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Survey: More than 70 percent of journalists struggle to make ends meet

Survey: More than 70 percent of journalists struggle to make ends meet

More than 85 percent of journalists apply self-censorship and are concerned that they might get into legal trouble because of their reports.

10 January 2022

‘Turkey is a prison for journalists’

JANUARY 10 WORKING JOURNALISTS DAY

‘Turkey is a prison for journalists’

Tigris Euphrates Journalists Association Co-Chair Altan says that 2021 was a tough year for journalists working in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority provinces while journalists Gök and Ren talk about the hardships and violations of rights they face in the region.

10 January 2022 Gülistan Korban

19 journalist women battered in Turkey in a year, shows report

JANUARY 10 WORKING JOURNALISTS DAY

19 journalist women battered in Turkey in a year, shows report

The Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform released its annual report on violations of rights faced by journalist women in Turkey on January 10 Working Journalists Day: “We will raise our organized struggle in the face of violence and pressure.”

10 January 2022

‘With journalists arrested and unemployment over 35 percent, there is nothing to celebrate’

JANUARY 10 WORKING JOURNALISTS DAY

‘With journalists arrested and unemployment over 35 percent, there is nothing to celebrate’

In a statement on the occasion of Working Journalists Day, the Journalists’ Union of Turkey recalls that 90 percent of press workers work precariously and without a union and journalists are forced to defend their news at court almost every day.

10 January 2022

‘We will never give up freedom of press,’ says Erdoğan

WORKING JOURNALISTS DAY

‘We will never give up freedom of press,’ says Erdoğan

On January 10 Working Journalists Day in Turkey, President Erdoğan released a statement expressing Turkey’s determination to “not give up press freedom.” But Turkey ranks 154th among 180 countries in the RSF World Press Freedom Index.

11 January 2021

International Press Institute: End Abuse and Persecution of Journalism

JANUARY 10 WORKING JOURNALISTS DAY

International Press Institute: End Abuse and Persecution of Journalism

The IPI has released a statement on the occasion of January 10 Working Journalists Day in Turkey: “The most urgent step to be taken by state authorities is to stop the constant judicial and financial pressure and harassment of media and journalists.”

10 January 2020

Press Council: January 10 Day of 'Journalists Unable to Work’

WORKING JOURNALISTS’ DAY

Press Council: January 10 Day of 'Journalists Unable to Work’

January 10 Working Journalists’ Day, which used to be celebrated as a “festival” in the 1960s and has been celebrated as a “day” since the 1970s, has turned into “the day of journalists who cannot work.”

10 January 2019

Erdoğan’s Statement ‘Press is More Liberal’ Not Confirmed by bianet Reports

Erdoğan’s Statement ‘Press is More Liberal’ Not Confirmed by bianet Reports

Releasing a statement on the occasion of January 10 Working Journalists’ Day, President Erdoğan has claimed, “Press has become more democratic and liberal in 16 years.” The reports of bianet on freedom of expression have been refuting these claims.

9 January 2019 Haluk Kalafat

"Freedom and Security for Press Workers"

WORKING JOURNALISTS DAY

"Freedom and Security for Press Workers"

On the Working Journalists Day on 10 January, the Freedom for Journalists Platform demanded to release detained journalists and lift government applications that obstruct press freedom. Journalist Şener argued that "pressure of journalists against journalists should be revealed".

11 January 2011 Emir Çelik,Serkan Demir