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Abdurrahman Öncü
Diyarbakır - 2022
Detention of Abdurrahman Öncü
As part of an investigation launched by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, 20 journalists were detained in raids on their homes and offices on June 8, 2022 (June 8).…
Ömer Çelik
Diyarbakır - 2022
Detention of journalist Ömer Çelik
As part of an investigation launched by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, 20 journalists were detained in raids on their homes and offices on June 8, 2022 (June 8).…
Mehmet Ali Ertaş
Diyarbakır - 2022
Detention of Xwebûn newspaper’s Managing Editor Mehmet Ali Ertaş
As part of an investigation launched by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, 20 journalists were detained in raids on their homes and offices on June 8, 2022 (June 8).…
Serdar Altan
Diyarbakır - 2022
Detention of Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) Co-Chair Serdar Altan
As part of an investigation launched by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, 20 journalists were detained in raids on their homes and offices on June 8, 2022 (June 8).…
Aziz Oruç
Diyarbakır - 2022
Detention of Aziz Oruç
As part of an investigation launched by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, 20 journalists were detained in raids on their homes and offices on June 8, 2022 (June 8).…
Sadiye Eser
İstanbul - 2019
Sadiye Eser – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization”
Mezopotamya News Agency reporters Sadiye Eser and Sadık Topaloğlu, who were taken into custody on 29 November, were arrested by the decision of İstanbul 3rd Peace Judgeship for allegedly being…
Sadık Topaloğlu
İstanbul - 2019
Sadık Topaloğlu – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization”
Mezopotamya News Agency reporters Sadiye Eser and Sadık Topaloğlu, who were taken into custody on 29 November, were arrested by the decision of İstanbul 3rd Peace Judgeship for allegedly being…
Barış Yarkadaş
İstanbul - 2022
Criminal complaint against journalist Barış Yarkadaş
İYİ Party Secretary General Uğur Poyraz applied to the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on September 7, 2022 and filed a criminal complaint against journalist and former Republican People’s Party…
Ferhat Çelik
Van - 2022
Ferhat Çelik – trial for “marking a counterterrorism official as a target”
Having reported that the prosecutor issuing a detention warrant against Servet Turgut and Osman Şiban, who had been thrown off a helicopter, later issued a detention warrant against the journalists…
Susma Platform
İstanbul - 2022
Access block to Susma Platform’s news on “access block”
Susma (Speak Up) Platform, in its list of “Access Blocks of the Week” dated November 2020, announced that an access block was imposed on the news regarding the allegations that…
Oktay Candemir
Van - 2022
Investigation against Oktay Candemir for “libel and insult”
The Van Metropolitan Municipality made a tender for renting vehicles on the occasion of President Erdoğan’s visit. The tender was given to Çetin Can, a former AKP executive, as per…
General
Diyarbakır - 2022
Censorship on newspapers for imprisoned journalists
As reported by Mezopotamya Agency (MA), Xwebûn newspaper editor Zeynel Abidin Bulut, in his letter from the Diyarbakır No. 2 High Security Prison, wrote that 16 journalists arrested in Diyarbakır…
General
2022
Profiling of 20 journalists, including TGS and DFG Chairs, by the Security Directorate
The Directorate General of Security Foreign Relations Department sent a file of profiling classified “top secret” to the Provincial Directorates of Security of Ağrı, Ankara, Antalya, Diyarbakır, Giresun, İstanbul, İzmir,…
Can Dündar
İstanbul - 2022
Investigation against Can Dündar on charge of “insulting the President of the Republic”
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation against journalist Can Dündar on charges of “insulting the President of the Republic” (as per Article 299 of the Turkish Penal…
Elif Bayburt
İstanbul - 2022
Detention of ETHA reporter Elif Bayburt
The families of prisoners wanted to make a press statement at Kartal Square in İstanbul. Not permitting the press statement, police officers moved journalists away from the area by force.…
Doğan Kaynak
İstanbul - 2022
Battery of MA reporter Doğan Kaynak by police
The families of prisoners wanted to make a press statement at Kartal Square in İstanbul. Not permitting the press statement, police officers moved journalists away from the area. They intervened…
General
Ankara - 2022
Threat against journalists covering the investigation against Ünsal Ban
The press room at the Ankara Courthouse was raided by the police while the journalists covering the investigation launched against Ünsal Ban were in there. Police officers threatened journalists, warning…
Öznur Değer
Mardin - 2022
Investigation against JinNews reporter Öznur Değer
The Mardin Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation against JinNews reporter Öznur Değer on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” on the grounds of two social media…
Barış Terkoğlu
İstanbul - 2022
Access block to Barış Terkoğlu’s article
On the grounds of violation of personality rights, the İstanbul Anadolu 4th Criminal Judgeship of Peace, with its decision dated September 1, 2022 and numbered 2022/5763, imposed an access block…
General
Van - 2022
Death threat by police against journalists
Covering the march following the September 1 World Peace Day rally held by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Van, journalists were battered by the police. Police officers forced journalist…
Tuğçe Yılmaz
İstanbul - 2022
Harassment of bianet reporter Tuğçe Yılmaz by police
Covering the September 1 Peace Day events in İstanbul’s Kadıköy, bianet reporter Tuğçe Yılmaz was harassed by an undercover police officer. Yılmaz said that the officer squeezed her breast (September…
Erdinç Yılmaz
İstanbul - 2022
Police intervention against Halk TV reporter Erdinç Yılmaz
Covering the demolitions undertaken as part of urban transformation in Tokatköy, Halk TV reporter Erdinç Yılmaz was pushed and moved away by the police with shields (September 1).
Elif Bayburt
İstanbul - 2022
Detention of ETHA reporter Elif Bayburt
Ahead of the press conference to be held by the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) at the Cezayir Conference Hall in İstanbul on August 29, 2022, Elif Bayburt, a…
General
Şanlıurfa - 2022
Prevention of journalists from following the Justice Watch by police
The journalists who wanted to follow the Şenyaşar family’s Justice Watch were prevented by the police at the entrance of the Urfa Courthouse. Saying that taking pictures and videos was…
General
Ankara - 2022
Access block to news on AKP Erzurum MP
With the decision of the Ankara 1st Criminal Judgeship of Peace dated August 29, 2022 and numbered 2022/10228, an access block has been imposed on the news regarding the social…
Yavuz Selim Demirağ
Balıkesir - 2022
Investigation against journalist-writer Yavuz Selim Demirağ
On the grounds of the speeches that they made during the 5th Book Fair held in Balıkesir’s Edremit district on August 13-21, 2022, an investigation has been launched against Republican…
İbrahim Varlı
İstanbul - 2022
Investigation into BirGün Publishing Coordinator İbrahim Varlı’s ‘Islamists’ tweet
An investigation has been launched against İbrahim Varlı, the Publishing Coordinator of BirGün newspaper, on the grounds of his tweet where he wrote, “Islamists are cruel, Islamists are tyrants, there…
diken.com.tr
Kahramanmaraş - 2022
Censorship on Diken’s “news on censorship” – News on fake court ruling
An access block has been imposed on the news report where Diken news website announced that an access block was imposed on its news where it revealed that a Diken…
Evrensel Daily
Aydın - 2022
Access block to Evrensel’s news report on “Köşk District Governor”
In Mezeköy village of Aydın’s Köşk district, District Governor Tuğba Polat forbade entries and exits to and from the village for 7 days in order to prevent protests against the…
General
İstanbul - 2022
Police intervention against the journalists covering evictions due to urban transformation
In the morning hours of August 22, 2022, the police raided Tokatköy Neighborhood in İstanbul’s Beykoz, where a set of demolitions were underway as part of an urban transformation project.…
Evrensel Daily
İstanbul - 2022
Press Advertisement Institution’s abolishment of Evrensel’s right to publish public ads
The Press Advertisement Institution (BİK) has completely abolished Evrensel newspaper’s right to publish public ads. In its notification to Evrensel, the BİK has justified the abolishment by citing the readers’…
Vildan Atmaca
İstanbul - 2022
Detention of Vildan Atmaca
As part of an investigation launched against her over the news that she had reported in 2015 and 2016, Vildan Atmaca, a reporter for the Gazete Şujin newspaper, which was…
General
Mardin - 2022
Broadcast ban on news regarding the accident in Mardin’s Derik
The Derik Criminal Judgeship of Peace gave a decision of broadcast ban on the news regarding the road accident that claimed the lives of 20 lives in Mardin’s Derik district.…
diken.com.tr
İstanbul - 2022
Access block to news on cartoons about the President
The İstanbul 1st Criminal Judgeship of Peace imposed an access block on 10 news reports about AKP Chair and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and ruled for their deletion on the…
Cumhuriyet Newspaper
İstanbul - 2022
Fine on Cumhuriyet newspaper’s news about Kavakçı
The Council of Personal Data Protection gave a fine on Cumhuriyet newspaper due to the news indicating that AKP İstanbul MP Ravza Kavakçı Kan was receiving two salaries. Cumhuriyet newspaper…
Sezgin Kesim
İstanbul - 2022
Investigation against Kısa Dalga Managing Editor Sezgin Kesim
Upon the criminal complaint of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s former lawyer Mustafa Doğan İnal, an investigation was launched against Kısa Dalga columnist Ersan Atar and Managing Editor Sezgin Kesim on…
Ersan Atar
İstanbul - 2022
Investigation against journalist Ersan Atar
Upon the criminal complaint of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s former lawyer Mustafa Doğan İnal, an investigation was launched against Kısa Dalga columnist Ersan Atar and Managing Editor Sezgin Kesim on…
Tele 1
İstanbul - 2022
Administrative fine on TELE1 by RTÜK
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) considered the financial support that TELE1 acquired through its website to be “illegal acquisition by collecting aid and grants from the audience” and…
Halk TV
İstanbul - 2022
Administrative fine on Halk TV by RTÜK
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed an administrative fine on Halk TV on the grounds of “insulting national and spiritual values, the President, the Interior Minister and the…
Habertürk
İstanbul - 2022
Administrative fine on Habertürk by RTÜK
Taking the petition of the Presidency of Religious Affairs into consideration, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed an administrative fine on HaberTürk, indicating that Celal Şengör insulted religious…
bianet
İstanbul - 2022
Access block to 48 more news reports about President Erdoğan
Having 130 news reports blocked to access on July 29, President and AKP Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s former lawyer Mustafa Doğan İnal had an access block imposed on 48 more…
Diren Yurtsever
İstanbul - 2022
Detention of Diren Yurtsever
Mezopotamya Agency (MA) Managing Editor Diren Yurtsever was taken into custody at the İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport on the grounds of a search warrant against her. She was taken to…
Ebru Uzun Oruç
Rize - 2022
Armed attack on the Vice Chair of Progressive Journalists Association’s Rize Branch
Receiving threatening and insulting messages for doing vox pops about MHP Chair Devlet Bahçeli, “Sokak Kedisi” (Street Cat) YouTube channel’s owner and presenter Ebru Uzun Oruç was subjected to an…
Zeynep Kuray
İstanbul - 2022
Detention of Zeynep Kuray
Covering the protest of construction workers against the usurpation of their rights, journalist Zeynep Kuray was detained. Kuray was released following her deposition at the police station (August 12).
Susma Platform
İstanbul - 2022
Access block to Susma Platform’s news report
An access block has been imposed on the news content listed among the news reports facing an access block over the past week, published on susma24.com website of the Susma…
Etkin News Agency
Diyarbakır - 2022
Access block to ETHA
An access block was imposed on the www.etha45.com website of the Etkin News Agency (ETHA) by the decision of the Diyarbakır 4th Criminal Judgeship of Peace dated August 3, 2022.…
İsmail Arı
İstanbul - 2022
Attempted attack on BirGün reporter İsmail Arı
Covering the press statement to be made by CHP Vice Chair Ali Öztunç in front of the Çekmeköy Barracks, which had been zoned for construction, BirGün reporter İsmail Arı faced…
Alican Uludağ
İstanbul - 2021
Alican Uludağ – trial for “insulting a public official due to his or her duty”
İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation against Alican Uludağ on the grounds that he criticized it as “unlawful” that the arrest of journalists Barış Pehlivan, Barış Terkoğlu, Murat…
bianet
İstanbul - 2022
Access block to 130 news reports on President Erdoğan’s former lawyer
AKP Chair and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s former lawyer Mustafa Doğan İnal had an access block imposed on 130 news reports, publications and posts about himself. Submitting a petition to…
Alaaddin Kaya
Ankara - 2018
Alaaddin Kaya – trial for “participating in the coup attempt”
The 4th High Criminal Court in Ankara sentenced Hidayet Karaca, former chairman of Samanyolu TV Group, Ilhan Isbilen, Kazim Avci, Alaaddin Kaya, the owner of Feza Media Group to aggravated…
