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January 10 Working Journalists’ Day observed in Turkey
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The day has been renamed as “January 10 Working Journalists’ Day” in 1971 after several rights of the journalists have been revoked by Military Coup … Continue reading
Posted in media freedom, Social Media, Surveillance State, Turkey
Tagged free press, journalist, journalists day, media freedom
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Turkey’s Digital Crackdown on Media, Censors Hundreds of News Sites
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
Posted in AKP, Censorship, Digital, kurdish, media freedom, PKK, Social Media, Surveillance State, Turkey
Tagged censorship, free press, freedom of press, media freedom, turkey
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PEN calls on governments to safeguard freedom of speech after Charlie Hebdo attacks
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
Journalist Stabbed to Death in Istanbul Because of a Snowball!
Journalist Nuh Koklu had been playing snow fight with his friends on the evening of February 18 in Istanbul’s Kadıköy district when he was going back home from Homeland Security Bill sit-in that ended earlier at Kadıköy’s ‘Bull Square’. The … Continue reading
Posted in AKP, media freedom, Turkey
Tagged akp, ali ismail korkmaz, arbitrary violence, erdogan, free press, istanbul, journalism, street violence
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Cumhuriyet Daily’s Administration Relieved of Duty after Charlie Hebdo Publication
In the aftermath of the Paris Massacre earlier in January, Cumhuriyet Daily had taken a courageous step and printed Charlie Hebdo in Turkish. It was one of the two newspapers that were allowed to print content, and they attracted the … Continue reading
Posted in AKP, Censorship, media freedom, Social Media, Turkey
Tagged charlie hebdo, cumhuriyet, free press, islamists, media freedom, mohammed cartoon
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Censorship in Turkey’s Arts & Culture Scene under Erdoğan’s 12 years
Turkey’s ruling AKP has been in power in the last 12 years and has generally been bold in claiming that their rule has liberated Turkey from its chains. One of those chains has always been censorship in Turkey. The leadership … Continue reading
Charlie Hedbo Cover Sparks Outrage in Turkey, yet Facebook OKs Lynching Campaign
Following Cumhuriyet Daily’s publication of the Charlie Hebdo’s latest issue, Turkey found herself in the middle of a very heated debate on “press freedom”. As soon as the daily was announced that the content would be printed in Turkish for … Continue reading
Posted in AKP, Censorship, Digital, Europeanization, Hate Speech, media freedom, Nationalism, Radical Right, Social Media, Turkey
Tagged akit, ataturk, cartoon, censorship, charlie hebdo, cumhuriyet, facebook, fanzine, free press, ibda-c, islamist, kemalist, lynching campaign, media freedom, mohammed, press freedom
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Cumhuriyet Daily Threatened, Raided by Police for Reprinting Charlie Hebdo Issue in Turkey
In Turkey, media response to Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris has had two sides as in many other places. The polarization has been stretching between those that celebrated the attack and those that stood in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo’s press … Continue reading
Posted in Censorship, media freedom, Turkey
Tagged charlie hebdo, cumhuriyet, free press, freedom of press, mohammed, press freedom, turkey
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Controversy at Istanbul Charlie Hebdo Solidarity Rally
As in many other places around the world, Istanbul today had a solidarity rally to commemorate the victims of Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris that left 12 people dead. There have been controversial statements in Turkey with regards to the … Continue reading
Posted in Far Right, Hate Speech, Istanbul, Turkey
Tagged charlie hebdo, free press, galatasaray, islamist, istanbul, journalism, journalists
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Turkey: Free Expression “Still” Under a Shadow
Turkey has been under PEN focus for a long time, and recently PEN Norway has published a report on freedom of speech in Turkey, with the title of “Free Expression Under a Shadow”. Basically, PEN has employed a … Continue reading
Posted in AKP, Censorship, corruption, Digital, media freedom, Turkey
Tagged EU ministry, free expression, free press, freedom of speech, istanbul, media freedom, Norsk PEN, PEN, PEN International, PEN Norway, press freedom, report, Turkey EU
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