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Online event: 'Self Regulation for Our Media'

Online event: 'Self Regulation for Our Media'

The event, organized by bianet and SEENPM, will delve into the state of media self-regulation in the Western Balkans and Turkey.

25 January 2024

‘We need to tell the story of women in Afghanistan right now’

ZAHRA NADER TELLS / 1

‘We need to tell the story of women in Afghanistan right now’

Zahra Nader, a journalist from Afghanistan, says, “Afghanistan is in the most severe women’s rights crisis in the world right now. So, we want to tell the story of how women resist, how they live in this situation, and what the cost is.”

12 December 2022 Selay Dalaklı

Top administrative court annuls ban on filming police officers during protests

FINAL VERDICT

Top administrative court annuls ban on filming police officers during protests

The Council of State has rejected the appeals of the Minister of Interior and General Director of Security and annulled the ban

Journalism groups urge media to be 'on the side of peace' in coverage of Ukraine invasion

Journalism groups urge media to be 'on the side of peace' in coverage of Ukraine invasion

Five groups have criticized the media for promoting warmongering and disregarding the lives of civilians.

28 February 2022

Press Advertisement Institution raises public ad fees for newspapers

Press Advertisement Institution raises public ad fees for newspapers

The head of the Confederation of Journalists of Turkey has welcomed the increase.

22 February 2022

The hate of the Fourth Estate

RESILIENCE IN JOURNALISM ARTICLES - 2

The hate of the Fourth Estate

At the media outlets within holdings, there emerges a publication policy close to the ideology of the dominant political power, which leads the hate speech towards the group portrayed as an enemy by the political power to be visible in the media.

11 January 2022 Eren Topuz

TV channels critical of government take zero adverts from state-owned companies

TV channels critical of government take zero adverts from state-owned companies

Nearly half of the adverts of state-owned companies were placed on three pro-government TV channels in nine months, an opposition MP has said.

22 October 2021

Full pressure on media and social media

BIA MEDIA MONITOR / JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2021

Full pressure on media and social media

According to BİA Media Monitoring Report, 29 journalists were physically attacked, 11 were detained in the 3rd quarter of 2021. While the attacks on journalists soared from 11 to 29 in a year, they went beyond borders with Erk Acarer stabbed in Berlin.

20 October 2021 Erol Önderoğlu,Sinem Aydınlı

MHP drafts 'registration bill' for foreign-funded news outlets

MHP drafts 'registration bill' for foreign-funded news outlets

The news outlets who fail to meet the requirements will face fines and sentences, according to the bill submitted to the parliament.

HDP requests Parliamentary investigation into hate speech against LGBTI+s in the media

HDP requests Parliamentary investigation into hate speech against LGBTI+s in the media

HDP MP Gülüm notes that ambiguous expressions such as “public morality”, “national and sentimental values” and “Turkish family structure” are brought forward in the media and requests the establishment of a Parliamentary investigation committee.

30 September 2021

Turkey's broadcast regulator says foreign-funded media can cause 'national security problems'

Turkey's broadcast regulator says foreign-funded media can cause 'national security problems'

RTÜK joins the "foreign-funded media" debate, says "Our domestic and national media is not alone. Our country always stands with its national media outlets.

Survey: 56 percent of people in Turkey get news from social media

Survey: 56 percent of people in Turkey get news from social media

Recently, the most followed topics in the news have been the coronavirus pandemic, Canal İstanbul, mob boss Sedat Peker's revelations and the marine mucilage problem in the Sea of Marmara.

Journalists as targets of hate

Journalists as targets of hate

An online event to explore the impact of hate campaigns on journalists’ safety and independence...

The growing media presence of billionaires in France

The growing media presence of billionaires in France

Although the media is not a very lucrative sector, some 90 percent of the media outlets in France are controlled by billionaries.

17 May 2021 Ekin Önderoğlu

How did Turkey's newspapers cover closure case against the HDP?

How did Turkey's newspapers cover closure case against the HDP?

Here is a brief overview of how the print newspapers of Turkey, pro-government and critical alike, reported on the closure case filed against the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and expulsion of its MP Gergerlioğlu from the Parliament.

Report: Google favors pro-government media over independent outlets in Turkey

INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE

Report: Google favors pro-government media over independent outlets in Turkey

The search engine's algorithmic preferences in Turkey are in a "stark contrast" with its standards in the US, according to the IPI report.

Report: No women guests appeared on 77 percent of discussion programs in six months

Report: No women guests appeared on 77 percent of discussion programs in six months

Less than 10 percent of the guests on discussion programs were women in the second half of the last year, according to a new report by KA.DER.

23 February 2021

RTÜK fined Halk TV because 'media can overthrow the government'

RTÜK fined Halk TV because 'media can overthrow the government'

The pro-opposition broadcaster has brought a fine imposed by the media authority to the court.

25 January 2021

LGBTI+s in Turkey's media: More visibility, more discrimination

KAOS GL REPORT

LGBTI+s in Turkey's media: More visibility, more discrimination

In 2020, only 39 percent of the articles published in the country were considered "rights-based" while 61 percent contained hate speech and anti-LGBTI discrimination, according to Kaos GL's annual report.

22 January 2021

Turkey’s media is more democratic than it was in coup periods, says Erdoğan

Turkey’s media is more democratic than it was in coup periods, says Erdoğan

Referring to Turkey’s mediascape in coup periods, President and AKP Chair Erdoğan has said, “Even though those who have lost their privileges are disturbed, we have a more colorful, more democratic and more pluralistic media structure.”

14 January 2021

A TV channel was launched to 'bring back impartial reporting'; it survived for only 26 days

A TV channel was launched to 'bring back impartial reporting'; it survived for only 26 days

Olay TV didn't claim to be doing "critical reporting" but keeping "an equal distance to everyone," which wasn't apparently enough for the government.

29 December 2020

Critical TV outlets paid 25 times higher amount of fines than pro-government ones in 2020

Critical TV outlets paid 25 times higher amount of fines than pro-government ones in 2020

An RTÜK member from the main opposition party has released a report on penalties imposed on TV channels this year.

28 December 2020

Silence on Albayrak's resignation 'greatest media crisis in Turkey's recent history'

JOURNALISM ORGANIZATIONS

Silence on Albayrak's resignation 'greatest media crisis in Turkey's recent history'

Journalism organizations have criticized the media for not reporting Albayrak's Instagram post announcing his resignation.

9 November 2020

Who is behind hate media in Turkey?

RESILIENCE PROJECT

Who is behind hate media in Turkey?

“Hate and Propaganda Media in Turkey: Affiliations, Models and Patterns” report has been released as part of the international Resilience Project, which is implemented in partnership with a series of media organizations, including bianet from Turkey.

29 September 2020 Sinem Aydınlı

Erdoğan's communications director says 'fifth column' media works against Turkey

Erdoğan's communications director says 'fifth column' media works against Turkey

Foreign-funded outlets "support terrorism, use media power as a weapon against the nation and the state, and produce provocative information against the president," according to Fahrettin Altun.

Media report by main opposition CHP: 137 newspapers closed in 3 years

Media report by main opposition CHP: 137 newspapers closed in 3 years

While Turkey’s circulation of national newspapers was 1 billion 909 million 495 thousand 223 in 2013, this number dropped by 48 percent in 2019, shows a recent media report prepared by CHP Vice Chair Akkuş-İlgezdi.

‘55 percent of Turkey trust news’

REUTERS INSTITUTE REPORT

‘55 percent of Turkey trust news’

According to the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2020, while 67 percent of the participants say that they trust the news of Turkey’s state channel TRT, 65 percent say that they trust state-run Anadolu Agency (AA) news.

Agos, Jıneps, Sabro and Şalom: We Seek Solutions to Continue Publishing News

Agos, Jıneps, Sabro and Şalom: We Seek Solutions to Continue Publishing News

Danzikyan from weekly Agos newspaper, Vergili from monthly Sabro newspaper, Molinas from weekly Şalom newspaper and Canbek from monthly Jıneps newspaper have spoken to bianet about publishing a newspaper in the days of corona.

22 April 2020 Hikmet Adal

İstanbul Municipality Allegedly Spends 40 Million to Advertise on Pro-AKP Media in 2 Years

İstanbul Municipality Allegedly Spends 40 Million to Advertise on Pro-AKP Media in 2 Years

A columnist of daily Yeniçağ has alleged that the Metropolitan Municipality of İstanbul and its associates spent 57 million lira for advertisement in 2017- 2019. 40 million lira of this money was paid to pro-government media, according to the columnist.

World Reacts to Access Block on bianet

World Reacts to Access Block on bianet

International organizations Reporters Without Borders (RSF), European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), Amnesty International Turkey and International Press Institute (IPI) have denounced the access block imposed on bianet.

Demirören Media Outlets Distort HDP Co-Chair Temelli's Words

Demirören Media Outlets Distort HDP Co-Chair Temelli's Words

Sezai Temelli's remarks in a program he participated in the Artı TV have been distorted by Demirören Media Group's outlets Hürriyet, Posta and CNN Turk.

‘Call to Prayer’ Allegations of Erdoğan on Headlines of Newspapers Close to AKP

‘Call to Prayer’ Allegations of Erdoğan on Headlines of Newspapers Close to AKP

After President and AKP Chair Erdoğan alleged that the women attending the 17th Feminist Night March in Taksim “behaved rudely towards the call to prayer by whistling”, his allegation has made the headlines of pro-government newspapers.

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