by TurkeyPurge | May 9, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
The Turkish government cancelled 682 press cards between November and March, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Thursday. According to the report there were 15,423 permanent press card holders and 5,709 yellow, or temporary, press card holders in November...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish authorities cancelled state-issued press cards of 889 journalists, according to Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül. In response to a parliamentary question over the past week, Gül said the number of press cards cancelled in 2016 in Turkey was 889. Among the...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 5, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The press card of veteran journalists Amberin Zaman has been cancelled by the Prime Ministry’s Directorate General of Press and Information due to a tweet she posted in the aftermath of a nightclub attack in İstanbul in the early hours of New Year’s Day. The number of...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 31, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
The press cards of veteran journalists Hasan Cemal and Doğan Akın have been cancelled by the Prime Ministry’s Directorate General of Press and Information amid growing government censorship and restrictions on freedom of the press in the country. Cemal is currently...
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