IPS Communication Foundation – Bianet

Parliament passed the Draft Bill on the Establishment of Radio and Television Enterprises and their Broadcasts despite warnings about press freedom restrictions.

Suzan Zengin’s lawyer has stated that the journalist’s continued detention constitutes a violation of press freedom.

The D&R bookstore chain received complaints about a poem contained in the current issue of “Bir+Bir” magazine, which was deemed denigrating to the national anthem.

An Istanbul court convicted Erdal Güler, owner and editor-in-chief of the “Devrimci Demokrasi” newspaper, of “making propaganda” for the Maoist Communist Party.

According to the report by the Independent Communication Network (BIA) Media Monitoring Desk, the judiciary persecutes independent media and media that voice different opinions on the “Kurdish Problem”. Its justification is: “fighting against terrorism.”

Charges have been pressed against Ridvan Kaya, president of Ozgur-Der, “Vakit” newspaper editor-in-chief Ahmet Can Karahasanoglu and journalist Kenan Kiran.

A member of the Judges and Prosecutors Supreme Council is suing lawyer Taylan Tanay and journalist Ertugrul Kurkcu, saying his “rights were attacked” in a July 2010 article.

Turkish writers and publishers have issued a press statement criticising the arrest of author and human rights defender Hasan Basri Aydin.