Turkey
Campaigns and Advocacy
14 March 2012
Six months later, Nobel Peace Prize nominee still behind bars
Following the release of four prominent journalists, IPA urges the Turkish authorities to also release publisher Ragip Zarakolu, who is being held on pre-trial detention and has not been allowed access to his lawyers.
5 March 2012
One year on, prominent reporter and IPI World Press Freedom Hero languishes in prison
"The fact that Nedim Sener has been taken away from his family and locked up for a year on allegations that this journalism was a sham designed to protect those whose wrongdoing it exposed is both tragic and absurd," says IPI.See all campaign news: Turkey
From the Communiqué
19 January 2012
Justice not served in Hrant Dink's case
A Turkish court this week sentenced a man to life in prison for inciting the murder of prominent ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink five years ago, but cleared all 19 suspects of belonging to a terrorist organisation, reports IFEX member in Turkey the IPS Communication Foundation (BIANET), along with other IFEX members.
21 December 2011
Morning raids sweep up pro-Kurdish journalists nationwide
At least 25 journalists were among more than 40 people arrested in a nationwide sweep in Turkey yesterday, allegedly for having links to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), report the IPS Communication Foundation (BIANET), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The arrests bring the number of journalists in Turkish jails to more than 90, making Turkey one of the world's worst for detaining journalists, says BIANET.
30 November 2011
Delegation of free expression organisations witnesses political trial
As the trial began for 10 journalists accused of an anti-government conspiracy, free expression organisations visited Turkey to witness the case and investigate the deteriorating state of press freedom, which has led to a total of 64 imprisoned journalists, say IFEX members.
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Reports
9 May 2012
One hundred journalists in prison on World Press Freedom Day
BIANET laments the poor state of press freedom in the country and says that recent judicial reforms that label some press crimes as "terrorism" will make the situation worse.
10 April 2012
OSCE study confirms nearly 100 journalists currently in prison
The updated figure appears to confirm Turkey, an OSCE member state and candidate for membership in the European Union, as one of the world’s leading jailers of journalists – by some accounts ahead even of notorious press-freedom offenders Iran and China.See all reports: Turkey
Alerts
Publisher Ragip Zarakolu released pending trial 10 April 2012 Politician sentenced to 15 years in prison for campaign speeches 2 April 2012 Human Rights Foundation threatened, its website hacked 27 March 2012 Academic, publisher formally indicted 27 March 2012 One-month suspension for daily newspaper 26 March 2012 Journalist recently released from prison is under investigation again 23 March 2012 Newspaper's Rotterdam offices attacked 23 March 2012 Two investigative journalists threatened on Twitter 20 March 2012 Nedim Şener and three others released from prison 13 March 2012 Journalist, in poor health, is released pending trial 27 February 2012 Turkish newspaper's Europe offices attacked 17 February 2012 Musician detained; band members pledge to hold solidarity concerts 13 February 2012 Proposed bill promises to loosen restrictions on the press 10 February 2012 Police use social media to monitor activists 2 February 2012 Books of slain Kurdish poet under investigation 25 January 2012 Three journalists released pending trial, 11 others still imprisoned 25 January 2012 TV satellite operator usurps court’s prerogative to silence Kurdish TV station 20 January 2012 Journalists set to appear in court after year-long detention 18 January 2012 Life sentence and acquittals handed down in Hrant Dink murder trial 18 January 2012 Kurdish Roj TV fined but remains on air 12 January 2012 Journalists' trial moves forward 29 December 2011 Dozens of journalists detained in police crackdown 21 December 2011 Singer faces two lawsuits, multiple investigations 16 December 2011 Ban on underwear and condom brand websites lifted after protests 29 November 2011 Journalists sent back to detention 22 November 2011 See all alerts: Turkey
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