Articles by IPS Communication Foundation – Bianet
Businessman sentenced after commenting on legal case
Ahmet Akyuz was sentenced after a public prosecutor overheard him commenting on a news report at a barbershop.
Supreme Court overturns acquittal of Kurdish singer
Ferhat Tunc was previously tried and acquitted on charges of “spreading propaganda for the Maoist Communist Party” following a 2006 concert.
“Azadiya Welat” editorial manager sentenced to 138 years in jail; former “Heviya Jine” editor receives three-year prison term
Emine Demir and Gurbet Cakar, as well as two politicians, were convicted of “spreading propaganda for the PKK”, the militant Kurdistan Workers Party.
BIANET 2010 third quarter media monitoring report
In the third quarter of 2010, six journalists were in jail because of their writings, the number of people tried under the Anti-Terror Law rose and Turkey was found guilty by the European Court of Human Rights of violating freedom of expression and the right to life in relation to the trial for the murder of journalist Hrant Dink.
Television station fined for broadcasting discussion on homosexuality
The Radio and Television Supreme Council fined the HabertUrk television station after it broadcast a discussion with an actor who plays a homosexual character on a television series.
“Taraf” newspaper contributor on trial for interviewing leader of refugee group
The hearing in Nese Duzel’s case was one of 37 involving “Taraf” newspaper employees in the Kadikoy Court on 10 December.
Writer sentenced to 10 months in prison
Writer Nevin Berktas was convicted on charges of “propaganda for an illegal organisation”.
Two newspaper editors on trial
Mustafa Kemal Celik and Ercan Atay are both facing charges of “praising a crime and a criminal” after they published news relating to the PKK.