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Climate crisis in Turkey's news media: Censorship, interest networks, budget…
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.
7 January 2022
‘Resilience in Journalism’ article series begins
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.
7 January 2022
Journalist Rojhat Doğru sentenced to life in prison
News camera operator Rojhat Doğru, put on trial for attending the 2014 Kobanî protests where he was covering news, has been given a life sentence and 12 years, 1 month in prison. An arrest warrant has also been issued against the journalist.
7 January 2022
Detained twice on the same day, journalist Ferhat Çelik released
Mezopotamya Agency Managing Editor Ferhat Çelik was detained on the night of January 4. He gave his statement both at the prosecutor’s office and the judgeship. After he was released, he was detained again and gave another statement to the police.
6 January 2022
Court rules in favor of journalist not given press card for four years
Journalist Birkan Bulut hasn't been issued a press card since he made an application to the Communications Directorate in 2017.
5 January 2022
Journalist Ferhat Çelik detained in İstanbul
Taken into custody over a news report posted on YouTube, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) Managing Editor Ferhat Çelik is expected to give his statement at the prosecutor’s office today, on January 5.
5 January 2022
47 journalists sentenced to 133 years in prison in Turkey in 2021
The Tigris-Euphrates Journalists Association has released its 2021 Report on Violations of Rights Against Journalists: “The government's attitude, pressure and what is happening in terms of press freedom show us that Turkey is a prison for journalists.”
5 January 2022
'Cost of journalism' in Turkey: 67 journalists stood trial in December
The Journalists’ Association has released its December 2021 report: 67 journalists faced 412 years, 1 month to 1,334 years, 1 month in prison and three life sentences in Turkey in a month while eight journalists were sentenced to 14 years in prison.
3 January 2022
Journalist faces lawsuit for reports on 'abusive father'
bianet editor Evrim Kepenek is facing a lawsuit for "insult" after a complaint by the man who was arrested for abusing his child.
29 December 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Journalists in Turkey struggle with wage erosion, unemployment
"At the start of my career, I was earning four times the minimum wage despite only two years of experience. Now I've been working for 22 years and earn 1.5 times the minimum wage," says a journalist.
29 December 2021
RTÜK warns broadcasters against increasing TV violence
Violent images are more frequently seen in both news bulletins and TV series, the media regulator has noted.
29 December 2021
Facebook bans Mesopotamia Agency's page
The agency accused Facebook of censorship and ignoring its objections to the ban.
28 December 2021
Dismissed due to union activities, Hürriyet journalists win lawsuit for reinstatement
The newspaper had fired 45 journalists to prevent the authorization of the Journalists' Union of Turkey, the court has concluded.
24 December 2021
Demirören Media Group sues journalists over reports on 'unpaid loans' taken from state bank
Because the Demirören Media failed to repay the loan, the land that it mortgaged was handed over to Ziraat Bank, which later leased the land to the company.
23 December 2021
Hikmet Adal
Union protests violence against reporter Ahmet Demir on live broadcast
The DİSK Press Union protested Muharrem Sarıkaya’s physical violence against reporter Ahmet Demir in front of the Habertürk media outlet’s building in İstanbul. “The slap in the face of laborers cannot be forgiven,” said union chair Faruk Eren.
21 December 2021
Antep Mayor Şahin remains silent to violence against journalist on live broadcast
Habertürk Ankara representative Muharrem Sarıkaya slapped İhlas News Agency (İHA) reporter Ahmet Demir. While he apologized for his behavior later on, both his behavior and the silence of Fatma Şahin have caused a public outrage.
20 December 2021
Journalists win legal struggle for press cards in Turkey
Council of State has halted the execution of the regulation on Press Cards: “The authority of the Communications Directorate is limited to giving press cards. It is not authorized to decide who will be given the card or when it is to be cancelled.”
20 December 2021
4 journalists resign from Cumhuriyet following dismissed chief editor’s resignation
After eight employees of daily Cumhuriyet, also members of a labor union, were dismissed, Küçükkaya was also removed from office as the Editor-in-Chief after expressing support. With Küçükkaya having resigned, four others have followed suit.
17 December 2021
Media’s hate for the colors of the rainbow
The hate and propaganda media has specifically targeted the LGBTI+ community during the Boğaziçi University protests. But how has the discriminatory and hateful news affected LGBTI+s? How should have Turkey’s media covered these stories?
15 December 2021
Selay Dalaklı
Columnist Hasan Cemal put on trial for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan, again
The Press Crimes Bureau of the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation against T24 columnist Cemal for “insulting the President”. The investigation has turned into a court case, the first hearing of which is scheduled for April 12.
13 December 2021
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3 YouTubers doing street interviews placed under house arrest
Detained on December 12, the owners of three YouTube channels posting street interviews Arif Kocabıyık, Hasan Köksoy and Turan Kural have been released to house arrest. An international travel ban has been imposed on the three.
13 December 2021
Media in Kurdish threatened with extinction in Turkey
While the opposition media in Turkey is faced with threats due to the content it offers, the very existence of the media in Kurdish is under threat.
13 December 2021
Murat Bayram
Turkey is the ‘sixth worst jailer of journalists’ in 2021, shows CPJ report
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has released its annual report: “The number of journalists jailed around the world set another record in 2021. Repressive regimes from Asia to Europe to Africa cracked down harshly on the independent press.”
9 December 2021
Media in Turkey: Owners in data, transparency and concentration in findings
The Media Ownership Monitor (MOM) Turkey team has completed the 2020-2021 updates of the MOM project.
8 December 2021
Sinem Aydınlı
BBC Turkish to go on strike
As the collective bargaining between the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) and the İstanbul office of the BBC has ended in a deadlock, a decision of strike has been taken. The TGS has hung the decision of strike on the office door of the BBC Turkish.
7 December 2021
Cumhuriyet newspaper to reinstate 8 dismissed employees
The administration of daily Cumhuriyet has announced that “the decision to cancel the labor contracts of eight employees has been halted.”
6 December 2021
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Supporting fired journalists, Küçükkaya removed from office as Cumhuriyet chief editor
Aykut Küçükkaya has been removed from office as the Editor-in-Chief of Cumhuriyet newspaper after he expressed support in a protest for eight employees, all members of a union, following their dismissal.
3 December 2021
Only pro-government and state news agencies allowed at minimum wage meeting
The Journalists' Union of Turkey has denounced the prevention of journalists from following the meetings.
2 December 2021
'It is unacceptable': Union, journalists protest dismissals from daily Cumhuriyet
Ahead of the protest to be held in front of Cumhuriyet’s central office, the newspaper administration called the police; at least 4 police vehicles came in front of the building. The union has called on the ones responsible for recent dismissals to resign.
30 November 2021
‘At least 100 newspapers may be closed in Turkey this year alone'
Yılmaz Karaca, the Chair of the Federation of Journalists of Turkey (TGF), has raised concerns about the economic hardships faced by the local press in Turkey, warning that at least 100 newspapers may be closed this year alone.
30 November 2021
Cumhuriyet newspaper continues to fire union employees
The Journalists' Union of Turkey has denounced the dismissal of the personnel.
30 November 2021
Two journalists battered in Diyarbakır during news follow-up
Covering the cemetery visits in Diyarbakır’s Lice on the occasion of November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, JinNews reporter Derya Ren and MA reporter Eylem Akdağ were battered by gendarmerie and police.
24 November 2021
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