Category Archives: media freedom

January 10 Working Journalists’ Day observed in Turkey

Posted on January 10, 2018 by

January 10 has been celebrated in Turkey as the Festival of Working Journalists between 1961-1971. The day has been renamed as “January 10 Working Journalists’ Day” in 1971 after several rights of the journalists have been revoked by Military Coup … Continue reading →

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dokuz8NEWS at Internet Freedom Festival (IFF) in Valencia

Posted on March 8, 2017 by

As complexity of restrictions escalate targeting digital rights & liberties and free expression online, the people struggling against them also develop new strategies globally, and they have got together in Spain’s Valencia to share experiences, interact and respond to such … Continue reading →

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Valencia’da İnternet Özgürlükler Festivali

Posted on March 8, 2017 by

İnternet üzerinde ifade hürriyetine, dijital haklara ve erişime karşı geliştirilen zorluklar oldukça karmaşık bir yapıya dönüştükçe, bu tür engellemelerle başa çıkan topluluklar da bunlara aynı kararlılıkla karşılık vermek için bir araya geliyor. İspanya’nın Valencia kenti 2017 Internet Özgürlükler Festivali (IFF) … Continue reading →

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“Tolaz the Parrot” Locked Up: State of Media in Turkey

Posted on November 2, 2016 by

Academia and media in Turkey have been devastated by two gruesome decree rulings that stripped academics of their work and shut down over a dozen media organisations. The purge continues with full speed, and an unfortunate victim of imprisonment has … Continue reading →

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Assailants of Turkish Journalist Change Statements, 3 of 4 Get Freed

Posted on October 7, 2015 by

A prominent Turkish anchorman of the critical news network CNNTurk and columnist for critical daily newspaper Hurriyet, Ahmet Hakan had been subjected to a brutal attack by four men recently. The assailants had then quickly been caught and taken to … Continue reading →

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Freedom of expression charities urge UK Foreign Secretary to speak out on Turkey’s arrest of journalists

Posted on September 1, 2015 by

(1 September 2015) Freedom of expression charities have written to UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond urging the UK to speak out publicly in defence of freedom of expression following the arrest of two British journalists in Turkey under terror legislation. The … Continue reading →

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Turkey’s Digital Crackdown on Media, Censors Hundreds of News Sites

Posted on August 22, 2015 by

Turkey recently started a new digital crackdown on critical and independent media. However, Turkish government has been involved in ‘online security’ policies as far back as 2007 with the law numbered 5651, Law Regulating Digital Publications which has very quickly … Continue reading →

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PEN calls on governments to safeguard freedom of speech after Charlie Hebdo attacks

Posted on April 30, 2015 by

On World Press Freedom Day, PEN International (and a long list of global press and free expression organisations – all names available from 30th April) remembers those journalists who were murdered in the January attack on Charlie Hebdo’s offices and … Continue reading →

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Turkish Student Gets Prison Sentence for Sharing Satirical News

Posted on April 23, 2015 by

Zaytung is a Turkish satirical news network. The crew behind Zaytung has been writing funny parody versions of real news, creating absurd-fake stories, mostly generating hilarious satirical pieces for years. With the Turkish media’s fall into government’s hands, mainstream media … Continue reading →

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Turkish Government Approves “Censorship Bill 3.0”

Posted on March 24, 2015 by

Turkish government has tried repeatedly over the course of years, to pass restrictive bills that suggest draconian measures to interrupt free flow of information on the internet, thus legalize censorship. Year after year a new bill has been drafted and … Continue reading →

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