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Mehmet Şah Oruç
Adıyaman - 2023
Mehmet Şah Oruç – “membership in a terrorist organization” case
On April 25, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) editor Abdurrahman Gök, agency reporters Ahmet Kanbal and Mehmet Şah Oruç, Yeni Yaşam Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Osman Akın, Kurdish weekly Xwebûn newspaper’s concessionaire Kadri Esen,…
Beritan Canözer
Diyarbakır - 2023
Arrest of Beritan Canözer
On April 25, JINNEWS reporter Beritan Canözer, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) editor Abdurrahman Gök, agency reporters Ahmet Kanbal and Mehmet Şah Oruç, Yeni Yaşam Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Osman Akın, Kurdish weekly Xwebûn…
Abdurrahman Gök
Diyarbakır - 2023
Arrest of Abdurrahman Gök
On April 25, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) editor Abdurrahman Gök, agency reporters Ahmet Kanbal and Mehmet Şah Oruç, Yeni Yaşam Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Osman Akın, Kurdish weekly Xwebûn newspaper’s concessionaire Kadri Esen,…
İdris Yayla
Van - 2023
İdris Yayla – ‘The same prosecutor ordered the detention of journalists’ news case
A lawsuit was filed against Jiyan Haber (Jiyan News) Executive Director İdris Yayla, along with Mezopotamya Agency (MA) Executive Director and Managing Editor Ferhat Çelik, for reporting that the prosecutor…
Canan Kaya
İstanbul - 2023
Canan Kaya – Earthquake broadcast investigation
Istanbul Anatolian Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation against Canan Kaya, Medya Koridoru Concessionaire and Editor-in-Chief, on suspicion of “publicly disseminating misleading information” (TCK 217/A) in connection with her…
Bülent Kılıç
İstanbul - 2021
Bülent Kılıç – “publicly insulting a public official”
Agence France-Presse (AFP) photojournalist Bülent Kılıç was detained while covering the 19th Pride March in Taksim, Istanbul on June 26, 2021. The police pressed on Kılıç’s throat and handcuffed him…
Sibel Hürtaş
Ankara - 2023
Sibel Hürtaş – “Insult” case opened upon complaint by Brigadier General Subutay Adaş
Sibel Hürtaş wrote an article called “The 624 colonels event” in Artı Gerçek news portal in August 2020. Hürtaş stated in her article that Subutay Adaş, for whom there are…
Asena Tunca
İstanbul - 2023
Detention of Asena Tunca when reporting a mobilization
SOL Parti’nin Kadıköy’de gerçekleştirmek istediği “Helalleşmeyeceğiz, hesaplaşacağız” eylemini takip eden BirGün correspondent Asena Tunca was taken into custody while reporting a mobilization by the Left (SOL) Party in Kadıköy, with…
Ruşen Takva
Van - 2023
Free Cause investigation to Ruşen Takva
An investigation was started about Ruşen Takva for his social media posts criticizing the joining of the Free Cause Party (HÜDA-PAR) to the People’s Alliance. Takva was invited to the…
Merve Dişli
Kocaeli - 2023
Merve Dişli – Threatened by AKP Youth Hearths Barış Çiftçi
Barış Çiftçi, the president of the Ak Youth Hearts of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) which is established as a parallel structure to the AKP Youth Branches, threatened Merve…
Melek Fırat
Aydın - 2023
Melek Fırat – Attack by relatives of ordinary suspects
Manşet Newspaper correspondent Melek Fırat was subjected to a physical attack while reporting about drug selling suspects while they were being transfered to the courthosue in Aydın. The relatives of…
Abdurrahman Fırat
Aydın - 2023
Abdurrahman Fırat – Attack by relatives of ordinary suspects
Hedef Newspaper correspondent Abdurrahman Fırat was subjected to a physical attack while reporting about drug selling suspects while they were being transfered to the courthosue in Aydın. The relatives of…
Burhan Ceyhan
Aydın - 2023
Burhan Ceyhan – Attack by relatives of ordinary suspects
İHA correspondent Burhan Ceyhan was subjected to a physical attack while reporting about drug selling suspects while they were being transfered to the courthosue in Aydın. The relatives of the…
Murat Uçkaç
Aydın - 2023
Murat Uçkaç – Attack by relatives of ordinary suspects
İHA correspondent Murat Uçkaç was subjected to a physical attack while reporting about drug selling suspects while they were being transfered to the courthosue in Aydın. The relatives of the…
Deutsche Welle Türkçe
İstanbul - 2023
License of Deutsche Welle Türkçe not extended
The Ministry of Industry and Technology has not extended the license of Deutsche Welle (DW) Türkçe. The Ministry justified not renewing the license of the outlet which needs to be…
Sercan Yılmaz
İstanbul - 2023
Detention of Sercan Yılmaz
A reactionarly group tried to attack the press briefing held in İstanbul about the attack to theologist & author Cemil Kılıç. The police took Toplumsal correspondent Özgür Avcu and cameraperson…
Özgür Avcu
İstanbul - 2023
Detention of Özgür Avcu
A reactionarly group tried to attack the press briefing held in İstanbul about the attack to theologist & author Cemil Kılıç. The police took Toplumsal correspondent Özgür Avcu and cameraperson…
Aren Yıldırım
İstanbul - 2023
Aren Yıldırım taken into custody
bianet Kurdish editor Aren Yıldırım was taken into custody in a police operation at his house in Üsküdar, İstanbul at 6:00 am in the morning. He was taken to the…
Fırat Fıstık
İstanbul - 2021
Investigation for Fırat Fıstık
The second hearing was held on March 15, 2023. Naci İnci’s lawyer did not attend the hearing. Fırat Fıstık’s lawyer requested that Fıstık should be acquitted. The hearing was postponed…
Bilal Seçkin
Kars - 2016
Bilal Seçkin – “Why didn’t you inform of the action” investigation
Bilal Seçkin was a correspondent of Dicle News Agency (DİHA) which was later closed by a decree. He was taken into custody in a police raid to his house on…
Reyhan Çapan
İstanbul - 2015
Reyhan Çapan – Trial for “not publishing correction and reply properly”
On September 24, 2014, Adana 3rd Penal Court of Peace ruled for a correction for the news report with the title “Child Murderers” published on the issue of Özgür Gündem…
Anka Haber Ajansı
İstanbul - 2023
Access ban to the reports of ANKA Agency about the houses to be built in the earthquake-hit area
İstanbul Anadolu 6th Penal Court of Peace ruled in its decision dated March 8, to impose access ban on the report of the ANKA Agency that a project has been…
Ferhat Çelik
İstanbul - 2023
Detention of Ferhat Çelik
Mezopotamya Ajansı (MA) Publisher Ferhat Çelik was taken into custody in the Feriköy police station where he went in order to give his statement. Çelik, for whom there was an…
Sedef Kabaş
İstanbul - 2023
Sedef Kabaş – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
An indictment has been prepared for Sedef Kabaş for the offence of insulting the President (Turkish Criminal Code article 299) upon the complaint by the lawyers of President Recep Tayyip…
Fırat Bulut
Ankara - 2023
Detention of Fırat Bulut
Fırat Bulut was taken into custody in Esenboğa Airport in Ankara at night on March 9 on his return from Malatya in the earthquake-hit region. Bulut was detained on the…
bianet
İstanbul - 2023
Access ban to the bianet report “Punch attack from mayor’s brother to the journalist”
Access ban was imposed on the bianet report on the attack by Alper Var, Şarköy Mayor Alpay Var’s brother, against Deniz Önal because Önal reported on the corruption file which…
Dilan Babat
Konya - 2022
Dilan Babat – trial for “marking a counterterrorism official as a target
Konya Public Prosecutor Şahsuvar prepared an indictment about Yıldız Fırat Can Arslan and Dilan Babat. The prosecutor charged the journalists with marking counterterrorism officials as targets according to article 6/1…
Fırat Can Arslan
Konya - 2022
Fırat Can Arslan – trial for “marking a counterterrorism official as a target
Konya Public Prosecutor Şahsuvar prepared an indictment about Yıldız Fırat Can Arslan and Dilan Babat. The prosecutor charged the journalists with marking counterterrorism officials as targets according to article 6/1…
Oktay Candemir
Van - 2023
“Libel” and “threat” investigation to Oktay Candemir
An investigation was started against journalist Oktay Candemir for his social media posts upon a complaint by Van Provincial National Education Director Hasan Tekve with “libel” and “threat” charges. Candemir…
Etkin News Agency
İstanbul - 2023
Access ban to the Twitter account of ETHA
Access to the Twitter account of Etkin News Agency was banned from Turkey. ETHA employees stated that the banning was related to their posts about the earthquake. No court decision…
Mehmet Güleş
Diyarbakır - 2023
Detention of Mezopotamya Agency correspondent Mehmet Güleş
Mezopotamya Agency (MA) correspondent Mehmet Güleş was taken into custody on February 8, 2023, together with the volunteers that he interviewed about the rescue efforts carried out in Bağlar, Diyarbakır.…
Volkan Pekal
Adana - 2023
Detention of Evrensel reporter Volkan Pekal
Volkan Pekal, a reporter for daily Evrensel, was taken into custody on the grounds that he was “filming without permission” while he was trying to cover the earthquake victims at…
Metin Uca
İstanbul - 2023
Detention of journalist Metin Uca
On his way to Ankara, TV presenter Metin Uca was detained at İstanbul Airport for “inciting the public to hostility and hatred” (as per the Article 216 of the Turkish…
100SÜZLER
İstanbul - 2023
Access block to the platform founded by Can Dündar and Erk Acarer
Founded by journalists Can Dündar and Erk Acarer and put online on February 1, 2023, 100SÜZLER platform faced an access block as per the decision of the Information Technologies and…
Seyhan Avşar
Ankara - 2023
Access block to Seyhan Avşar’s news report – MASAK Report
The news about the Financial Crimes Investigation Committee (MASAK) report, which had been reported by Halk TV’s Seyhan Avşar, was faced with an access block as per the decision no.…
Gerçek Gündem
Ankara - 2023
Access block to Gerçek Gündem’s news report
With the decision of the Ankara 7th Criminal Judgeship of Peace dated January 25, 2023, an access block was imposed on Elif Ünsal’s news report published on Gerçek Gündem news…
Sinan Aygül
Bitlis - 2023
Investigation against Sinan Aygül
The Bitlis Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation against journalist Sinan Aygül on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” (as per the Article 7/2 of the Anti-Terror Law) after…
Osman Akın
İstanbul - 2023
Osman Akın – investigation for “propaganda”
An investigation was launched against Yeni Yaşam newspaper’s managing editor Osman Akın months after the İstanbul 9th Criminal Judgeship of Peace, as per its decision dated June 8, 2022, gave…
Rojin Altay
Diyarbakır - 2023
Detention of Rojin Altay
Rojin Altay from Yeni Yaşam newspaper was detained at the İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport on her way to Diyarbakır province. Altay’s father was called by the İstanbul General Directorate of…
Akif Beki
İstanbul - 2023
Lawsuit for damages against Akif Beki by Minister Karaismailoğlu
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure filed a lawsuit for damages against Karar newspaper columnist Akif Beki on charge of “libel” (as per the Turkish Penal Code – TCK Article 267)…
Yeni Yaşam Newspaper
Zonguldak - 2023
Access block on Yeni Yaşam newspaper’s website
An access block was imposed on http://yeniyasamgazetesi3.com website of the Yeni Yaşam newspaper as per the decision of the Zonguldak Criminal Judgeship of Peace. The newspaper started using the URL…
Murat Ağırel
İstanbul - 2023
Injunction against Murat Ağırel
Former Justice and Development Party (AKP) MP Şükrü Ayalan had an injunction issued against Cumhuriyet newspaper columnist Murat Ağırel on the grounds that “he had reported on him in his…
Doğan Akın
İstanbul - 2023
Doğan Akın – trial for “insult”
A lawsuit was filed against Doğan Akın, the editor-in-chief of T24 news website, on the grounds of a news report titled “A tender for income sharing worth 6.9 billion TRY…
Hale Gönültaş
Ankara - 2023
Investigation against journalist Hale Gönültaş
An investigation was launched against Hale Gönültaş, a columnist for Kısa Dalga, who reported on an incident where a 14-year-old girl, who had been sexually abused in Manisa, was made…
Yıldız Yazıcıoğlu
Ankara - 2023
Physical intervention against journalist Yıldız Yazıcıoğlu
After Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli spoke at the MHP’s weekly group meeting at the Parliament on January 24, 2023, journalists asked Bahçeli questions. Yıldız Yazıcıoğlu, one of…
Öznur Değer
Ankara - 2022
Lawsuit against arrested journalist Öznur Değer
Facing an investigation launched on December 19, 2022 and conducted by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, arrested JinNews reporter Öznur Değer was put on trial for “resisting to prevent…
Oktay Candemir
Van - 2023
Investigation against Oktay Candemir for “disinformation”
Having reported on a sexual assault against a 16-year-old girl in Van’s Muradiye district, journalist Oktay Candemir faced an investigation on charge of “publicly spreading misleading information” (as per the…
Sinan Aygül
Bitlis - 2023
Detention of Sinan Aygül
Having reported on allegations of corruption, journalist Sinan Aygül was detained on January 19, 2023 upon the criminal complaint of ruling AKP Bitlis MP Vahit Kiler. Exercising his right to…
bianet
Ankara - 2023
Access block to bianet’s news report – Şule Çet case
With the decision of the Ankara 5th Criminal Judgeship of Peace dated January 13, 2023 and numbered 2023/384, an access block was imposed on the news reports where the name…
Radyo Sputnik
İstanbul - 2023
Broadcast suspension of Radyo Sputnik by RTÜK
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) suspended the “Ali Çağatay’la Seyir Halinde” program three times after the allegations of torture and ill treatment in Turkey’s prisons had been discussed…
