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WEEKLY ROUNDUP #10

Students defy Erdoğan to continue housing protests

University students continue night protests • Construction magnate close to government in Pandora Papers • An unfruitful meeting between Erdoğan and Putin • Marmara's "sea snot" problem is not over

4 October 2021

WEEKLY ROUNDUP #9

HDP wants solution to Kurdish question for supporting opposition against Erdoğan

Kurdish question is becoming a key issue in the next election • Student housing protests spread across the country • Erdoğan voices discontent over relations with Biden administration • Two refugees went missing after being pushed into river

27 September 2021

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Two TV channels fined, 10 journalists stood trial in two weeks

In two weeks, two news articles and one news portal were banned, three TV outlets were fined and the trials of 10 journalists continued.

21 September 2021

WEEKLY ROUNDUP #8

Fake court orders, 'non-existent' criminal evidence, a million 'terror' suspects

Court orders for removal of news articles turn out to be fake • Expert report says the digital evidence in the ÇHD lawyers' trial doesn't qualify as legal evidence • More than a million "terrorism" investigations were opened in five years

19 September 2021

WEEKLY ROUNDUP #7

Why has the AKP-MHP bloc decided to lower the election threshold?

The ruling alliance seeks to maximize its seats in the parliament • Anti-vaxxers hold mass rally in İstanbul • Another Kurdish child killed by armored vehicles • Turkey confirms the first cases of the Mu variant

12 September 2021

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Reports on drug baron with ties to senior AKP deputy censored

In two weeks, new investigations were opened against five journalists, one journalist was attacked, and a reporter was prevented from covering a demonstration by the police.

9 September 2021

WEEKLY ROUNDUP #6

A week of crises in Turkey: Raging wildfires, a massacre and 'execution lists'

Massive forest fires blaze across Turkey • Seven members of a Kurdish family were killed at home • Refugee wave from Afghanistan triggers "foreign-funded media" debate • "Execution lists" of Erdoğan critics in Europe

1 August 2021

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Violence, censorship and a restraining order against journalists

Eight journalists were injured by police, a restraining order was issued against a journalist for a report about the sub-governor and news articles about the interior minister's cousin was banned.

28 July 2021

PAST WEEK IN TURKEY

Canal İstanbul: What if the opposition takes over before it's completed?

Opposition tries to dissuade potential financiers of Canal İstanbul • Turkey is officially out of İstanbul Convention • Erdoğan makes false claims on Covid vaccination • Covid reopening with "silence after midnight"

4 July 2021

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Violence towards journalists continues by both police and civilians

Three journalists were acquitted of "disclosing the identity of an informant" and "insulting the president" while a new case was filed against a journalist in the two-week period.

30 June 2021

New revelations by Sedat Peker as he postpones video about Erdoğan due to Biden meeting

In the two new videos he released on the weekend, exiled mob boss Sedat Peker targeted a businessperson with family ties to the president, the interior minister and others.

7 June 2021

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Ten journalists stood trial on 'terrorism' charges in two weeks

One journalist was acquitted, two journalists won a case against Turkey at the ECtHR, and one journalist was released from house arrest after months.

2 June 2021

Sedat Peker claims to reveal new cocaine route between Colombia-Venezuela-Turkey

In a new YouTube video, the mafia boss in a self-imposed exile continued making allegations against people close to the government. Former PM Binali Yıldırım's son is at the center of his drug trafficking claims.

23 May 2021

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Journalist investigated after reporting on rape, murder allegations against AKP deputy

Yelda Kaharman, an 18-year-old student and a local journalist from Kyrgyzstan, was found dead at home in March 2019. Accusations against AKP deputy Tolga Ağar about the incident have resurfaced after crime leader Sedat Peker's videos.

19 May 2021

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Police ban journalists from recording police violence

Journalists were prevented from working on May Day after the Directorate General of Security issued a controversial circular prohibiting filming and photographing police officers during demonstrations.

6 May 2021

PAST WEEK IN TURKEY

A not-so-full lockdown with an alcohol ban and vaccine shortage

Eighty percent of the employed to continue working during "full lockdown" • Ankara's response to Biden's genocide recognition • Turkey becomes Europe's plastic waste dump • AKP hinders İstanbul Municipality's cheap bread buffets

28 April 2021

128 billion dollars and the picture of unhappiness

AKP struggles to explain the "disappeared" Central Bank reserves • Human smuggling with service stamped passports • The case of the killing of a teacher starts after 10 years • Daily coronavirus deaths have quadrupled

21 April 2021

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A father and son running a local newspaper have been facing one trial after another for years

The last trial against Gerger Fırat newspaper ended in acquittal while courts continued to block access to articles and news portals.

21 April 2021

PAST WEEK IN TURKEY

The 'new Boğaziçi University': Censorship, surveillance and LGBTI+phobia

Boğaziçi protests mark 100 days • The Montreux declaration: "It was a trap" • Covid Cases and deaths reach unprecedented levels in the third wave • Journalists non grata

14 April 2021

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MHP continues targeting journalists, 'no justice' in Hrant Dink case after 14 years

Government ally Bahçeli called six TV pundits "hired guns" of the main opposition party, Hrant Dink's family said the ruling in the murder case was like "as if so many hearings were not held."

7 April 2021

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Six journalists handed jail terms, one attacked by mob, one killed because of 'Covid comments'

Four journalists were acquitted of "terrorism-related" charges, reports about the incident of sexual harassment at a university were blocked and a newspaper received a public ad ban in two weeks.

23 March 2021

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Journalist sued by pro-government military contractor to pay damages

Two journalists were acquitted of insulting the president, one was sentenced to pay damages to a military consultation company close to the government and one was sentenced to prison on "terrorism" charges.

10 March 2021

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Years after Özgür Gündem's closure, dozens of journalists still on trial

Four employees of Özgür Gündem received prison sentences, reports about Berat Albayrak were banned, 48 journalists stood trial in two weeks.

23 February 2021

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Local journalists acquitted of terrorism but their TV channel is gone ‘forever’

About four-and-a-half years after the closure of Van TV because of its alleged “terrorist connections,” all but one defendant in the trial of its employees and owners were acquitted of “terrorist propaganda.”

8 February 2021

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İstanbul Municipality's legal efforts to reveal alleged corruption in AKP era get censored

Reports about the opposition-led İstanbul Municipality's legal action against AKP-era officials' alleged wrongdoing have been blocked by courts since last month.

24 January 2021

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Court blocks access to reports about book claiming to reveal corruption in judiciary

The two journalists who co-authored the book face several charges while reports about the content of the book are getting blocked to access.

8 January 2021

Turkey's top stories of 2020: A bleak list after a bleak year

The country's coronavirus outbreak turned out to be much worse than what the ministry reported, the government increased its grip on freedom of expression, rights violations and legal struggles continued.

31 December 2020

THE STORY OF THE TURKISH GP

Hamilton 'minds his own business,' equals Schumacher's record of world titles in İstanbul

When the Mercedes driver complained about the slippery new surface of İstanbul Park, a district mayor told him to "mind his own business," which he did to win the race and clinch his seventh world championship.

15 November 2020

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Journalists on trial for 'marking counterterrorism officer as a target for outlawed leftist group'

Having spent 155 days on remand, a journalist was released after her first hearing while a lawsuit against three journalists over their reports on the killing of Berkin Elvan, 15, during the Gezi Park protests continued.

13 November 2020

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Trials of 12 journalists, rights defenders for 'terrorism' charges continued in a week

One journalist has been given a deferred prison sentence for "insulting Erdoğan" and three rights defenders' acquittal of "terrorist propaganda" has been overturned.

7 November 2020

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Court to examine whether Bloomberg journalists made profit through report on currency crisis

Trials continued for journalists who have been charged with "insulting the president," "disrespecting the religious beliefs of a group," "trying to weaken the economy," and "membership of a terrorist organization."

31 October 2020

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Court says journalists' equipment 'lost' after being confiscated during investigation

The first case without a hearing has been held as per the new law, two journalists have been acquitted of "degrading the state" and two have been released after being arrested for revealing an incident of sexual abuse allegedly involving AKP politicians.

23 October 2020