Hatay 1st High Criminal Court lifted the media ban on the coverage of Reyhanlı blasts.

Several media unions across Turkey protested the media ban imposed on Reyhanlı blasts, appealing the court to lift the ban immediately.

Italy's police forces detained Seda Aktepe, an Atılım newspaper journalist who was sentenced to 3 years of prison for "committing an organized crime while not being an organization member". Aktepe asked for asylum.

Contemporary Journalists Association awarded bianet with its Best Internet Website Award for bianet's "long-lasting features and coverage on Turkey's media".

How will I vote for the winners at The Bobs 2013: Best of Online Activism Awards where bianet is nominated for the Reporters Without Borders category?

Nominations have been announced for The Bobs 2013: Best Online Activism Award. Among 34 categories in 14 languages, bianet was nominated for Reporters Without Borders Award.

Cenap Kürümoğlu, a local newspaper owner, has been battered by two unidentified individuals this morning.

A recent report released by Hrant Dink Foundation revealed hate speech practises in Turkey's media which mostly targeted Jewish and Armenian communities.

An Adana court freed Dicle News Agency journalist Özlem Ağuş pending a trial in the KCK case yesterday.

An Istanbul court freed 7 media staff pending trial in the KCK media case where 46 media staff including journalists, editor-chiefs and newspaper owners from Turkey's pro-Kurdish media have been charged with becoming a member of KCK organization.

Contemporary Journalists Association of Turkey honored bianet with its annual Best News Website Award, acknowledging bianet's long-lasting work on Turkey's media.

Contemporary Journalists Association of Turkey honored bianet with its annual Best News Website Award, acknowledging bianet's long-lasting work on Turkey's media.

Union of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK), a Kurdish organization founded by Abdullah Öcalan, denied allegations on Turkish media regarding the withdrawal of PKK's militia to Northern Iraq, saying that the related news coverage was a part of psychological war operation.

Dozens of family members, beloved ones and colleagues headed to Kemer Cemetary in Istanbul yesterday to remember journalist Metin Göktepe on the 17th anniversary of his death due to police brutality.

Hrant's Friends, a group dedicated to the memory of assassinated journalist Hrant Dink, announced a series of panels and ceremonies for Dink's sixth death anniversary on January 19.

In 2012, bianet published several features that encouraged countrywide discussions including the abortion right, jailed journalists/students, maternal language rights and reconciliatory soup recipes from Anatolia, as well as countless topic and issues which the mainstream media put a deaf ear on.

The 12th High Criminal Court in Istanbul ordered the release of Soner Yalçın, an imprisoned journalist since February 2011 who was charged with "being an Ergenekon terrorist organization member", "igniting hatred and revenge amid public" and "publishing top secret government files".

Turkey is topping the list in the number content ban requests among OECD countries, with most complaint made on state criticism and porn.

Captured Turkish journalist Cüneyt Ünal was released in Syria, while his colleague Bashar Fahmi Kadumi's whereabouts are still unknown.

The parliamentary commission investigating military interventions continues talking to influential media figures about their perceptions and memories of the events in 1997 and 2007.