Turkey

Albania, Announcements, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Montenegro, SEENPM News, Serbia, Turkey 11/03/2016

New calls for nominations for EU investigative journalism awards open in March

The 2016 calls for nominations within regional scheme of EU awards for investigative journalism in the Western Balkans and Turkey are being announced during March…

Media developments, Turkey 09/03/2016

Turkey: Prison Term for Journalist İnce for Acrostic Defense

İstanbul – BIA News Desk 08 March 2016 BirGün columnist Barış İnce has been sentenced to 21 months of prison for his acrostic plea in…

Media developments, Turkey 07/03/2016

Turkey: Gov’t takeover of critical media group draws international backlash

Ahead of the pending government-led takeover of the Zaman Media Group, international voices have stated their concerns over the impending implementation of trustees to take…

Media developments, Turkey 04/03/2016

OSCE Representative calls on Turkey to refrain from acts of intimidation against media, following appointment of trustees to run Zaman newspaper

VIENNA, 4 March 2016 – Appointing trustees to manage the Zaman daily newspaper is the latest in a string of measures initiated by the authorities…

Media developments, Turkey 26/02/2016

Two arrested journalists released in Turkey after 92 days

The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) warmly welcomed today Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruling on February 25 stating that the rights of Cumhuriyet newspaper journalists Can…

Media developments, Turkey 05/02/2016

Leading writers call on Turkish PM to release colleague

Case against Mehmet Baransu: “Vengeance, not justice” Leading authorities and practitioners of investigative journalism have appealed to the Turkish prime minister to drop charges against…

Media developments, Turkey 28/01/2016

Aggravated life sentences sought for journalists in Turkey unacceptable, OSCE Representative says

VIENNA, 28 January 2016 – The severe charges against journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül could further increase the already critical pressure that opposing voices…

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Member news, Montenegro, SEENPM News, SEENPM Publications, Serbia, Turkey 21/12/2015

2015 Media Integrity Reports on Seven Enlargement Countries Released

A new series of media integrity reports on the seven EU hopefuls has been released as part of the SEE Media Observatory project. Now in its Phase…

Media developments, SEENPM News, Turkey 16/12/2015

SEENPM Voices Concerns Over Press Freedom in Turkey: Open Letter to Turkish President and PM

16 December 2015 Dear President Erdoğan and Prime Minister Davutoğlu, The undersigned civil society organizations, members of the South East European Network for Professionalization…

Media developments, Member news, Turkey 12/12/2015

The first prison visit: P24 stands with jailed journalists in Turkey

Attorney-at-law Veysel Ok of P24’s Legal Unit visited five journalists imprisoned over their news reporting. Cumhuriyet daily’s Editor-in-Chief Can Dündar, Ankara Bureau Chief Erdem Gül,…

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