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Kurdish digital journalism workshops to be held by Botan International

Kurdish digital journalism workshops to be held by Botan International

The participants will be attending all of the six workshops on content production & technical tools for podcasts, digital media editing, conducting interviews, digital media management, news photography, and literary journalism.

18 October 2023

Journalists of Kurdish media outlets: Behind bars for 6 months without indictment

Journalists of Kurdish media outlets: Behind bars for 6 months without indictment

Journalists in Diyarbakır called for justice for their colleagues: "Our friends are taken hostage since June 16 and still there is no indictment prepared. This is because there is no crime and there is no accusation to be made."

16 December 2022

bianet staff visits Mezopotamya Agency and JINNEWS for solidarity

bianet staff visits Mezopotamya Agency and JINNEWS for solidarity

Twenty-six journalists with the two Kurdish news agencies have been sent behind bars since June.

9 November 2022

Probe into 37 Editor-in-Chiefs On Watch of Özgür Gündem Daily

Probe into 37 Editor-in-Chiefs On Watch of Özgür Gündem Daily

Probe has been launched also into Mater, Üstün, Güç, Eryılmaz, Balıkçı, Kural and Diken joining campaign of Editor-in-Chiefs On Watch of the Özgür Gündem daily.

Media in Last Three Months of 2015; You Name the Title

BİA MEDIA MONITORING REPORT-2015 4TH QUARTER

Media in Last Three Months of 2015; You Name the Title

Between October-December, 2015, 31 journalists, eight distributors have been put in prison, 15 journalists and two media groups and organs attacked, three Syrian journalists killed, 213 media employees unemployed and action taken on 93 persons including 42 journalists due to defaming the President. ECtHR has sentenced Turkey to 17,000 euro.

13 January 2016 Erol Önderoğlu

28th Access Block against DİHA

28th Access Block against DİHA

DİHA website that is blocked as of July 25 has been censored 28th time.

5 January 2016 Elif Akgül

104 Journalists and 35 Distributors in Prison

104 Journalists and 35 Distributors in Prison

After the release of journalists Şık, Şener, Musluk and Çakır, there are still 104 journalists and 35 newspaper distributors in Turkish prisons. 74 out of 104 journalists and the entire number of distributors are form Kurdish media outlets.

19 March 2012 Emel Gülcan

Kurdish Media Condemns Attacks and Oppression

Kurdish Media Condemns Attacks and Oppression

Employees of the Kurdish newspapers Günlük and Azadiya Welat and of the DİHA news agency announced that they are continuously exposed to various forms of oppression. Aykol from Günlük said, "We keep on working despite all physical and legal attacks".

23 July 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

RSF Urges Government Include Press Freedom in Kurdish Initiative

RSF Urges Government Include Press Freedom in Kurdish Initiative

Reporters without Borders has called on Turkey to put an end to censorship of pro-Kurdish media.

3 September 2009