by TurkeyPurge | Sep 14, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Photojournalist Çağdaş Erdoğan was arrested after spending 12 days under custody, on Sept 13. Detained while taking photos in Istanbul’s Kadikoy district on Sept 2, Erdoğan was put in pretrial arrest on accusations of membership to a terrorist organization on...
by TurkeyPurge | May 12, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
The European Federations of Journalists (EFJ) and its global affiliate and International Federations of Journalists (IFJ) have called on Turkey to stop what they called judicial harassment against Turkish journalists. Ayşenur Parıldak, a former reporter from the...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 31, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
In a written statement issued on Monday, the International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ/EFJ) condemned the new wave of media repression by Turkish authorities following the detention of Murat Sabuncu, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Cumhuriyet and of...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 23, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has launched a global solidarity campaign in support of imprisoned Turkish journalists and the government-seized media outlets on October 21. “Turkey: 90 journalists in jail – have your say!” read...
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