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Photojournalist Çağdaş Erdoğan released from prison in first hearing

Çağdaş Erdoğan, a photojournalist who was held in prison for six months, was released in his first hearing at the Istanbul 33rd High ...

hasanFebruary 14, 20180

Journalists in Prison

Opposition politician given more than 5 years over report in Cumhuriyet newspaper

Enis Berberoğlu, a deputy of the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and a former journalist, was given five years and 10 months in ...

hasanFebruary 13, 20180

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Free speech trials in Turkey: Week of 12 February

Below is a schedule of trials in Turkey this week where people are accused of various charges for expressing their beliefs or working ...

hasanFebruary 12, 20180

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Özgür Gündem journalists claim police brutality during 2016 detentions

Journalists being tried for “resisting police” and “insult” in a court session on 9 February complained of ill-treatment by police during a raid ...

hasanFebruary 11, 20180

Human Rights

Turkish journalist given award by Stockholm based rights group

Civil Rights Defenders, a Stockholm-based rights organization, announced on 8 February that Turkish human rights defender Murat Çelikkan was awarded the Civil Rights Defender ...

hasanFebruary 11, 20180

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Swiss authorities allow entry of journalist convicted in Turkey

Journalist Hülya Emeç, who was given a prison term of seven years and six months, was allowed entry into Switzerland, after being kept ...

hasanFebruary 11, 20180

Journalists in Prison

MA: Kurdish journalist denied water in solitary confinement

The pro-Kurdish news agency Mesopotamia (MA) claimed that Journalist İdris Yılmaz, who was imprisoned on 22 January for criticizing Turkey’s ongoing military campaign ...

hasanFebruary 11, 20180

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Staff of shuttered Alevi network continue protest in 71st week

Employees of the TV10 station, which targets Turkey’s Alevi communities as its main audience, were together to protest against a cabinet decree which ...

hasanFebruary 10, 20180