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bianet Did its Job to Report on Male Violence, Court Rules

bianet Did its Job to Report on Male Violence, Court Rules

Emphasizing on the press freedom, a Turkish court rejected the removal request of a bianet news article by a plaintiff who battered his ex-girlfriend.

Letter Reveals Assassination Plot Against Columnists

Letter Reveals Assassination Plot Against Columnists

An unstamped letter delivered at the premisses of T24 news website revealed an assassination plot against prominent columnists Aydın Engin and Murat Belge.

30 September 2014

What Happened to Media Ban After ISIS Released Refugees?

What Happened to Media Ban After ISIS Released Refugees?

While the media ban on the ISIS raid to Turkey’s Consulate in Mosul is still underway, several news stories appeared on the Turkish media regarding the release of hostages.

25 September 2014 Elif Akgül

CNN Türk Removes Enver Aysever’s Critical Show

CNN Türk Removes Enver Aysever’s Critical Show

Initially reduced to one day per week, Enver Aysever’s Critical Show has been completely removed by CNN Türk.

24 September 2014

Twitter to Withhold Account of Today’s Zaman Editor

Twitter to Withhold Account of Today’s Zaman Editor

Twitter reportedly sent a message to Today’s Zaman editor Celil Sağır that his account “will be withheld”. While twitter objected to the ruling court, advocate Odabaşı said “accounts can’t be withheld due to insult or defamation”.

23 September 2014

İbrahim Şahin’s TRT

İbrahim Şahin’s TRT

Assigned as Samsun Governor, TRT’s General Manager İbrahim Şahin is leaving behind his post with a series of controversies. bianet made a compilation.

19 September 2014 Elif Akgül

Attack on AA’s Diyarbakır Reporter Condemned

Attack on AA’s Diyarbakır Reporter Condemned

Aydın Bolkan from Free Journalists Organization based in Diyarbakır condemned the attack on Anatolia Agency reporters during the Kurdish-teaching school sealing crisis, saying that “they didn’t accept the violence and they were annoyed”.

18 September 2014 Erol Önderoğlu

IMC TV Lays Off Trans Reporter Demishevich

IMC TV Lays Off Trans Reporter Demishevich

Turkey’s first trans TV reporter Michelle Demishevich has been laid by her employers who said that “they didn’t have anything to do with her gender but she didn’t fit the professional morals”.

17 September 2014 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

New Charges on Journalists in Turkey

New Charges on Journalists in Turkey

Neither insult, nor breach of confidentiality, nor propaganda…It is time for prosecutors to charge journalists with “property damage” and “trespassing”.

15 September 2014

Cumhuriyet Newspaper EIC İbrahim Yıldız Leaves Post

Cumhuriyet Newspaper EIC İbrahim Yıldız Leaves Post

Cumhuriyet newspaper's editor-in-chief İbrahim Yıldız left his post, saying that "it wasn't a goodbye but a flag change".

10 September 2014

Journalists Pledge to Follow Up on Erkan Koyuncu Case

Journalists Pledge to Follow Up on Erkan Koyuncu Case

Journalists Union of Turkey and sports writers gathered on the gate of Galatasaray High School to protest murder of photo journalist Erkan Koyuncu. Having stated that they follow Koyuncu’s case, his colleagues demanded that Football Federation ameliorates working conditions.

3 September 2014 Elif Akgül

Commencement Day For OHO 2014 Graduates

Commencement Day For OHO 2014 Graduates

Having hosted 36 journalist candidates from 33 communication faculties across Turkey and North Cyprus, From School to Newsroom (OHO) program has ended. Participators received their certificates in a cocktail party.

1 September 2014 Melike Futtu

OHO 2014 Kicks Off

OHO 2014 Kicks Off

Held for the eighth time this year, From School to Newsroom (OHO) program kicked off. The program attracts 36 journalist candidates from 36 communication faculties across Turkey and North Cyprus.

Sedat Ergin Becomes Hürriyet’s New EIC

Sedat Ergin Becomes Hürriyet’s New EIC

Hürriyet columnist Sedat Ergin has been appointed as the newspaper’s new editor-in-chief.

News Stories on Children Face Monetary Penalty

News Stories on Children Face Monetary Penalty

The court opened 14 cases against Cumhuriyet Newspaper administratives İbrahim Yıldız and Aykut Küçükkaya and sentenced them to pay 200,000 liras under the claim that they reveal identities of children in the news pieces. Most of the children faced the police violence.

18 August 2014 Erol Önderoğlu

"Cevizoğlu is Fired Due to New Regulations"

"Cevizoğlu is Fired Due to New Regulations"

Derya Sazak, editor-in-chief of Yurt Newspaper, denied the claim of that Cevizoğlu is dismissed due to directive of Kılıçdaroğlu and stated that new regulations have been made in TV and channel.

14 August 2014 Elif Akgül

"News is Dead, Let’s Kick Up Our Heels"

"News is Dead, Let’s Kick Up Our Heels"

Prof. Dr. Alankuş commented to bianet that news channels turned into entertainment channels after it was decided that 360/SkyTürk was going to be an entertainment channel as TV8.

14 August 2014 Elif Akgül

CNNTürk Fires Its Social Media Editor

CNNTürk Fires Its Social Media Editor

CNNTürk laid off its social media editor after the removal of a tweet message by Atilla Taş from an article that stirred controversy during the presidential elections coverage.

PM Targets Woman Columnist Again

PM Targets Woman Columnist Again

Columnist Amberin Zaman reacted PM Erdoğan calling her a "nasty woman", saying that she was targeted. "Well, if not others, have I insulted Islam?" she asked in today's article.

Demirtaş Criticizes TRT on TRT

Demirtaş Criticizes TRT on TRT

Presidential candidate Demirtaş criticized TRT’s one-sided broadcast with allegorized remarks in his propaganda speech on TRT. TRT News stopped the broadcast after MHP leader Bahçeli’s TRT criticism.

Ötüken Journal Threatens Agos Newspaper, Fatih Akın

Ötüken Journal Threatens Agos Newspaper, Fatih Akın

Ötüken Journal threatened director Fatih Akın on twitter for shooting a movie on the Armenian Genocide and Agos Newspaper for interviewing him.

Minister Decries Hate Speech Against Writer Levi from Turkey

Minister Decries Hate Speech Against Writer Levi from Turkey

Culture Minister Çelik tweeted in support of writer Mario Levi exposed to hate speech on social media, “Provocative reactions against Mario Levi, a beautiful writer of Turkish in this context is a great wrong. This is a hate crime."

The Media’s 3 Months: 186 Journalists Fired

The Media’s 3 Months: 186 Journalists Fired

23 journalists entered the month of July in prison. 15 new cases were filed based on the TMK in April-June 2014; 38 people were convicted in total to 2 months 15 days in prison and 277,400 TL in fines for insulting the Prime Minister. 54 reporters were attacked. The ECHR gave a penalty of 160,000 TL in fines.

23 July 2014 Erol Önderoğlu

KCK Media Case Starts Again

KCK Media Case Starts Again

After the abolishment of ÖYMs [Special-Duty Courts], KCK press case of 46 Kurdish press workers is going to start again tomorrow. Lawyers will demand the removal of ÖYM’s unlawful evidences from the indictment.

9 July 2014 Elif Akgül

ECHR: Şık and Şener’s Rights Were Violated

ECHR: Şık and Şener’s Rights Were Violated

The European Court of Human Rights held that Turkey violated the right to “liberty and security” as well as “freedom of expression” in OdaTV case where prominent journalist Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener were jailed for 375 days.

8 July 2014 Ayça Söylemez

“More Journalists Will Be Laid Off”

“More Journalists Will Be Laid Off”

Pelin Batu has been laid off from her post at Milliyet newspaper. "Why a popular leader who can hardly keep 50 percent of his electors under control, is afraid of three or five journalists, columnists and reporters,” she told bianet.

3 July 2014 Elif Akgül

Rıdvan Aktar Laid Off by CNNTürk

Rıdvan Aktar Laid Off by CNNTürk

Rıdvan Aktar, well-known journalist and writer, has been laid off from his post at CNNTürk. The channel also removed Aktar’s TV programs “Hayatın Tanığı” and “Habere Dair”.

2 July 2014 Ekin Karaca

Rıdvan Aktar Laid Off by CNNTürk

Rıdvan Aktar Laid Off by CNNTürk

Rıdvan Aktar, famous journalist and writer, has been laid off from his post at CNNTürk. The channel also removed Aktar’s TV programs “Hayatın Tanığı” and “Habere Dair”.

2 July 2014 Ekin Karaca

Tuğrul Eryılmaz and Erol Önderoğlu Receive TGC Award

Tuğrul Eryılmaz and Erol Önderoğlu Receive TGC Award

Journalists Association of Turkey awarded bianet-affiliated journalists Önderoğlu and Eryılmaz its annual “Press Freedom” Award. A ceremony will be held on July 24 - Turkey’s “Struggle Day on Press Freedom”.

2 July 2014 Elif Akgül

Readers Launch Campaign For Radikal 2 Supplement

Readers Launch Campaign For Radikal 2 Supplement

After Radikal newspaper finished its print edition, Radikal 2 readers launched a campaign against the cancellation of newspaper’s op-ed supplement.

CHP Objects Media Ban on ISIL's Mosul Raid

CHP Objects Media Ban on ISIL's Mosul Raid

CHP Istanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu applied to Ankara 9th High Criminal Court for the removal of the media ban imposed on the coverage of the raid and hostages in Turkey’s General Consulate in Mosul.

Court Favors Press Freedom in Adıyaman

Court Favors Press Freedom in Adıyaman

While Turkey’s Highway Administration 8th Division filled charges against Adıyaman Duruş Newspaper, Adıyaman 1st Magistrate Court ruled that the sued article was within the limits of criticism.

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