by TurkeyPurge | Mar 22, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Ayşenur Arslan, a prominent journalist affiliated with the leftist Halk TV, has been detained in Eskişehir province as part of an investigation carried out by the Ankara 40th penal court of first instance. According to the halktv news portal, Arslan was detained after...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 6, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Veteran journalist Aysenur Arslan was sentenced to 11 months and 20 days in prison for insulting Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The sentence was suspended. An Ankara court ruled Friday that Arslan had insulted Erdogan during her 2015 comments criticizing a government decision...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 17, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
The veteran Turkish journalist, Ayşenur Arslan quitted her daily program Medya Mahallesi [Media Neighborhood] at Halk TV, saying she cannot continue her job “as if everything is normal in Turkey.” “Sometimes silence is the biggest cry. We have come to the end at Medya...