by TurkeyPurge | May 12, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Durket Süren ile Nurcan Yalçın, two reporters for the Jinnews news agency have said they were asked, while under police custody, to work as spies for the Interior Ministry. Detained on different occasions, both Suren and Yalcin said they were offered to gather...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 28, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Duygu Erol, a reporter with the Jinnews news agency said she was asked to work as a spy while she was under police custody last week. Detained along with 10 others over terror charges on March 20, Erol spent 4 days before being released on judicial control. In a press...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 26, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Turkish Telecommunications Authority (BTK) has banned access to two online news outlets, The Region and the JinNews over security concerns. “On the 22nd of January 2018, the Information Technologies and Communications Authority of Turkey officially blocked local...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 20, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Ankara police detained 5 journalists following house raids on Friday. Mezopotamya news agency reporters Selman Güzelyüz and Diren Yurtsever, and Jinnews editor Sibel Yükler were rounded up along with Duygu Erol and Habibe Eren, reporters for the latter media outlet....
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