Page 47 – Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA)

News

Journalist arrested in Van province on “terror propaganda” charges

Van journalist İdris Yılmaz, who was detained by police on 21 January was formally arrested on 22 January and sent to prison on ...

hasanJanuary 22, 20180

News

Turkey detains journalists, politicians in crackdown on “Olive Branch” protests

Turkish police have taken into custody dozens of people, including journalists and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) representatives, over tweets and social media posts ...

hasanJanuary 22, 20180

News

Government tells journalists how to report on Afrin operations

Turkish journalists were told by the government exactly how to cover a ground incursion Turkey launched into the the Kurdish enclave in Syria ...

hasanJanuary 21, 20180

News

Free speech trials: Week of 22 – 26 January

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

hasanJanuary 20, 20180

News

Hasan Cemal appears before judge again in trial where he was acquitted

Hasan Cemal and friends pose outside the courtroom before the hearing on Jan. 18. Journalist Hasan Cemal appeared before the İstanbul 24th High ...

hasanJanuary 17, 20180

Academics for Peace

Academics appear before judges for calling for peace

Another twelve academics appeared before courts in Istanbul on Jan. 18, facing terror propaganda charges for signing a petition in early 2016 which ...

hasanJanuary 17, 20180

Journalists in Prison

Magazine editor taken into custody in Diyarbakır province

Haydar Ergül, an editor for the Demokratik Modernite magazine, was taken into police custody on Jan. 16, the pro-Kurdish ANF news agency reported. ...

hasanJanuary 16, 20180

Journalists in Prison

Court rules to keep CHP deputy Berberoğlu in prison

An appeals court in Istanbul on Jan. 16 ruled to keep opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu in prison, in a ...

hasanJanuary 15, 20180

Journalists in Prison

Pro-gov’t journalist arrested and sent to jail for violating privacy

Dursun Suna, the Niğde reporter for Akit, an Islamist newspaper strongly aligned with the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), was arrested and ...

hasanJanuary 15, 20180

News

Charges against Turkish journalists who reported on IS massacre dropped

The journalists were on trial for documenting negligence on the part of the police which failed to prevent major massacre in the capital ...

hasanJanuary 14, 20180

Journalist arrested in Van province on “terror propaganda” charges

Turkey detains journalists, politicians in crackdown on “Olive Branch” protests

Government tells journalists how to report on Afrin operations

Free speech trials: Week of 22 – 26 January

Hasan Cemal appears before judge again in trial where he was acquitted

Academics appear before judges for calling for peace

Magazine editor taken into custody in Diyarbakır province

Court rules to keep CHP deputy Berberoğlu in prison

Pro-gov’t journalist arrested and sent to jail for violating privacy

Charges against Turkish journalists who reported on IS massacre dropped

Upcoming Trials

Journalism and free speech trials: Week of July 15 – 19

Journalism and free speech trials: Week of July 8 – 12

Journalism and free speech trials: Week of July 1 – 5

Case Monitoring

Peace Academic Tuna Altınel released after 81 days

Former Cumhuriyet web editor Atakan Sönmez’s trial is adjourned

Journalist Harun Çümen sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison

Last Week

Last week in free speech: Week of July 1 – 5

Latest News

International organizations react to court ban on independent media

MLSA takes RTÜK’s censorship directive to Council of State

SETA report targeting journalists is free speech, prosecutors say

Latest News

International organizations react to court ban on independent media

MLSA takes RTÜK’s censorship directive to Council of State

SETA report targeting journalists is free speech, prosecutors say

Posts navigation

Upcoming Trials

Case Monitoring

Last Week

Latest News

Latest News