RSF Turkey representative Önderoğlu has said, "Turkey has nothing to gain by burying its head in the sand," on the lawsuits against three reporters because of their articles.

“Anadolu Agency is not a media organization that announces election results, but an organization that conveys data. Election results in Turkey are announced by Supreme Election Council, not by Anadolu Agency,” it has indicated in its statement.

Etkin News Agency (ETHA) editor Semiha Şahin and reporter Pınar Gayıp, who have been arrested pending trial for 14 months, have been released to house arrest. Their next hearing will he held on October 15, 2019.

A rowboat carrying three journalists was hit by a speedboat and broke into pieces in popular holiday destination Bodrum.

Decline in the press freedom lead the internet to be an alternative, the Freedom House report said.

Taken into custody in Diyarbakır on charge of “membership of a terrorist organization” due to a meeting that she attended, journalist and rights defender Nurcan Baysal has been released after deposing to the judgeship of peace on duty.

Giving out Agos newspaper free of charge at its newspaper stands in international terminals since 2013, Turkish Airlines (THY) has unilaterally terminated its contract with Agos. The weekly newspaper will no longer be on the THY newspaper stands.

The recent attacks targeting journalists and writers in general and the most recent attack against Odatv columnist Sabahattin Önkibar in particular have been condemned by politicians and journalists’ organizations.

Four suspects previously taken into custody for having assaulted journalist Sabahattin Önkibar have been released on probation. While five journalists have been attacked in the last two weeks, the assaulters of Demirağ and Çelik were also released.

Visiting the Island of Yassıada, Erdoğan said, “I don’t call it Yassıada, but ‘Yaslı Ada’,” meaning an island in mourning. Not realizing that his microphone was on, Anchor Haksever responded, “What do you mean by island in mourning? You have ruined it.”

While seven columnists and executives of the closed Özgür Gündem newspaper have been sentenced to prison, the court has ruled that the case files of seven defendants shall be separated and eight people shall be acquitted.

Within the scope of the New Media Workshop for Journalists, “Digital Security” session has been held with Mehmet Şafak Sarı.