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Gözde Meydan
Kocaeli - 2021
Detention of Evrensel reporter Gözde Meydan
Covering the protests against the economic crisis in Turkey in Kocaeli province on November 23, 2021, Gözde Meydan, a reporter for daily Evrensel, was taken into custody. The journalist was…
Emrullah Acar
Şanlıurfa - 2021
Detention of Emrullah Acar
As part of an investigation conducted by the Malatya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on charge of “being a member of an organization”, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporter Emrullah Acar’s house in…
Erol Önderoğlu
İstanbul - 2021
Police intervention against Erol Önderoğlu
Following the hearing of the trial held by the high criminal court over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi from Saudi Arabia at the Consulate General of the country in…
Eylem Akdağ
Diyarbakır - 2021
Battery of two journalists – Eylem Akdağ
The gendarmerie and special operations police officers prevented the women who wanted to visit the Sisê Cemetery in Diyarbakır’s Lice on the occasion of November 25 International Day for the…
Derya Ren
Diyarbakır - 2021
Battery of two journalists – Derya Ren
The gendarmerie and special operations police officers prevented the women who wanted to visit the Sisê Cemetery in Diyarbakır’s Lice on the occasion of November 25 International Day for the…
Etkin News Agency
Diyarbakır - 2021
Access block to ETHA
The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) has blocked access to the website of the Etkin News Agency (ETHA) by the decision of the Diyarbakır 4th Criminal Judgeship of Peace…
Hikmet Tunç
Van - 2021
Police raid on Hikmet Tunç’s house
The house of JinNews reporter Hikmet Tunç in Van’s Edremit district was raided by plain clothes police officers and gendarmerie in a midnight raid on November 18, 2021 on the…
Yakup Önal
Tekirdağ - 2021
Yakup Önal – trial for “unlawful dissemination of personal data”
A lawsuit was filed against journalist Yakup Önal for “disseminating personal data in an unlawful manner” on the grounds that he posted a video on the Şarköy’ün Sesi (The Voice…
Oktay Candemir
Van - 2021
Oktay Candemir – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
A lawsuit was filed against journalist Oktay Candemir on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”. The videos and photographs in his digital materials seized in a house raid on…
Yeni Yaşam Newspaper
2021
Removal of Yeni Yaşam newspaper from the Parliament’s app
Yeni Yaşam newspaper has been removed from the online application where the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) offers access to national dailies for MPs and other personnel of the…
Serkan Ocak
2021
Threat against Serkan Ocak
An Internet user threatened journalist Serkan Ocak, who posted a video on his social media account where Ordu Gürgentepe Mayor Yaşar Şahin was seen to be attempting to dissuade municipality…
Burak Şefkat
Hatay - 2021
Detention of Burak Şefkat
Journalist Burak Şefkat was detained with his house in Mersin raided by police after he reported on the allegations about a 2.5-billion-dollar dock planned to be constructed by the Tosyalı…
Orhan Uğuroğlu
2021
Verbal attack on Orhan Uğuroğlu
Attending journalist Orhan Uğuroğlu’s program on Flash TV, Patriotic Party Chair Doğu Perinçek verbally attacked the journalist. Uğuroğlu asked his guest about the allegations of former National Intelligence Organization (MİT)…
Ali Arslan
Hatay - 2021
Ali Arslan – trial for “resisting to prevent public duty”
A lawsuit was filed against 28 people, including Sovtna newspaper’s founder Ali Arslan (Dadük) and HRT reporter Can Bedros Çapar, who were taken into custody while they were filming the…
Can Bedros Çapar
Hatay - 2021
Can Bedros Çapar – trial for “resisting to prevent public duty”
A lawsuit was filed against 28 people, including Sovtna newspaper’s founder Ali Arslan (Dadük) and HRT reporter Can Bedros Çapar, who were taken into custody while they were filming the…
Uğur Dündar
2021
Lawsuit for damages against Uğur Dündar
As reported by T24 news website, Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, who is on trial in both Turkey and the US on charge of international money laundering and arrested in Austria upon…
Murat Yıldız
Adana - 2021
Threat against Murat Yıldız
As reported by Evrensel newspaper, Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) Adana Branch announced that their vice branch chair Murat Yıldız was threatened on the phone. In a call to Yıldız’s…
Gerçek Gündem
İstanbul - 2021
Access block to news on Boğaziçi University’s Secretary General Nedim Malkoç – Gerçek Gündem
With the decision of the İstanbul 4th Criminal Judgeship of Peace and on the grounds of “violation of personal rights”, an access block has been imposed on Gerçek Gündem news…
Perihan Kaya
Diyarbakır - 2021
Perihan Kaya – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Journalist Perihan Kaya stood trial at the Diyarbakır 3rd Criminal Court of First Instance on charge of “insulting the President of the Republic” over her social media posts. At the…
Işık Kansu
Ankara - 2021
Lawsuit for damages against Işık Kansu
As reported by Cumhuriyet newspaper, Fatih Erdoğan, the spouse of Justice and Development Party (AKP) Ankara MP Asuman Erdoğan, and the Pasifik Gayrimenkul Yatırım İnşaat incorporation filed a lawsuit against…
Kemal Yakut
İstanbul - 2015
Kemal Yakut – “openly inciting to commit crimes”, “praising an offence and offender”, “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
Over a news report titled “The Palace has gone crazy” (Saray çıldırdı) published in Özgür Gündem on September 8, 2015, Co-Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Hüseyin Aykol, Managing Editor Reyhan Çapan,…
Hasan Başak
İstanbul - 2017
Journalist Hasan Başak – “openly inciting to commit crimes”, “praising an offence and offender”, “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
The trial where Özgür Gündem co-editor in chief Hüseyin Aykol, journalist Hasan Başak and Reyhan Çapan are being tried is continuing in front of İstanbul 13 Heavy Criminal Court. The…
Fox TV
Ankara - 2021
Media outlets not allowed in ceremony at Atatürk’s Mausoleum – FOX TV
Several media outlets, including Cumhuriyet newspaper, FOX News and ANKA news agency, were not allowed in the ceremony held at Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s Mausoleum in Ankara on October 29 Republic…
Anka Haber Ajansı
Ankara - 2021
Media outlets not allowed in ceremony at Atatürk’s Mausoleum – ANKA News Agency
Several media outlets, including Cumhuriyet newspaper, FOX News and ANKA news agency, were not allowed in the ceremony held at Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s Mausoleum in Ankara on October 29 Republic…
Cumhuriyet Newspaper
Ankara - 2021
Media outlets not allowed in ceremony at Atatürk’s Mausoleum – Cumhuriyet newspaper
Several media outlets, including Cumhuriyet newspaper, FOX News and ANKA news agency, were not allowed in the ceremony held at Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s Mausoleum in Ankara on October 29 Republic…
Pınar Gayip
Aydın - 2021
Pınar Gayıp – investigation for “marking a counterterrorism official as a target”
An investigation has been launched against Etkin News Agency (ETHA) editor Pınar Gayıp over her news report about specialist sergeant Musa Orhan, who tortured İpek Er with systematic sexual assault…
Barış Pehlivan
Ankara - 2021
Barış Pehlivan – investigation for “insult”
Upon the criminal complaint of the Gendarmerie General Command, the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation against Barış Pehlivan over his article “The shock squad of Menzil”…
Cumhuriyet Newspaper
Gaziantep - 2021
Access block to news on public tenders won by the company where Gaziantep Şahinbey District Mayor’s son-in-law is an executive board member – Cumhuriyet newspaper
According to EngelliWeb’s post, the Gaziantep 3rd Criminal Judgeship of Peace, with its decision no. 2021/10370 dated October 22, 2021, imposed an access block on the news regarding the public…
T24
Gaziantep - 2021
Access block to news on public tenders won by the company where Gaziantep Şahinbey District Mayor’s son-in-law is an executive board member – T24
According to EngelliWeb’s post, the Gaziantep 3rd Criminal Judgeship of Peace, with its decision no. 2021/10370 dated October 22, 2021, imposed an access block on the news regarding the public…
Tele1TV
Gaziantep - 2021
Access block to news on public tenders won by the company where Gaziantep Şahinbey District Mayor’s son-in-law is an executive board member – TELE 1
According to EngelliWeb’s post, the Gaziantep 3rd Criminal Judgeship of Peace, with its decision no. 2021/10370 dated October 22, 2021, imposed an access block on the news regarding the public…
Halime Parlak
Mardin - 2019
Trial of 5 journalists over trustee-assignment protests in Mardin – Halime Parlak
Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporters Ahmet Kanbal and Mehmet Şah Oruç, Jinnews reporter Rojda Aydın and freelance journalists Nurcan Yalçın and Halime Parlak were detained while they were reporting the protests…
Nurcan Yalçın
Mardin - 2019
Trial of 5 journalists over trustee-assignment protests in Mardin – Nurcan Yalçın
Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporters Ahmet Kanbal and Mehmet Şah Oruç, Jinnews reporter Rojda Aydın and freelance journalists Nurcan Yalçın and Halime Parlak were detained while they were reporting the protests…
Rojda Aydın
Mardin - 2019
Trial of 5 journalists over trustee-assignment protests in Mardin – Rojda Aydın
Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporters Ahmet Kanbal and Mehmet Şah Oruç, Jinnews reporter Rojda Aydın and freelance journalists Nurcan Yalçın and Halime Parlak were detained while they were reporting the protests…
Mehmet Şah Oruç
Mardin - 2019
Trial of 5 journalists over trustee-assignment protests in Mardin – Mehmet Şah Oruç
Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporters Ahmet Kanbal and Mehmet Şah Oruç, Jinnews reporter Rojda Aydın and freelance journalists Nurcan Yalçın and Halime Parlak were detained while they were reporting the protests…
Ahmet Kanbal
Mardin - 2019
Trial of 5 journalists over trustee-assignment protests in Mardin – Ahmet Kanbal
Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporters Ahmet Kanbal and Mehmet Şah Oruç, Jinnews reporter Rojda Aydın and freelance journalists Nurcan Yalçın and Halime Parlak were detained while they were reporting the protests…
Beril Özcan
İstanbul - 2021
Beril Özcan’s prevention from video recording
Fox TV reporter Beril Özcan, in a social media message on October 19, 2021, announced that she was prevented from filming at the Kadıköy Fikirtepe bazaar by the İstanbul Metropolitan…
Oktay Candemir
Van - 2021
Oktay Candemir – investigation for “insult”
An investigation has been launched against journalist Oktay Candemir over a social media post about Habertürk columnist Çetiner Çetin’s placement in the Vanspor Executive Board list. Facing charges of “insult”…
Evrensel Daily
Burdur - 2021
Access block to news of Evrensel newspaper
The Burdur Criminal Judgeship of Peace, upon the criminal complaint of the Burdur Provincial Gendarmerie Command, has imposed an access block on two news reports and one article published by…
İleri Haber
Osmaniye - 2021
Access block to news on TÜGVA – ileri haber
According to EngelliWeb’s post, the Osmaniye 1st Criminal Judgeship of Peace, with its decision no. 2021/4983 dated October 15, 2021, imposed an access block on the news reported by ilerihaber.org…
Berna Kirşin
İstanbul - 2021
Berna Kirşin – investigation for “provoking the public to hatred and hostility”
An investigation was launched against Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporter Berna Kirşin upon the report of the Ankara Department of Fighting Cyber Crimes. Investigated by the İstanbul Anadolu Chief Public Prosecutor’s…
Doğan Ergün
İstanbul - 2021
Doğan Ergün – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Doğan Ergün, the Editor-in-Chief of İleri Haber news website, has been standing trial at the İstanbul 45th Criminal Court of First Instance on charge of “insulting the President of the…
Karadeniz Gazete
İstanbul - 2021
Access block to news on fake medical report scandal at the Turkish Hard Coal Authority – karadeniz haber
According to EngelliWeb’s post, the İstanbul Silivri Criminal Judgeship of Peace, with its decision no. 2021/4237 on October 13, 2021, imposed an access block on journalist İsmail Saymaz’s article on…
Gerçek Gündem
İstanbul - 2021
Access block to news on fake medical report scandal at the Turkish Hard Coal Authority – gerçek gündem
According to EngelliWeb’s post, the İstanbul Silivri Criminal Judgeship of Peace, with its decision no. 2021/4237 on October 13, 2021, imposed an access block on journalist İsmail Saymaz’s article on…
halktv.com.tr
İstanbul - 2021
Access block to news on fake medical report scandal at the Turkish Hard Coal Authority – halktv.com.tr
According to EngelliWeb’s post, the İstanbul Silivri Criminal Judgeship of Peace, with its decision no. 2021/4237 on October 13, 2021, imposed an access block on journalist İsmail Saymaz’s article on…
Nedim Türfent
Van - 2021
Book ban on Nedim Türfent
Sentenced to 8 years, 9 months in prison on charge of “membership of a terrorist organization”, journalist Nedim Türfent’s letter was censored. The prison administration also did not give Türfent…
Ruşen Takva
Van - 2021
Ruşen Takva – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization”
An investigation was launched against Ruşen Takva, a freelance journalist based in Van, on the grounds that he followed up a protest demonstration attempted to be held in the province.…
Tamer Arda Erşin
Ankara - 2021
Police attack against ANKA reporter Tamer Arda Erşin
On the anniversary of the October 10 Ankara Massacre, ANKA news agency reporter Tamer Arda Erşin was threatened by the police while he was covering the commemoration to be held…
Halk TV
2021
Administrative fine and broadcast suspension on Halk TV by RTÜK
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) considered the “Cemo” folk song sung by Hilmi Yarayıcı in a program on Halk TV in support of musicians to be “terrorist propaganda”.…
Erdinç Yılmaz
İstanbul - 2021
Police prevention against journalists covering Boğaziçi University protests – Halk TV reporter Erdinç Yılmaz
Halk TV reporter Erdinç Yılmaz was battered by the police and Artı Gerçek reporter Yağmur Kaya’s press card was seized while they were filming the police intervention against the students’…
Yağmur Kaya
İstanbul - 2021
Police prevention against journalists covering Boğaziçi University protests – Artı Gerçek reporter Yağmur Kaya
Halk TV reporter Erdinç Yılmaz was battered by the police and Artı Gerçek reporter Yağmur Kaya’s press card was seized while they were filming the police intervention against the students’…
