Prosecutor Aydın has filed an appeal against the court ruling that dismissed the request to start an investigation regarding the coup ...

Journalists do not draw a picture of a “contemporary” country, when it comes to the freedom of the press and the ...

BİA Media Monitoring Report showed that in the first quarter of 2008, 186 people, 71 of whom are journalist, were tried ...

The US Department of State released its 2007 report on Turkey on 11 March. The report criticises the fact that there ...

Chief of General Staff Büyükanit expressed in an interview that he was open to criticism. So how come so many people ...

Prosecutor Ayata has dismissed the publishing and printing ban on the Ergenekon operation as “unjustified” and has not opened a case ...

In his fifth suit against satirical cartoon magazines, this time against Leman, Prime Minister Erdogan is demanding 20,000 YTL compensation. ...

Journalist Aktas was sent to prison for “insulting” the former vice governor of Mus in the press; however, a court has ...

In its annual report for 2008, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) criticised Article 301 and the nationalist obstruction of press freedom. The ...

RSF joins the International Press Institute and the Cartoonists’ Rights Network International in their condemnation of the planned prosecution of two ...

The BIA² 2007 Media Monitoring Report reveals that there are still countless violations of press freedom across the country. There were ...

Of 254 people tried, 55 were on trial under Article 301; six of them were convicted. 83 people were accused of ...

Before the anniversary of Hrant Dink’s Murder, IPI criticises the Turkish government's failure to reform Article 301 of the Turkish Penal ...

The ECHR has awarded compensation to journalists who were punished under emergency law. ...

The Yürüyüs magazine featured Kevser Mizrak, who was killed by police in a raid on her home, on its cover. It ...

Minister of Justice Sahin has said that changes in the controversial Article 301 will be presented to the cabinet within 15 ...

The International Press Institute has honoured Hrant Dink's efforts for the freedom of expression posthumously. ...

On trial for not informing legal authorities about the funeral he was filming, reporter Bal has had to defend himself in ...

In a press release on 20 November, Reporters Without Borders condemned the Kurdish regional government for not allowing reporters to visit ...

The BIA Media Monitoring Desk publishes regular quarterly and annual reports on the state of press freedom and the freedom of ...