
Newspaper circulation further drops, more books published in Turkey in 2021
The amount of money channeled to newspapers and magazines through public ads increased by 34 percent, TurkStat figures show.
25 July 2022
Court convicts the journalist who photographed the killing of Kemal Kurkut
Sentenced to 1 year, 6 months, 22 days in prison for “terror propaganda”, Abdurrahman Gök said in his defense, “Would I be on trial after 8 years if I had written under the related pictures that they were taken in Libya or Azerbaijan rather than Kobanî?”
30 June 2022
'Communications Directorate will become the sole authority for news media if new bill passes"
The government intends to establish a censorship mechanism for online news media, according to the Journalists' Federation of Turkey.
30 May 2022
Journalism organizations call for withdrawal of Press Law amendment
The bill will not solve the disinformation problem but will only aggravate censorship, the groups have said in a joint statement.
27 May 2022
BirGün newspaper to pay damages to foundation led by Erdoğan’s son-in-law
Upon the lawsuit filed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's son-in-law, Selçuk Bayraktar, and his brother, Haluk Bayraktar, against BirGün, a compensation decision was given for a news article.
18 May 2022
Top administrative court annuls ban on filming police officers during protests
The Council of State has rejected the appeals of the Minister of Interior and General Director of Security and annulled the ban
10 May 2022
Condemning the journalist to univocality? Not that easy!
According to the BİA Media Monitoring Report, at least six journalists and one media outlet were attacked and Ses Kocaeli Newspaper’s owner Arslan was killed in an armed attack in the first 3 months of 2022. Happy World Press Freedom Day!
3 May 2022
Erol Önderoğlu
Prosecution demands acquittal of all defendants in Bloomberg case
Accepting the request of the SPK and BDDK lawyers for additional time, the court adjourned the case until April 29.
27 April 2022
HDP: Happy Kurdish Journalism Day
“Despite the conditions of repression and violence, Kurdish journalism goes along on its path, never making any concessions from the path or tradition of struggle created by journalists such as Mîqdat Mîdhed Bedirxa and Musa Anter,” says HDP MP Temel.
22 April 2022
Turkey’s media watchdog RTÜK fines Diyarbakır’s Amed Radyo TV
On the grounds that Amed Radyo TV allegedly did not send its statement of business income, it is now fined 12,804 lira by the Radio and Television Supreme Council.
21 April 2022
Popular Twitter user detained after claiming Turkey's e-government system was hacked
İbrahim Haskoloğlu shared images of ID cards allegedly belonging to the president and the intelligence chief, which were later revealed to be fake.
19 April 2022
Turkey may block access to DW, VoA as Euronews allowed to operate without licensing
The Radio and Television Supreme Council previously asked the Turkish services of the three outlets to get a license to continue operating in Turkey.
13 April 2022
Killed journalist Metin Göktepe's vest given to his mother 26 years later
Göktepe was killed by police officers while he was working. During the ceremony of the journalism awards named after him, a former colleague of his gave the vest to his mother.
13 April 2022
'And Now the Good News': Exhibition explores 150 years of dialogue between press and arts
The exhibition shedding light on the relationship between mass communication tools and arts can be visited at İstanbul's Pera Museum until August 7.
13 April 2022
Ayşegül Özbek
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Turkey's media regulatory body issued 1,661 fines against media outles in 2021
The RTÜK received over 44,000 complaints from citizens in a year. The most common reason for the complaints was about "violation of general morality."
11 April 2022
IPI condemns AKP’s omnibus bill foreseeing prison term for news on companies
The International Press Institute has “strongly condemned” the new measures proposed by the government that would lead journalists to face up to 3 years in prison for news that “undermines trust” or “damages the reputation” of finance companies.
31 March 2022
Justice delayed again: Late journalist Aydın Engin wins the ‘press card’ lawsuit
A journalist for 53 years, Aydın Engin sued the Presidency’s Communications Directorate in 2020 as it did not renew his permanent press card that he had been holding since 2001. Having lost his life on March 24, Engin has won the legal struggle.
29 March 2022
Hikmet Adal
Journalism within four walls: State of Emergency continues
According to the report of the Dicle Fırat Journalist Association, there are 65 journalists behind bars in Turkey.
28 March 2022
241 journalists put on trial, 115 physically attacked in Turkey in 2021
According to the report, in 2021, no steps were taken to remove the obstacles standing in the way of freedom of press and expression in Turkey. On the contrary, the deterioration of fundamental rights and freedoms continued.
28 March 2022
Prominent journalist Aydın Engin passes away at 81
During his career spanning over half a century, Engin worked for and managed several newspapers and magazines. He was sent behind bars seven times. He lived in exile for 12 years after the 1980 coup
24 March 2022
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Rights group monitored 49 trials: 2 journalists, 1 writer sentenced to 112 months in prison
The Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) has released its Trial Monitoring Report for February: "'Insulting the president' charge constituted 7 percent of the charges. 75 percent of the evidence cited for this charge was social media posts".
17 March 2022
Evrensel newspaper hasn't received public ads for over 900 days
The BİK also prevents professional organizations from placing advertisements in Evrensel by considering their advertisements as "public ads."
9 March 2022
Popular street interviewer attacked in Antalya
Journalist Arif Kocabıyık has said that they will file a complaint against the 10-people group who attacked him and his camera operator.
25 February 2022
‘LGBTI+s severely underrepresented in sexual and reproductive health news'
790 news items on sexual and reproductive health published by the online news portals BirGün, Cumhuriyet, Diken, Evrensel, Gazete Duvar, Sabah, Sözcü, T24, Takvim and Posta have been analyzed for the NewsLabTurkey study.
23 February 2022
Press Advertisement Institution raises public ad fees for newspapers
The head of the Confederation of Journalists of Turkey has welcomed the increase.
22 February 2022
Journalism organizations: End impunity, ensure our life safety
In the wake of journalist Güngör Arslan’s killing in an armed attack in Kocaeli, professional press organizations have released a joint statement and requested life safety for journalists and an end to impunity for attacks targeting them.
22 February 2022
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