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Turkey: Messages from Arrested Editors-in-Chief on Watch

Three arrested editors-in-chief, Erol Önderoğlu, Şebnem Korur Fincancı, and Ahmet Nesin have sent a message from prison (Originally published by Bianet) Erol Önderoğlu, Şebnem Korur Fincancı...

SEENPM Condemns Arrests of Turkish Journalists

The South East European Network for Profession­alization of Media (SEENPM) strongly condemns the pre-trial detention of two journalists and a human rights activist in...

Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini and Commissioner Johannes Hahn on today’s arrests of Human Rights defender and two journalists in Turkey

The arrest of the President of Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT), Prof. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, and of two journalists, Erol Önderoğlu (from Reporters...

#FreeErol: Journalist, IFEX member arrested over “terrorist propaganda”

IFEX calls for the immediate and unconditional release of journalist and IFEX member Erol Önderoglu. IFEX 20 June 2016 To: Eşref Durmuş, Terror and Organised Crime Prosecutor Istanbul,...

In “dark day for media freedom,” RSF’s Turkey rep jailed

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is stunned to learn that an Istanbul court today ordered the pre-trial detention of its Turkey representative, Erol Önderoglu, and...

In anger and with shame

P24 calls for the immediate release of all those now in jail for something that is no crime. The sight of three of Turkey’s most...

Reporters Without Borders representative, two others jailed in Turkey

New York, June 20, 2016—Authorities should immediately release and drop all charges against two human rights defenders and a journalist arrested in Istanbul, the...

OSCE Representative appalled by imprisonment of two journalists and a human rights activist in Turkey, urges their release

VIENNA, 20 June 2016 – The detention of two journalists and a human rights activist for expressing solidarity with their colleagues is the latest,...

Arrest of 3 editor-in-chief in Turkey is unacceptable !

The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) strongly condemn the arrestation of Şebnem Korur Fincancı (President of Turkey Human Rights Foundation), Erol Önderoğlu (journalist...

Yavuz Baydar: “Judicial coup” sends clear warning to Turkey’s remaining independent journalists

By Yavuz Baydar / 8 June 2016 Nothing could illustrate the course of developments in Turkey better than the case of prosecutor Murat Aydın. In what...

35 journalists honoured with the 2016 EU Investigative Journalism Awards

The 2016 regional scheme of EU awards for investigative journalism in Western Balkans and Turkey rewarding the best investigative stories published in 2015 is...

Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey: the 2016 winners of the EU Awards for Investigative Journalism

The second EU Investigate Journalism Awards in the Western Balkans and Turkey have been announced in Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey. Following the announcement...
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