reports in MEDIA category

The media watchdog had fined the platform over the "immoral content" of the series.

While distriburiting explicit material is illegal in Turkey, this investigation marks the first time authorities have deemed income from adult content illicit and treated investments made with that income as money laundering.

“For independent media in Turkey, the challenge is no longer building a good business model. It’s about preserving editorial integrity and organizational continuity amid political pressure, economic fragility, and platform dependency."

In her posts, Kabaş criticized the detention of the İstanbul mayor and Turkey's KAAN fighter jet project.

HBO Max series "Jasmine" and the movie "Passages" were targeted by RTÜK.

Hate speech in the media is produced not only through explicit expressions of hostility but also through more implicit and indirect discursive strategies operating at different levels.

Access to the websites and social media accounts of three news agencies were blocked.

“The judiciary cannot determine how journalism should be practiced or how journalists should report the news,” the high court stated in a case concerning a journalist who was penalized over news reports containing various allegations about two officials.

Akgül and Saltoğlu stood trial due to their involvement in the activities of the Peoples' Democratic Congress.

According to BİA Media Monitoring, 2025 was a year in which journalists were targeted with charges such as “threat” and “espionage,” and the cycle of detention and arrest, access bans, and heavy fines became normalized.

Clashes between protesters and police continued in side streets after the journalist’s detention.

A new report by the Freedom of Expression Association scrutinizes how social media platforms have become an "apparatus of online censorship."