"There are a few journalists that are in prison due to their journalistic activities in Turkey. I do not accept that there are hundreds of them” ...»

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Hammarberg found the decision of the Hrant Dink murder trial "disappointing" and questioned why the forces behind the murder ...»

About 50 journalists and intellectuals sold the Özgür Gündem newspaper on Human Rights day in Istanbul to speak up for press freedom and freedom of expression. ...»

ECHR judge Karakaş said that among all member states of the Council of Europe, Turkey was the country in the worst situation considering press freedom and ...»

The first two issues of the Özgür Halk ve Demokratik Modernite magazine were seized. The publication was suspended twice and a Diyarbakır court decided to confiscate ...»

Journalist Atay from Batman was sentenced to jail for 1 month and 7 days for a news item about KCK leader Karayılan. "We were punished for ...»

At the Freedom for Journalists Congress on 3 May in Istanbul, representatives of the OSCE, Reporters without Borders and several other international organizations called for the ...»

By 31 March, 5 journalists were in prison for their writings, another 42 press members in the context of operations like "Ergenekon" and other major trials ...»

A group of journalists urged their colleagues to join the 1 May demonstrations in Istanbul to raise their voices for the release of arrested journalists Şık ...»

Reporters without Borders Secretary General Juillard holds a press conference in Istanbul on Monday to draw attention to the arrests of journalists in Turkey and violations ...»

"We argue that freedom from expression has always been an integral part of our daily lives and seems to become much more so in near future" ...»

Concern about press freedom in Turkey was now also expressed in a joint statement by the European Turkish Journalists Association, the German Journalists Union and the ...»

About 500 members of the Istanbul Bar Association demonstrated against custody and arrests of journalists on Tuesday and called for an independent judiciary. Their motto was ...»

EFJ President König deplored the lack of freedom of expression and press freedom in Turkey. He also claimed a lack of democracy and emphasized that the ...»

The Freedom for Journalists organized a demonstration in Ankara with their demands to "release detained journalists from prison" and "amend laws that restrict press freedom and ...»

The US American rights organization Freedom House expressed concern about press freedom in Turkey also in respect to the recent developments. In a press release it ...»

Thousands of people demonstrated against the arrest of journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener in Taksim in the centre of Istanbul on Sunday. This was the ...»

After eleven people, mostly journalists, were taken into custody under the Ergenekon investigation, the Turkish Journalists Association warned that "crimes of thought are on the rise ...»

The 2010 report of the Committee to Protect Journalists criticized punishments handed down to Turkish journalists on the grounds of their reports about the Kurdish question ...»

On the Working Journalists Day on 10 January, the Freedom for Journalists Platform demanded to release detained journalists and lift government applications that obstruct press freedom. ...»

RSF criticized the Turkish government for more than 25 articles in the Turkish Criminal Law and the Anti-Terror law that restrict press freedom and free speech. ...»

In a meeting on local media organized by the Turkish Journalists Association and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Deputy PM Arınç said, "We think that a media ...»

At a conference in London, President Gül announced that legal reforms are on their way regarding detained journalists in Turkey. 23 professional press organizations had recently ...»

The German Human Rights Commissioner, Markus Löning, warned that Turkey is constantly losing ground on press freedom. In a meeting with journalists on press freedom in ...»

After Turkey's poor performance in the RSF World Press Freedom Index, President Gül admitted "a few complaints and deficits" regarding press freedom. He said that all ...»

Mijatovic from the OSCE appreciated Minister Davutoğlu's initiative for legal amendments to avoid trials on freedom of expression at the European Court of Human Rights and ...»

In the second quarter of 2010, the number of criminals of thought have doubled compared to the same period last year. Anti-terrorism law suspects have increased ...»

The Press Council accounted the praise of violence as an "idea". The Council assessed the article of Hürriyet writer Özdil as part of "press freedom". Özdil ...»

After the Radio and Television Supreme Council's critical statement on the Israeli attack of aid ships for Gaza, Abakay from the Contemporary Journalists Association expects a ...»

The G9 Platform demanded to have press freedom protected under constitutional law. The association of press organizations furthermore requested the amendment of 27 articles of the ...»