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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…
Hidayet Karaca
Ankara - 2018
The former chairperson of Samanyolu Group, Hidayet Karaca is on trial
The 4th High Criminal Court in Ankara sentenced the former chairperson of Samanyolu Group, Hidayet Karaca, who was already in prison due to the “FETÖ main case”, the former parliamentarian…
Vedat Örüç
Adana - 2022
Physical attack on two journalists – Vedat Örüç
Journalists Vedat Örüç and Elif Kurttaş were assaulted by the employer and employees of a firm in the industrialists’ site in Adana where they had been to cover waste import.…
Elif Kurttaş
Adana - 2022
Physical attack on two journalists – Elif Kurttaş
Journalists Vedat Örüç and Elif Kurttaş were assaulted by the employer and employees of a firm in the industrialists’ site in Adana where they had been to cover waste import.…
Melis Ciddioğlu
Ankara - 2022
Police violence against Pirha journalist Melis Ciddioğlu
Women from the Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions (KESK) who wanted to protest the Council of State’s ruling on the withdrawal from the İstanbul Convention in Ankara were prevented…
BirGün
İstanbul - 2022
Access block to BirGün’s news on “Society for Spreading Wisdom”
The İstanbul 5th Criminal Judgeship of Peace gave a ruling on the news report “Tender society!” published on BirGün news website on July 14 and ruled that “the content should…
diken.com.tr
İstanbul - 2022
Censorship on Diken’s “news on censorship” – news on “Sivas Governor”
The court previously ruled that Diken news website’s news report about the complaint submitted against Sivas Governor Yılmaz Şimşek to the Interior Ministry on the grounds that he had illegal…
diken.com.tr
İstanbul - 2022
Access block to Diken by Boğaziçi University Rectorate
On July 21, 2022, Diken news website published a news report titled “The mystery of communication faculty at Boğaziçi University”, where it was reported that the Communication Faculty of Boğaziçi…
bianet
İstanbul - 2022
Access block to news on access block to news on Emine Erdoğan
The İstanbul Anadolu 2nd Criminal Judgeship of Peace imposed an access block on the news about the Environmental Agency to which access was blocked upon the request of President and…
diken.com.tr
İstanbul - 2022
Censorship on Diken’s news on “Sivas Governor”
With its decision dated July 22, 2022 and numbered 2022/1851, the Sivas 2nd Criminal Judgeship of Peace ruled that Diken news website’s news report about the complaint submitted against Sivas…
Etkin News Agency
Diyarbakır - 2022
Access block to ETHA
With the decision of Diyarbakır 5th Criminal Judgeship of Peace dated July 18, 2022, an access block was imposed on the website of Etkin News Agency (ETHA) “https://www.etha43.com” for protecting…
BirGün
İstanbul - 2022
“Additional indicator” fine on birgun.net by Press Advertisement Institution
Upon a complaint about a news report regarding Dokuz Eylül University, the Press Advertisement Institution (BİK) fined birgun.net by cutting its right to an additional indicator for 7 days. The…
Evrensel Daily
Aydın - 2022
Access block to Evrensel’s news on suspicious death in Aydın Prison
On the grounds of violation of personality rights, the Aydın 1st Criminal Judgeship of Peace, with its decision dated July 18, 2022 and numbered 2022/3121, ruled that an access block…
Barış Terkoğlu
Sivas - 2022
Access block to Barış Terkoğlu’s column
With the decision of the Şarkışla Criminal Judgeship of Peace dated July 8, 2022 and numbered 2022/333 and on the grounds of violating personality rights, an access block has been…
Yakup Demir
Diyarbakır - 2022
Attack on journalist Yakup Demir
Yakup Demir, a reporter for Mesopotamia Agency (MA), was physically attacked by Fevziye Karaer, a lawyer registered in the Gaziantep Bar Association, while he was covering the tension between the…
Tele1TV
İstanbul - 2022
Administrative fine on Tele1 by RTÜK
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has imposed an administrative fine on Tele1 on the grounds that the report of the Court of Accounts was criticized during a broadcast…
Halk TV
İstanbul - 2022
Administrative fine on Halk TV by RTÜK
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has imposed a second administrative fine on Halk TV, which broadcast CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s statement on “TURKEN Foundation” dated May 24, 2022…
Halk TV
İstanbul - 2022
“Program suspension” fine to Halk TV by RTÜK
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has fined Halk TV with 3-times program suspension on the grounds that Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP Mehmet Tiryaki called imprisoned leader of…
Can Ataklı
İstanbul - 2021
Can Ataklı – trial for “degrading the religious values of a section of the public”
Journalist Can Ataklı was put on trial at the İstanbul 22nd Criminal Court of First Instance on charge of “inciting the public to enmity and hatred or degrading” (as per…
Ali Ergin Demirhan
İstanbul - 2020
Ali Ergin Demirhan – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
In the trial of journalist Ali Ergin Demirhan for “insulting the President of the Republic” due to a social media post, the third hearing was held at the İstanbul 55th…
Ömer Çelik
Diyarbakır - 2022
Censorship on journalist Ömer Çelik’s letter for being “objectionable”
Taken into custody on June 8, 2022 as part of an investigation launched by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, 16 of the 22 people, 20 of whom were journalists,…
DW Türkçe
İstanbul - 2022
Access block to DW Türkçe
On the grounds that they did not apply to the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) for a license about their video news, an access block has been imposed on…
