According to a recent report released by Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign, at least 840 journalists died from COVID-19 in 68 countries in a year, meaning that more than two journalists lost their lives per day.

With a ruling handed down by the Osmaniye 1st Penal Judgeship of Peace, an access block has been imposed on the website of Mezopotamya Agency (MA).

Three members of the Journalists' Union of Turkey were dismissed from the newspaper in 2018.

Launched in late 2020 to "bring back impartial reporting," Olay TV survived for only 26 days before it was closed down due to government pressure.

The Human Rights Associations and Amnesty International have released statements after four people were given prison sentences on "terrorism" charges in the Özgür Gündem newspaper case.

The messenger application announced last month that it updated its privacy policy.

The court has convicted three defendants of "being a member of a terrorist organization" and one of "terrorist propaganda."

About 30 Euronews employees will be dismissed, according to a union.

Kurdish Digital Journalism eBook has come out. Edited by Murat Bayram, the book has been prepared based on the discussions held during the Kurdish Digital Media Workshop.

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.”

The agency is channeling public ads to pro-government newspapers while preventing independent outlets' income from ads, says media ombudsperson Bildirici.

Press in Arrest initiative has released its January 2021 Press Freedom Report: “In Turkey, the developments concerning press freedom and journalists’ trials in January 2021 constituted a sort of ‘handbook for prosecuting journalists’.”

The share of fiber optic internet in broadband connections is 22 percent in Turkey whereas the OECD average is 28 percent.

Mehmet Cengiz demanded one million lira in compensation from the newspaper.

Şahin also holds seats at the boards of the Press Advertising Agency (BİK), an agency responsible for distributing public notices in newspapers, and the state-run Halkbank.

Preparing a report for the Freedom Research Association, journalist Derya Sazak says, “First, democracy must be restored and judicial independence must be ensured so that freedom of expression and press can be safeguarded in Turkey.”

According to İstanbul Bar’s IT Law Center Founder Gökhan Ahi, if the advertisers and users want to give an ad to the social media providers which have not yet appointed local representatives, there is no obstacle in their way.

Following Turkey’s advertising ban on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest over their failure to appoint local representatives, International Press Institute (IPI) has reiterated its call to Turkey to withdraw the new social media law and penalties on companies.

We have spoken with representatives of journalism organizations after recent attacks against journalists.

Access blocks affected at least 1,910 URLs, 870 of the blocked URLs contained news and 26 news websites were blocked from November 2019 to October 2020.