Interventions are listed
Interventions are listed
FILTERS
VOA Türkçe
İstanbul - 2022
Access block to VOA 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…
Freedom of Expression Association
İstanbul - 2022
Access block to news on an access block – Freedom of Expression Association
An access block has been imposed on content on the website of Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD) as per the decision no. 2022/5892 dated June 29, 2022 handed down by…
Radyo Sputnik
İstanbul - 2022
Administrative fine on Radyo Sputnik by RTÜK – Seyir Hali program
According to a statement released by the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) on June 29, 2022, an administrative fine on the upper limit has been imposed on Radyo Sputnik…
TGRT Haber
İstanbul - 2022
Administrative fine on TGRT by RTÜK
According to a statement released by the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) on June 29, 2022, an administrative sanction has been imposed on TGRT on the grounds of a…
Tele1
İstanbul - 2022
Administrative fine on TELE 1 by RTÜK – (for violating broadcasting principles)
According to a statement released by the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) on June 29, 2022, TELE 1 TV channel has been given an administrative fine on the upper…
KRT
İstanbul - 2022
Administrative fine on KRT by RTÜK – Olağan İşler program
According to a statement released by the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) on June 29, 2022, an administrative fine on the upper limit has been imposed on KRT TV…
Halk TV
İstanbul - 2022
Administrative fine on Halk TV by RTÜK – Kadraj ve Mesele program
According to a statement released by the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) on June 29, 2022, an administrative fine on the upper limit has been imposed on Halk TV…
Çiğdem Toker
İstanbul - 2022
Access block to Çiğdem Toker’s article – Tender for Halkalı-Ispartakule Railway Line
The column article of Sözcü newspaper’s columnist Çiğdem Toker titled “They held the same tender again for twice as much” about the tender for the Halkalı-Ispartakule railway line in İstanbul…
Yeni Yaşam Newspaper
Diyarbakır - 2021
Lawsuit for damages against Yeni Yaşam newspaper
On the grounds of the news report “Erdoğan family and the state are like the Bayraktar’s sales representatives: Family-size war trade” published in Yeni Yaşam newspaper on November 12, 2021…
Sedat Yılmaz
Diyarbakır - 2021
Lawsuit for damages against Sedat Yılmaz
On the grounds of the news report “Erdoğan family and the state are like the Bayraktar’s sales representatives: Family-size war trade” published in Yeni Yaşam newspaper on November 12, 2021…
abcgazete
İstanbul - 2022
Order for removal of 33 news reports from ABC Gazetesi news website
The ABC Gazetesi announced that 33 news reports published on the news website were facing a removal order. The situation was announced to the public in an article penned by…
İnci Hekimoğlu
İzmir - 2022
Detention of journalist İnci Hekimoğlu
Journalist İnci Hekimoğlu was detained from her home in İzmir. Hekimoğlu was taken to the Counterterrorism Branch of the İzmir Provincial Security Directorate. Released after her statement was completed at…
İsmail Saymaz
İstanbul - 2022
İsmail Saymaz – trial for “insult”
A lawsuit was filed against journalist İsmail Saymaz on charge of “insult” over his statements about the cult leader Büreyde Öncel during a TV program “Esas Mesele” on Yol TV.…
İzel Sezer
İstanbul - 2022
Investigation against journalist İzel Sezer
An investigation was launched against journalist İzel Sezer over a news report published on March 29, 2022 on ilerihaber.org news portal. The report in question titled “Dismissals following torture in…
Barış Pehlivan
İstanbul - 2022
Threat against Barış Pehlivan
Barış Pehlivan, a columnist for Cumhuriyet newspaper, announced on his social media account that he was threatened over a column that cited Fırat Delibaş. The threat was from people who…
Dicle Müftüoğlu
Diyarbakır - 2022
Detention of journalist Dicle Müftüoğlu
Dicle Müftüoğlu, the co-chair of the Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) and an editor for the Mezopotamya Agency (MA), was detained ( June 3). It was announced that Müftüoğlu was…
Berivan Altan
Ankara - 2022
Investigation against Berivan Altan
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation against Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporter Berivan Altan on the grounds that she allegedly “provoked the public to hatred and hostility or…
Meltem Akyol
İstanbul - 2022
Detention of Meltem Akyol while following the anniversary of the Gezi Protests
Police intervened against the protesters who gathered in front of the İstanbul Branch of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers of TMMOB upon a call by Taksim Solidarity on the 9th…
Uğur Dündar
İstanbul - 2015
Uğur Dündar – trial for “insult”
The Küçükçekmece 2nd Penal Court of First Instance has ruled that the journalist shall be sentenced to 11 months and 20 days of imprisonment on the ground that he insulted…
Sevda Doğan
İstanbul - 2022
Detention of Sevda Doğan while following the Gezi commemoration
Police intervened against the protesters who gathered in front of the İstanbul Branch of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers of TMMOB upon a call by Taksim Solidarity on the 9th…
Dilan Polat
İstanbul - 2022
Detention of Dilan Polat while following the anniversary of the Gezi commemoration
Police intervened against the protesters who gathered in front of the İstanbul Branch of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers of TMMOB upon a call by Taksim Solidarity on the 9th…
Ozan Demiriz
İstanbul - 2022
Detention of Ozan Demiriz while following the Gezi commemoration
Police intervened against the protesters who gathered in front of the İstanbul Branch of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers of TMMOB upon a call by Taksim Solidarity on the 9th…
Gökay Başcan
İstanbul - 2022
Detention of Gökay Başcan while following the Gezi commemoration
Police intervened against the protesters who gathered in front of the İstanbul Branch of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers of TMMOB upon a call by Taksim Solidarity on the 9th…
Derin Aydoğdu
İstanbul - 2022
Detention of Derin Aydoğdu while following the Gezi commemoration
Police intervened against the protesters who gathered in front of the İstanbul Branch of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers of TMMOB upon a call by Taksim Solidarity on the 9th…
Halk TV
İstanbul - 2022
Administrative fine on Halk TV by RTÜK (for publishing Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s allegations)
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has fined TV outlets TELE 1, KRT, Halk TV, and Flash TV for broadcasting Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s claims about…
Flash TV
İstanbul - 2022
Administrative fine on Flash TV by RTÜK (for broadcasting Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s allegations)
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has fined TV outlets TELE 1, KRT, Halk TV, and Flash TV for broadcasting Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s claims about…
Tele 1
İstanbul - 2022
Administrative fine on TELE 1 TV by RTÜK (for broadcasting Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s allegations)
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has fined TV outlets TELE 1, KRT, Halk TV, and Flash TV for broadcasting Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s claims about…
KRT
İstanbul - 2022
Administrative fine on KRT TV by RTÜK (for broadcasting Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s allegations)
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has fined TV outlets TELE 1, KRT, Halk TV, and Flash TV for broadcasting Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s claims about…
Derya Okatan
İstanbul - 2019
Derya Okatan – Trial for “insult”
While journalist Derya Okatan was the Managing Editor of the Etkin News Agency (ETHA), a news report was published by ETHA titled “Mersin Women’s Platform: We expose harasser lawyer Onur…
Hikmet Tunç
Van - 2020
Jin News reporter Hikmet Tunç – trial for “publicly insulting a public official due to his/her duty”
An investigation was launched against Jin news reporter Hikmet Tunç due to his news article on May 13, 2019 by Van Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, upon the complaint of allegedly…
Aslı Erdoğan
İstanbul - 2016
Özgür Gündem Main Trial: Aslı Erdoğan
Özgür Gündem newspaper was shut down on 16 August 2016 by the decision of Istanbul 8th Criminal Judgeship of Peace. Aslı Erdoğan, a member of the Advisory Board of the…
Engin Açar
İstanbul - 2022
Detention of Engin Açar while reporting on damage to Hagia Sophia
TELE 1 TV reporter Engin Açar was detained while interviewing Şerif Yaşar, the head of the Art History Association, on the damage to the historic Imperial Gate in Hagia Sophia…
Yılmaz Özdil
İstanbul - 2022
1-million-lira lawsuit against Yılmaz Özdil
Mehmet Cengiz, the Chairperson of the Cengiz Holding’s Board of Directors, filed a lawsuit for damages against journalist Yılmaz Özdil for his column titled “I am announcing my candidate who…
Barış Terkoğlu
İstanbul - 2022
Investigation against Barış Terkoğlu
An investigation was launched against journalists Barış Pehlivan and Barış Terkoğlu, for pointing out allegations of “corruption in the judiciary” in their book Cendere. A total of 34 criminal and…
Barış Pehlivan
İstanbul - 2022
Investigation against Barış Pehlivan
An investigation was launched against journalists Barış Pehlivan and Barış Terkoğlu, for pointing out allegations of “corruption in the judiciary” in their book Cendere. A total of 34 criminal and…
Reyhan Çapan
İstanbul - 2021
Reyhan Çapan – trial for “publishing in such a way to disclose the identities of victims or perpetrators of crimes under the age of 18 or to make them identifiable”
A lawsuit was filed against shutdown Özgür Gündem newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief Eren Keskin and Managing Editor Reyhan Çapan on charge of “publishing in such a way to disclose the identities of…
Cemal Kaşıkçı
İstanbul - 2018
The murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist and Washington Post contributor
On October 2, 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a US-based journalist walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and he was never heard from again after he entered the Consulate. He was…
Ruken Tuncel
İstanbul - 2022
Ruken Tuncel summoned to give her statement
bianet reporter Ruken Tuncel gave her statement upon the criminal complaint of Prof. Ülkü Özbey, a faculty member of Munzur University. Submitting a criminal complaint to the Tunceli Chief Public…
Eylem Emel Yılmaz
İstanbul - 2022
Harasment against Eylem Emel Yılmaz
Freelance reporter Eylem Emel Yıldız, who works for institutions such as Al-Monitor and Yeşil Gazete also announced that she was harassed. “There is a pervert who is harassing me from…
Seyhan Avşar
İstanbul - 2022
Threat against journalist Seyhan Avşar
Seyhan Avşar, a reporter for Halk TV’s web portal, has announced that she was threatened after reporting on the testimony of a “hired gun” working for Alaattin Çakıcı, a convicted…
Hale Gönültaş
Ankara - 2022
Threat against journalist Hale Gönültaş
Hale Gönültaş, a reporter for kısadalga.net news website, reported on a video where a woman from ISIS who had been detained in a raid in İstanbul last year threatened people…
BirGün
İstanbul - 2022
Lawsuit for damages against BirGün
Selçuk Bayraktar and his brother Haluk Bayraktar applied to the court on September 22 last year and demanded a total of 250 thousand liras in damages for the news titled…
Seda Taşkın
Ankara - 2022
Threat against Seda Taşkın
Journalist Seda Taşkın announced from her Twitter account that she was threatened on social media. In her post, Taşkın said, “I am openly threatened by the account named @Teknotell_vodafone from…
Etkin News Agency
İstanbul - 2022
Access block to ETHA’s Twitter account
Etkin News Agency’s (ETHA) Twitter account @etkinhaberetha has been blocked by a court order. No information was given on the reason for blocking ETHA’s Twitter account, which is used to…
Etkin News Agency
Diyarbakır - 2022
Access block on ETHA
An access block has been imposed on Etkin News Agency (ETHA) on the grounds of “protection of national security and public safety” with the decision of Diyarbakır 4th Criminal Judgeship…
Flash TV
İstanbul
RTÜK fines Flash TV – (for broadcasting statements about Gezi Trial)
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has issued fines on TV outlets Halk TV, KRT, TELE 1, and Flash Haber because of broadcasting comments about the verdict in the…
KRT
İstanbul - 2022
RTÜK fines KRT – (for broadcasting statements about Gezi Trial)
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has issued fines on TV outlets Halk TV, KRT, TELE 1, and Flash Haber because of broadcasting comments about the verdict in the…
Tele 1
İstanbul
RTÜK fines TELE 1 – (for broadcasting statements about Gezi Trial)
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has issued fines on TV outlets Halk TV, KRT, TELE 1, and Flash Haber because of broadcasting comments about the verdict in the…
Halk TV
İstanbul
RTÜK fines HALK TV – (for broadcasting statements about Gezi Trial)
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has issued fines on TV outlets Halk TV, KRT, TELE 1, and Flash Haber because of broadcasting comments about the verdict in the…
BirGün
İstanbul - 2022
Access block to 3 articles in Yeniçağ and BirGün
Some articles by writer Murat Ağırel’s series titled “Turkey in the grip of drugs” and “Turkey’s Narcos”, from Yeniçağ newspaper, and an article by BirGün newspaper’s columnist Timur Soykan, titled…
