content tagged with Journalism is not a crime

"What has been done is an indication of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's approach that sees media as an enemy and his policy of suppressing independent voices," Frank Überall, the president of German Federation of Journalists has said.

Yüksekova Haber Newspaper was established on May 5, 2000, but our newspaper, which we raised with great efforts, was closed by a Statutory Decree in 2016. We don’t accept this. We did not commit a crime, we are not guilty. Happy birthday to us.

Necmiye Alpay, Nadire Mater, Pakrat Estukyan, Hakkı Boltan. Ahmet Şık, Tunca Öğreten, Gökçer Tahincioğlu, Timur Soykan and Sarah Clarke have attended “Panel of Journalism in Turkey” organized by the Amnesty.

Press trade bodies outlets from Turkey and all over the world will share messages with the hashtags #GazetecilikSuçDeğildir and #FreeTurkeyJournalists in order to draw attention to arrested journalists. A demonstration will be organized in front of Silivri Prison on December 10.

A group of journalists who have came together against the ever-increasing pressure on the press in Turkey has started a new initiative named “I’am a Journalist”.