An Instagram user sent Sancar a photo featuring bullets on the Turkish flag.

Nine soldiers were killed in a recent attack targeting a Turkish military base in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

While the government in Turkey continues to turn a blind eye to the regression in the rule of law and media freedom, the connections between investigative journalists and the public are being weakened through detentions, arrests, and censorship applied to 449 online news articles and content within three months.

Avşar is under investigation for her reporting, in which she asserted that a drug trafficker had allegedly contacted the deputy justice minister before securing his release from prison.

Karabay was arrested over his coverage of bribery allegarions in the judiciary.

The investigation into the case where Fatih Altaylı made a "Well done" post without specifying the subject in the incident where a participant of the anti-Israel rally in İstanbul on January 1 was assaulted for displaying the Tawhid flag brought Altaylı to court under the charge of "praising the crime and the criminal."

EFJ Vice President Mustafa Kuleli stated, "The Erdogan government is trying to export its oppressive policies towards journalists in Turkey to Cyprus," regarding journalist Ali Kişmir, who is facing up to 10 years in prison for criticizing Turkey's intervention in the Northern Cyprus elections.

According to the data from the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) as of December 19, 2023, there are a total of 37 journalists and media workers in prison, at least 13 of whom are convicted.

Pro-government circles and religious groups have accused the series of “Islamophobia” over its portrayal of a religious sect.

Most of the tweets were related to irregularity allegations against public officials and “violation of personal rights” was the most common reason, according to the Free Web Turkey report.

Berat Albayrak, the former finance minister, had previously obtained a court order from claiming a violation of his personal rights and demanding a ban on access to an article on T24.

Yeni Yaşam has not been allowed in the parliament since August 27, 2021.

Under the new guidelines, the media watchdog will not tolerate sports programs that incite fans, lack common sense, involve fanaticism, exceed the limits of criticism, or contain vulgar and rude expressions.

Methods for producing 'rights-based journalism' and prioritizing human rights in news coverage during elections was discussed in the workshops held with the cooperation of IPS Communication Foundation/bianet, Reporters Without Borders and Oslo Metropolitan University.

Prosecution dismissed the criminal complaint by journalist Gönültaş for the threats she received after her report with headline "ISIS woman's jihad video with a knife shot in the public park" a year later and the court rejected her appeal against the decision of non-prosecution, closing the case.

Yılmaz is facing “terorris”-related charges, on call records, a few financial transactions, and social media posts.

The decrease in the number of journalists who are currently behind bars do not signify an absence of arrests in the country due to continues arrests and subsequent releases, notes the RSF.

A group monitoring online censorship in the country reported that the website was banned for reasons related to “national security and the preservation of public order.”

Kanbal stood trial for reporting on the disappearance of a ballot box during the May elections.

Aygül was attacked in June allegedly for his criticial coverage of a district mayor in Bitlis.