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Oppositon Sözcü journalists get lengthy prison sentences on terror charges: report

Oppositon Sözcü journalists get lengthy prison sentences on terror charges: report

by TurkeyPurge | Dec 27, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

A total of six journalists and one other employee of Sözcü daily, a government-critical newspaper, have been  convicted of “aiding the network of Turkey’s Gülen movement, which is accused of masterminding a failed coup in 2016. The movement denies any...
[NEW REPORT] How did Erdoğan become Turkey’s biggest media baron?

[NEW REPORT] How did Erdoğan become Turkey’s biggest media baron?

by TurkeyPurge | Dec 3, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Turkey has held the notorious title the leading jailer of journalists in the world for quite some time now. More than 300 journalists have ended up in pre-trial detention as part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s dragnet against his critics, while thousands of...
Koç University disinvites academic due to ‘politically sensitive’ paper

Koç University disinvites academic due to ‘politically sensitive’ paper

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 28, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Turkey’s Koç University has rejected the presentation of an academic paper at a workshop, finding it politically too sensitive for the current extreme conditions in Turkey, the Diken news website reported on Wednesday. Yasemin Yılmaz, whose paper is titled “Elite...
Opposition daily publishes blank pages to protest gov’t crackdown

Opposition daily publishes blank pages to protest gov’t crackdown

by TurkeyPurge | May 20, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

The Sözcü daily on Saturday published a totally blank edition to protest detention warrants issued the previous day for its owner and three of its employees. The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued detention warrants for owner Burak Akbay and reporter...
Surpassed by Congo, Mali and Ethiopia; Turkey ranks 155th in World Press Freedom Index

Surpassed by Congo, Mali and Ethiopia; Turkey ranks 155th in World Press Freedom Index

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 26, 2017 | Int'l Reactions

Turkey, which has around 200 journalists jailed in its prisons, is ranked 155th among 180 countries in the 2017 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday. If Turkey falls four more ranks, it will make it to the list of the...

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