IPS Communication Foundation – Bianet

The trial of Cumhuriyet daily’s editor-in-chief Can Dündar and its Ankara representative, Erdem Gül, has been adjourned until April 1. The trial will be held in a closed court on the basis that state secrets will be discussed.

Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, of Cumhuriyet newspaper, were released after Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled that their rights to personal liberty and freedom of expression had been violated.

The offices of Yeni Şafak and Yeni Akit newspapers were attacked by masked individuals on the morning of 11 February 2016.

Investigation warrants have been issued for 21 academics from Kocaeli University who signed a declaration led by a group called Academics for Peace. They are being accused of “overtly insulting the Turkish nation.”

In this letter to Turkish President Erdoğan and Prime Minister Davutoğlu, members of the South East European Network for Professionalization of Media, express grave concerns over the Turkish government’s flagrant violations of media freedoms.

On 10 October 2015, a double suicide bombing in Ankara killed close to 100 people and injured hundreds of others gathered for a peace rally. These are their stories.

Turkish photojournalists share their opinions with Bianet about whether the photo of a drowned Syrian refugee child should be published by media outlets, or not.

Eren Keskin received a 10-month prison sentence for comments she made about the death of a child in the Turkish province of Mardin. Keskin said that the sentence was issued in revenge for speaking out.