by TurkeyPurge | Apr 27, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has put property belonging to 11 media outlets that were closed down by the Turkish government in the aftermath of a failed coup on July 15, 2016 up for sale for TL 606,395. The property belongs to media organizations...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 9, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
The London-based human rights organization Amnesty International has launched a campaign for urgent action against Turkish government’s tightening control over media outlets. Below is the statement released by the rights group on Nov. 8. “Nine journalists and board...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 6, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Bengi Kömürcü and Duygu Ciniviz, two reporters for JINHA, pro-Kurdish news agency that the government closed down under post-coup emergency rule, have been detained in Istanbul. Journalists gathered at Kadıköy ferry port in order to report on a press meeting by some...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 2, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
The United States should exert every effort to stop its NATO ally from becoming a dictatorship, Daniel Calingaert, the acting president of Freedom House said on Monday. The US-based think tank issued a written statement in the light of the Turkish government’s...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 1, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Representatives of 45 NGOs and trade bodies gathered to make a press meeting about the post-coup emergency rule in a well-known reception hall in Turkey’s Diyarbakır province but failed to draw attention of journalists, on Tuesday. “Now, we are struggling to make our...