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Kurdish journalist Kadri Esen given prison sentence for 'terror propaganda'

Kurdish journalist Kadri Esen given prison sentence for 'terror propaganda'

A criminal case was opened against the journalist because of a video he shared on social media.

21 September 2022

Journalist Hatice Şahin sentenced to 6 years, 3 months in prison

Journalist Hatice Şahin sentenced to 6 years, 3 months in prison

In order to make the statements of two anonymous witnesses nicknamed Ezel and Firar "relevant," Şahin was detained during an operation that was not related to her, said the journalist's attorney

20 September 2022

Journalist Sinan Aygül jailed after refusing to pay fine for 'insulting' AKP deputy

Journalist Sinan Aygül jailed after refusing to pay fine for 'insulting' AKP deputy

"My client took this decision not to pay the judicial fine and not accepting optional sanctions so that he can expose this sentence," his lawyer has said.

14 September 2022

Journalists Sadiye Eser, Sadık Topaloğlu sentenced to six years in prison

Journalists Sadiye Eser, Sadık Topaloğlu sentenced to six years in prison

The court verdict was based on the statements of an anonymous witness, the lawyers pointed out.

8 September 2022

Journalists investigated over report on 'mafia intercepting state officials' car'

Journalists investigated over report on 'mafia intercepting state officials' car'

The investigation has been opened after a complaint by a former lawyer of President Erdoğan, over 100 articles about whom were previously censored by courts.

Court convicts the journalist who photographed the killing of Kemal Kurkut

Court convicts the journalist who photographed the killing of Kemal Kurkut

Sentenced to 1 year, 6 months, 22 days in prison for “terror propaganda”, Abdurrahman Gök said in his defense, “Would I be on trial after 8 years if I had written under the related pictures that they were taken in Libya or Azerbaijan rather than Kobanî?”

Journalist Uğur Dündar given prison sentence over joke about former PM

Journalist Uğur Dündar given prison sentence over joke about former PM

The court has converted the sentence to a monetary fine of 10,500 lira. Yıldırım had withdrawn his complaint.

Thirty-eight people acquitted after four years of trial for commenting on economic crisis

Thirty-eight people acquitted after four years of trial for commenting on economic crisis

Journalists and economists were among the people who stood trial after a report on Bloomberg about Turkey's 2018 currency crisis.

Journalist Sedef Kabaş released after receiving prison sentence for 'insulting president'

Journalist Sedef Kabaş released after receiving prison sentence for 'insulting president'

Erdoğan not coming to the courthouse was a violation of the procedures, Kabaş's attorneys said.

Journalist not having a press card cited as a reason for life imprisonment

Journalist not having a press card cited as a reason for life imprisonment

The court has issued the detailed ruling in the case of journalist Rojhat Doğru. A judge dissented from the verdict, citing an expert witness report.

23 February 2022 Hikmet Adal

Journalist Durket Süren handed prison sentence on 'propaganda' charges

Journalist Durket Süren handed prison sentence on 'propaganda' charges

The court has deferred the sentence and lifted the international travel ban on the journalist.

21 February 2022

Journalist Zeynep Durgut released after 4 days in detention

Journalist Zeynep Durgut released after 4 days in detention

Referred to the Şırnak Courthouse today, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporter Zeynep Durgut has been released on probation after giving her statement to the prosecutor’s office. Durgut had been in detention since February 14.

17 February 2022

Journalist Gökhan Biçici acquitted of 'insulting the President'

Journalist Gökhan Biçici acquitted of 'insulting the President'

Gökhan Biçici, the Editor-in-Chief of dokuz8HABER news website, was on trial for reporting on Anonymous, which cited Berkin Elvan’s killing as an example in response to Erdoğan, who defined and criticized George Floyd’s killing as a “racist attack”.

17 February 2022

Turkey’s top court rejects jailed journalist Sedef Kabaş’s request for release

Turkey’s top court rejects jailed journalist Sedef Kabaş’s request for release

The Constitutional Court has rejected the request for journalist Sedef Kabaş’s “immediate release with a cautionary judgment.” In pre-trial detention since late January, Kabaş faces up to 12 years, 10 months in prison on “insult” charges.

17 February 2022

Journalist Zeynep Durgut’s statement taken after two days in detention

Journalist Zeynep Durgut’s statement taken after two days in detention

Giving his statement at the security directorate after two days in detention yesterday, on February 16, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporter Zeynep Durgut is expected to be referred to the Şırnak Prosecutor’s Office today.

17 February 2022

Hülya Kılınç, Murat Ağırel and Barış Pehlivan sent to jail again

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Hülya Kılınç, Murat Ağırel and Barış Pehlivan sent to jail again

With their prison sentences upheld by the appeals court, journalists Barış Pehlivan and Hülya Kılınç and columnist Murat Ağırel have been sent to prison.

15 February 2022

Court accepts indictment against jailed journalist Sedef Kabaş: Up to 12 years in prison

Court accepts indictment against jailed journalist Sedef Kabaş: Up to 12 years in prison

Held in pre-trial detention for “insulting the President”, journalist Sedef Kabaş is now facing up to 12 years, 10 months in prison as the indictment charging her with “insulting the President” and “insulting public officials” has been accepted.

15 February 2022

Journalist Zeynep Durgut taken into custody

Journalist Zeynep Durgut taken into custody

Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporter Zeynep Durgut has been detained in a house raid in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Şırnak province and taken to the Şırnak Security Directorate. The reason for her detention is yet unknown.

14 February 2022

38 press freedom organizations, journalists urge Turkey to release journalist Sedef Kabaş

38 press freedom organizations, journalists urge Turkey to release journalist Sedef Kabaş

The Coalition for Women in Journalism and 37 civil society organizations have released a joint statement and demanded the immediate release of journalist Sedef Kabaş, who has been arrested on charge of “insulting the President”.

10 February 2022

Journalist Deniz Yücel fined over ‘dumbest prosecutor of Çağlayan’ quote

Journalist Deniz Yücel fined over ‘dumbest prosecutor of Çağlayan’ quote

Deniz Yücel, the former Turkey correspondent of Die Welt who spent a year behind bars in Turkey, has been given a judicial fine for “insulting” Hasan Yılmaz, the former İstanbul Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor and the current Vice Justice Minister.

9 February 2022

With her acquittal overturned, journalist Selda Manduz sentenced to prison

With her acquittal overturned, journalist Selda Manduz sentenced to prison

Put on trial again for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” with the news and pictures that she posted on social media, journalist Selda Manduz has been sentenced to 1 year, 6 months in prison by the Kars 2nd High Criminal Court.

8 February 2022

Journalist Buse Söğütlü acquitted 2 years, 7 hearings later

Journalist Buse Söğütlü acquitted 2 years, 7 hearings later

Put on trial for “turning High Criminal Court Judge Akın Gürlek into a target”, journalist Buse Söğütlü has been acquitted. But the court has filed another criminal complaint, this time on charge of “insulting a public official”.

3 February 2022

Journalist Mehmet Güleş’s application rejected by Constitutional Court

Journalist Mehmet Güleş’s application rejected by Constitutional Court

Güleş was sentenced to 9 years, 4 months in prison over his news and social media posts. The Constitutional Court has concluded that his freedom of expression was not violated by this conviction.

28 January 2022

Appeal against journalist Sedef Kabaş’s arrest rejected by court

Appeal against journalist Sedef Kabaş’s arrest rejected by court

The İstanbul 58th Criminal Court of First Instance has dismissed the appeal against the arrest of journalist Sedef Kabaş by indicating that her arrest is “not without due process of law or against the law.”

26 January 2022

ECtHR convicts Turkey over journalist Deniz Yücel’s imprisonment

ECtHR convicts Turkey over journalist Deniz Yücel’s imprisonment

The European Court of Human Rights has concluded that Turkey violated the freedom of expression and right to liberty and security of journalist Deniz Yücel, who was held in prison for 367 days in the country.

25 January 2022

New lawsuit against journalist who photographed Kemal Kurkut’s moment of killing

New lawsuit against journalist who photographed Kemal Kurkut’s moment of killing

A new indictment has been issued against journalist Abdurrahman Gök over five pictures that he shared. This indictment has been merged with the file of the case held by the Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal Court.

20 January 2022

Journalist Meşale Tolu acquitted

Journalist Meşale Tolu acquitted

Journalist-translator Meşale Tolu, a citizen of Germany on trial in Turkey, has been acquitted of the offenses charged in the trial where she was charged with “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” and “membership of a terrorist organization”.

17 January 2022

Both gains and concerns in journalists’ rights!

BIA MEDIA MONITOR / OCTOBER-NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2021

Both gains and concerns in journalists’ rights!

In the last quarter of 2021, at least 214 journalists appeared before the judge in 81 court cases in Turkey, facing 23 different charges. At least 62 were charged with “organization membership” and 14 “terror propaganda.” Happy Working Journalists Day!

10 January 2022 Erol Önderoğlu,Sinem Aydınlı

Journalist Rojhat Doğru sentenced to life in prison

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.

Reporting on citizens thrown from a helicopter, journalists acquitted a year later

Reporting on citizens thrown from a helicopter, journalists acquitted a year later

Put on trial for reporting on torture in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority eastern province of Van, journalists Bilen, Uğur, Abi, Sala and Durgut have been acquitted of “membership of a terrorist organization”. Sala is given a deferred prison sentence for “propaganda”.

Detained twice on the same day, journalist Ferhat Çelik released

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.

RedHack case: Five journalists sentenced to prison for reporting on Albayrak's leaked emails

RedHack case: Five journalists sentenced to prison for reporting on Albayrak's leaked emails

The journalists have been given deferred prison sentences for "illegally obtaining personal data" and have been acquitted of "terror propaganda."

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