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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…
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…
