idil, Author at Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA)

Message from the journalists in police custody in Diyarbakır: “We will continue to report and be in solidarity with our colleagues”

EYLEM SONBAHAR Many journalists, including Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) Co-Chair Serdar Altan, Jin News Director Safiye Alagaş, and Mesopotamia Agency (MA) editor ...

idilJune 10, 20220

Press Freedom

International groups call on Turkey’s parliament to reject the ‘disinformation’ bill as a tool of digital censorship

Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) and 22 international media freedom, freedom of expression and journalists’ organisations ...

idilJune 8, 2022

Press Freedom

MLSA publishes its 2021 Annual Report: A Year of Fear and Courage

Looking back at yet another year of fighting to promote freedoms of expression, the press, and the ...

idilMay 20, 2022

News

“Journalism in the Shadow of War”: MLSA and Amnesty International hold World Press Freedom Day panel

Civil society and media workers came together for the panel titled “Journalism and Press Freedom in the ...

idilMay 11, 2022

News

The prison sentence given to journalist Çetin Yılmaz using the evidence obtained through ‘virtual patrol’ has been taken to the Constitutional Court

The Legal Team of the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) has brought the prison sentence given ...

idilMay 10, 2022

Press Freedom

MLSA brings the detention and conviction of journalist Nedim Türfent before the ECtHR

The Legal Team of the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) has brought the deprivation of liberty and conviction of journalist Nedim Türfent ...

idilApril 21, 20220

Human Rights

Journalists who were subjected to judicial harassment talk about their experiences

In many parts of the world, journalists, writers and even activists are often threatened and are tried ...

idilMarch 14, 2022

News

The trial against Sinan Aygül: The cost of reporting on child abuse

BARIŞ ALTINTAŞ ve gökçer tahincioğlu In late summer 2019, Sinan Aygül, a journalist from Bitlis, prepared a ...

idilMarch 12, 2022

Free Speech

The investigation against Ergün Demir: A poverty suicide in Kocaeli

BARIŞ ALTINTAŞ ve gökçer tahincioğlu Recently, the judiciary has taken action against journalists for every news story ...

idilMarch 11, 2022

Free Speech

The trials against Ruşen Takva: Reporting on assemblies and marches during a demonstration ban

BARIŞ ALTINTAŞ ve gökçer tahincioğlu According to rights defenders, there has been a general ban on gatherings ...

idilMarch 10, 2022

Free Speech

Message from the journalists in police custody in Diyarbakır: “We will continue to report and be in solidarity with our colleagues”

International groups call on Turkey’s parliament to reject the ‘disinformation’ bill as a tool of digital censorship

MLSA publishes its 2021 Annual Report: A Year of Fear and Courage

“Journalism in the Shadow of War”: MLSA and Amnesty International hold World Press Freedom Day panel

The prison sentence given to journalist Çetin Yılmaz using the evidence obtained through ‘virtual patrol’ has been taken to the Constitutional Court

MLSA brings the detention and conviction of journalist Nedim Türfent before the ECtHR

Journalists who were subjected to judicial harassment talk about their experiences

The trial against Sinan Aygül: The cost of reporting on child abuse

The investigation against Ergün Demir: A poverty suicide in Kocaeli

The trials against Ruşen Takva: Reporting on assemblies and marches during a demonstration ban

Upcoming Trials

Journalism and freedom of expression trials: Week of January 23

Journalism and freedom of expression trials: Week of January 16

Journalism and freedom of expression trials: Week of January 9

Case Monitoring

Journalist Nazlan Ertan is acquitted at the first hearing of the copy/pasted terrorism case

Journalist Aziz Oruç is acquitted in the case in which he was held in pre-trial detention for 11 months

Journalist Sezgin Kartal is acquitted

Latest News

Spending 6 days in a cell, journalist Sezgin Kartal was also not given water for 3 days

Journalist Nazlan Ertan is acquitted at the first hearing of the copy/pasted terrorism case

Journalism and freedom of expression trials: Week of January 23

Latest News

Spending 6 days in a cell, journalist Sezgin Kartal was also not given water for 3 days

Journalist Nazlan Ertan is acquitted at the first hearing of the copy/pasted terrorism case

Journalism and freedom of expression trials: Week of January 23