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State of emergency in Turkey's quake-hit regions an obstacle to journalism, says IPI director
AN IPI delegation visited the earthquake region to meet journalists and observe the situation on the ground.
17 March 2023
bianet Kurdish editor Aren Yıldırım released after two days in detention
Yıldırım was detained in a police raid on his apartment in İstanbul. All questions asked during his interrogation were about his journalism, said Yıldırım's lawyer.
17 March 2023
RSF denounces censorship of earthquake coverage in Turkey
"While the country needs transparency more than ever before, these decisions to block access to reports once again serve the purpose of preventing criticism against the government's post-earthquake practices," the RSF representative in Turkey has said.
17 March 2023
Ankara mayor presses 'disinformation' charges against climate activist
Mayor Yavaş, who is also a vice presidential candidate of the opposition, filed a case against an activist over the controversial disinformation law, which the opposition had promised to abolish.
16 March 2023
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Investigation about journalist closes after seven years
"It was decided that there was no need for a public inquiry into the related event," says the notification sent seven years later to the journalist who was investigated after reporting a demonstration in Kars.
16 March 2023
Report on rights violations in prisons in earthquake regions
The Human Rights Association has said that the authorities have transferred hundreds of prisoners in the earthquake regions to prisons in other provinces without informing their families.
15 March 2023
Galatasaray TV host says dismissed over social media posts criticizing government
Serbay Şenkal was fired from the broadcaster that he had worked for for 10 years.
15 March 2023
bianet Kurdish editor Aren Yıldırm detained in police raid
The police raided Yıldırım's apartment early in the morning. The prosecutor's office imposed a 24-hour ban on lawyer visits.
15 March 2023
Police detain grant holder of Kurdish news agency
Ferhat Çelik was detained at an İstanbul police station, where he had gone to give a statement. He was released later in the day, after giving a statement to the prosecutor's office.
14 March 2023
Arrests over social media posts about quakes rise to 43
The police identified over 1,100 social media users and took legal action against 730 of them.
13 March 2023
Academic under investigation over 'earthquake' remarks during class
The academic criticized the government's response to the earthquakes during an online class.
13 March 2023
Journalist Fırat Bulut detained for 'spreading false information' over earthquake coverage
The journalist said he had been reporting from the quake-hit regions for a month. Spending the night in custody, Bulut was later released.
10 March 2023
International Circassian Association visits quake-hit regions
The visit by the delegation including the ICA president and vice presidents was accompanied by the Federation of Caucus Associations of Turkey who have also taken the opportunity to reiterate the request for the right to return to the mainland.
10 March 2023
Court blocks access to reports about selling of clothes donated to earthquake survivors
A journalist revealed that some clothes intended for earthquake survivors and clothes put in old cloth containers were handed over to a textile recycling company.
8 March 2023
Court blocks access to Turkey's popular car, motorcycle sharing app
An İstanbul chamber of commerce of taxi drivers had filed a lawsuit demanding a ban on the app, accusing the Martı company of providing unlicensed taxi services.
8 March 2023
Woman actor wins the right to privacy case in ECtHR against Türkiye
Berrak Tüzünataç filed a suit first in Türkiye in 2010 against a television channel that filmed her "kissing" another Turkish celebrity "on the terrace" at her home.
7 March 2023
Türkiye's government extends grip on independent media, says CoE report
The report highlights the media authorities' punitive measures against independent media outlets, the "disinformation law" adopted in October, and court cases against journalists in Türkiye.
7 March 2023
New case against arrested Kurdish journalist over 2017 demonstrations
Ceylan Şahinli was not yet a journalist when the events mentioned in the indictment took place.
6 March 2023
Preventing aid deliveries, detaining journalists: Rights group documents violations after quakes
The authorities prevented aid deliveries in at least 20 cases, 17 people were subjected to torture and 11 journalists were hindered by law enforcement officers, according to the TİHV.
3 March 2023
'It is forgotten that prisoners are earthquake survivors, too'
Many prisoners in the earthquake-hit region face difficulties in communicating with their families and access to basic needs since they lost economic support from their families, according to CISST.
3 March 2023
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Access to Ekşi Sözlük blocked again
Yesterday, a court lifted a ban on the social network that had been in place for nine days.
3 March 2023
Constitutional Court: 'The right to life was violated'
The supreme court found the investigation into the police operation with fatality resulting insufficient, in which not even the statements of the participating police officers were taken.
2 March 2023
Twenty-nine people arrested over 'earthquake' posts on social media
The police took legal action against 609 social media users and detained 150 of them, said the police.
2 March 2023
Access ban on Türkiye's popular social network lifted after nine days
The ban on Ekşi Sözlük came amid an intense public debate over last month's massive earthquakes.
2 March 2023
Constitutional Court rules in favor of freedom of labor
The decision concerns those who were dismissed from public service by Statutory Decrees following the attempted coup in 2016 and makes it possible for them to work in companies with public partnerships.
2 March 2023
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Court lifts access ban on Kurdish publishing house's website
The Avesta Publishing House was among the several sites that were blocked for "terror propaganda."
1 March 2023
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Türkiye sentences a journalist under 'disinformation law' for first time
Sinan Aygül had tweeted about allegations of child abuse against security, but deleted the tweets a few hours later, apologizing for sharing unconfirmed information.
1 March 2023
Renowned geologist Ahmet Ercan detained over earthquake comments
The professor was detained for "provoking the public into hatred and hostility" over a social media post. He was released after spending the night at the police headquarters.
1 March 2023
Police beat earthquake survivor outside of his house, accusing him of theft
A man who is on trial for theft wanted to check out the damage in his building in Hatay after the massive earthquakes. Checking his criminal record, the police implicated and beat him.
27 February 2023
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HDP MP questions death in custody in Ağrı in the parliament
MP Koç submitted a parliamentary question about 39-year old Ahmet Burgur who lost his life while in custody in Doğubeyazıt Police Headquarters for the Interior Minister to respond.
27 February 2023
'This is censorship': Ekşi Sözlük CEO slams access ban, vows to take legal action
One of the most popular websites in Türkiye, Ekşi Sözlük was banned after the earthquakes. The reason for the ban is still not clear.
27 February 2023
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Court blocks access to lawyer's tweet about man's killing in detention following earthquakes
One of the two brothers who were detained on suspicion of theft following the February 6 earthquakes was killed after allegedly being tortured.
24 February 2023
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