The strike continues amid cold and snow in İstanbul. We have visited the BBC journalists.

Journalist Sedef Kabaş was arrested for "insulting the president" during a program on TELE1. The media regulatory body has fined TELE1 and Fox TV over remarks about the president.

In 2021, 35 journalists were sentenced to 92 years; at least 41 were detained. The “world’s worst jailer of journalists” for years, Turkey now relies more on “judicial control” against journalists while the turn to be detained has come to citizen journalists.

The head of Turkey's media regulatory body accused the anchor of "acting like an opposition leader," after which a probe was launched into Fox TV.

RTÜK Vice Chair Uslu called music channels and “warned” them that they could face grave sanctions if they broadcast the song of Sezen Aksu, over which she has been facing threats and a criminal complaint for saying “...the ignorant Adam and Eve.”

Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) Chair Şahin has announced that the RTÜK has launched an inquiry against Fox TV, saying that the remarks of Selçuk Tepeli about the government during the main news bulletin “violated impartiality”.

Tomorrow, January 19, marks the 15th year since journalist Hrant Dink was murdered. The Journalists’ Association of Turkey (TGC) and the Press Council have commemorated the late journalist by releasing statements for the press.

My consolation is that they “could not intimidate” Yılmaz, they could not kill him; I mean, he was not defeated by the worst of the worst, the cancer of fascism. But the biological one has taken him away from us.

Journalist-translator Meşale Tolu, a citizen of Germany on trial in Turkey, has been acquitted of the offenses charged in the trial where she was charged with “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” and “membership of a terrorist organization”.

In the age of social media, disinformation threatens not only journalism but also the most fundamental right of people, the right to life.

While the official inflation rate is 36 percent in Turkey, BBC has offered a 20-percent pay rise to its employees in its İstanbul bureau, protests the Journalists' Union of Turkey (TGS). After 13 years, the first strike has begun in the press sector in Turkey.

Twitter has removed singer Leman Sam’s tweet which has sparked harsh criticism on social media for saying “ignoble Arabs”.

While newspaper’s Managing Editor Faik Akgün has been removed from office, the news report titled “Unable to withstand religious community’s pressure, he committed suicide” has been removed from the website.

"Children who are victims of abuse are seen as 'terrorists' while the perpetrators present themselves as 'patriots' and wear the armor of impunity," a lawyer has said.

At the media outlets within holdings, there emerges a publication policy close to the ideology of the dominant political power, which leads the hate speech towards the group portrayed as an enemy by the political power to be visible in the media.

More than 85 percent of journalists apply self-censorship and are concerned that they might get into legal trouble because of their reports.

In the last quarter of 2021, at least 214 journalists appeared before the judge in 81 court cases in Turkey, facing 23 different charges. At least 62 were charged with “organization membership” and 14 “terror propaganda.” Happy Working Journalists Day!

Considering hate speech outside the limits of freedom of expression is an example of the limitations on freedom of expression. This differentiation may be considered to indicate that the state is authorized to limit freedom of expression.

Economic and political interest networks and ideological stances of newspapers determine the importance given to the climate crisis, according to a recent report prepared by Dr. Sarphan Uzunoğlu and Hazal Sena Karaca from NewsLabTurkey.

An article series will be published on cases of hate speech and disinformation in the media as part of the international Resilience Project, of which IPS Communication Foundation/ bianet from Turkey is also a partner.