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Kadri Esen
Diyarbakır - 2022
Xwebûn newspaper’s Grant Holder Kadri Esen – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
A lawsuit was filed against Kadri Esen, the Grant Holder of the Kurdish Xwebûn newspaper, on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” due to a social media post. A…
Emre Orman
İstanbul - 2022
Threat against Emre Orman during news follow-up
Police intervened against the protest march held in İstanbul’s Taksim on September 20, 2022 in response to the suspicious death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in Iran after she…
Marta Sömek
İstanbul - 2022
Battery of JinNews reporter Marta Sömek
Following the Justice Watch held in İstanbul’s Bağcılar Square on September 17, 2022 by the prisoners’ relatives for ill prisoners and prisoners with their execution halted, JinNews reporter Marta Sömek…
Hüsnü Ümit Avcı
Sivas - 2022
Battery of DHA reporter Hüsnü Ümit Avcı by police
Filming a fire that broke out in a four-storey building in Sivas, Demirören News Agency (DHA) reporters Arife Defne Arslan and Hüsnü Ümit Avcı were faced with police intervention. Avcı…
Arife Defne Arslan
Sivas - 2022
Battery of DHA reporter Arife Defne Arslan by police
Filming a fire that broke out in a four-storey building in Sivas, Demirören News Agency (DHA) reporters Arife Defne Arslan and Hüsnü Ümit Avcı were faced with police intervention. Avcı…
Rojda Oğuz
Van - 2022
Rojda Oğuz – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization” and “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
Taken into custody on January 8, 2016 on the grounds that she had attended multiple protest demonstrations organized by the students of Van Yüzüncü Yıl University and held in pre-trial…
Tuğrul Eryılmaz
İstanbul - 2022
The revocation of journalist Tuğrul Eryılmaz’s press card
The Communications Directorate affiliated with the Presidency of Turkey, with its decision dated September 2, 2022, revoked the permanent press card of journalist Tuğrul Eryılmaz and requested that Eryılmaz return…
Halk TV
İstanbul - 2022
3 fines on Halk TV by RTÜK
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed a fine of program suspension for 5 times and a monetary fine by 5 percent on Halk TV on the grounds of…
Sinan Aygül
Bitlis
Sinan Aygül – trial for “insult”
Over his article titled “Geo-Profiteering” (Jeo-Vurgun) published on www.bitlishaber.com news website on December 10, 2015, Bitlis Journalists’ Association Chair and Bitlis News Editor-in-Chief Sinan Aygül stood trial on charge of…
Freedom of Expression Association
İstanbul - 2022
Access block to news on access block – Freedom of Expression Association
Three pieces of content on the website of the Freedom of Expression Association dated October 4, 2021, November 23, 2021 and January 14, 2022, were faced with an access block…
Zeynel Abidin Bulut
Diyarbakır - 2022
Detention of Zeynel Abidin Bulut
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).…
Suat Doğuhan
Diyarbakır - 2022
Detention of Suat Doğuhan
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).…
Remziye Temel
Diyarbakır - 2022
Detention of Remziye Temel
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).…
Ramazan Geciken
Diyarbakır - 2022
Detention of Ramazan Geciken
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).…
Neşe Toprak
Diyarbakır - 2022
Detention of Neşe Toprak
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 Şahin
Diyarbakır - 2022
Detention of Mehmet Şahin
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).…
Mazlum Doğan Güler’
Diyarbakır - 2022
Detention of Mazlum Doğan Güler
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).…
Lezgin Akdeniz
Diyarbakır - 2022
Detention of Lezgin Akdeniz
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).…
İbrahim Koyuncu
Diyarbakır - 2022
Detention of İbrahim Koyuncu
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).…
Elif Üngür
Diyarbakır - 2022
Detention of Elif Üngür
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).…
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.…
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