Banned Erciş Haber news website re-launched under new domain
Banned on 5 April 2019, Erciş Haber news website, which reports news in Turkey and especially Van, ...
RTÜK defends its censorship directive: media outlets are irrelevant to journalistic activities
Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) had previously filed a lawsuit regarding cancellation of regulation on authority ...
Press freedom groups intervene at ECtHR to support MLSA client Idris Sayilgan’s case
A coalition of 10 international press freedom and journalism organizations has intervened at the European Court of ...
Ball is in Strasbourg’s court now, says jailed journalist Nedim Türfent
The Turkish Court of Cassation has upheld journalist Nedim Türfent’s 8 year and 9 month prison sentence, ...
Journalist Nedim Türfent’s 8 year and 9 month sentence upheld by the Supreme Court of Cassation
Turkish Supreme Court of Cassation has upheld journalist Nedim Türfent’s prison sentence earlier last week. Türfent, whom ...
Photojournalist Çağdaş Erdoğan given a deferred 20-month prison sentence
Istanbul – A Turkish court on 5 September handed down a one year eight-month prison sentence to ...
International organizations react to court ban on independent media
A number of international freedom of expressions and individuals have expressed grave concerns about an Ankara Court ...
MLSA takes RTÜK’s censorship directive to Council of State
İstanbul – The Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) has announced that it will be challenging the ...
SETA report targeting journalists is free speech, prosecutors say
A Turkish prosecutor says pro-government think-tank SETA’s report suggesting foreign media outlets and the journalists they employ ...
His family, colleagues, and lawyers told Ziya Ataman’s story on this ‘Press Day’
Seda TAŞKIN ANKARA – For Journalists and Press Day, we spoke to the family, defense lawyers and ...
