Articles by IPS Communication Foundation – Bianet
Kurdish journalist released following judicial reform in Turkey
A court in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakir ruled to release Ozan Kilinc, the former editor-in-chief of the Kurdish daily Azadiya Welat.
BIANET releases second quarter media monitoring report
World Press Freedom Day passed with 95 journalists behind bars.
“Azadiye Welat” editor released from jail
In 2009, Vedat Kursun was sentenced to 166 years in prison for publishing several Kurdish newspapers; the sentence was later reduced to 10 years.
Court orders Yuruyus journalists’ release
The five journalists have spent 18 months behind bars on terrorism-related charges.
Singer sentenced to two years in prison
Ferhat Tunc was convicted of terrorism charges because he mentioned the names of deceased Turkish leftists in a speech.
Turkey-bianet newspaper raid
Journalists Protest Police Raid into Their Offices Employees of the Atilim Newspaper and the Etkin news agency (ETHA) staged a protest in Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Tuesday by selling newspapers on the street in response to a police raid into their offices the same day. Law enforcement officials Tuesday raided the offices of the Etkin […]
Deaf and mute protester sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment
Mehmet Tahir Ilhan was sentened to eight years and four months in prison for spreading propaganda on behalf of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, following his participation in a demonstration in the southern province of Mersin.
bianet – Turkey arrested journalists
Two More Journalists Under Custody Law enforcement officials detained journalists Ibrahim Cicek and Ziya Ulusoy, as well as Ali Hidir Polat, an advisor to the head of the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP,) on terrorism related charges Sunday. Law enforcement officials Sunday detained journalist Ibrahim Cicek in Istanbul, journalist Ziya Ulusoy in the Black […]