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Prosecutors dismiss investigation into attempted attack on Rudaw journalists

Prosecutors dismiss investigation into attempted attack on Rudaw journalists

A journalism group denounced the verdict, asserting that it will encourage such attacks.

Police attack bianet reporters during Newroz celebrations

Police attack bianet reporters during Newroz celebrations

Tuğçe Yılmaz and Ali Dinç faced police violence as Yılmaz was filming the violent treatment of another individual.

Journalist Sinan Aygün faces investigation after attack on him

Journalist Sinan Aygün faces investigation after attack on him

The journalist's complaint against the assailants had been dismissed.

15 November 2023

Journalism organizations denounce attack on Halk TV by government supporters

Journalism organizations denounce attack on Halk TV by government supporters

After the media regulator's penalty threats to media outlets over the coverage of the massive wildfires, a group of government supporters attacked journalists during a live broadcast.

Journalists file criminal complaints after being attacked while covering a protest

Journalists file criminal complaints after being attacked while covering a protest

Several journalists and protesters were attacked by a mob in Kasımpaşa, İstanbul after a demonstration in Taksim to protest the massacre of a Kurdish family in Konya.

A week of crises in Turkey: Raging wildfires, a massacre and 'execution lists'

WEEKLY ROUNDUP #6

A week of crises in Turkey: Raging wildfires, a massacre and 'execution lists'

Massive forest fires blaze across Turkey • Seven members of a Kurdish family were killed at home • Refugee wave from Afghanistan triggers "foreign-funded media" debate • "Execution lists" of Erdoğan critics in Europe

1 August 2021 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Journalist Levent Gültekin attacked by a group of two dozen people

Journalist Levent Gültekin attacked by a group of two dozen people

Gültekin has said that those who attacked him were supporters of a party "allied with the government."