Crackdown on Kurdish journalism widens in Turkey: Metin Yoksu jailed, Nedim Türfent faces arrest
A Turkish court has issued an arrest warrant for Kurdish journalist Nedim Türfent, citing social media posts as evidence of ...
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Kurdish poet İlhan Sami Çomak to receive Jack Hirschman Poetry Prize
Kurdish poet İlhan Sami Çomak, who spent more than three decades in prison in Turkey, has been named the recipient ...
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Panel discusses digital threats to press freedom in Turkey and beyond
At a panel discussion held in İstanbul on Friday, legal experts and journalists warned that digital technologies, while expanding media ...
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Turkey falls to 159th in global press freedom index amid deepening media crisis
Turkey has fallen to 159th place in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), down ...
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Turkey: Journalists protest crackdown with joint headline on World Press Freedom Day
A coalition of independent journalists in Turkey launched a coordinated media protest on 3 May—World Press Freedom Day—against increasing state ...
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“Injustice is like damp—it spreads if ignored”: Ahmet Altan speaks out on censorship, injustice in Turkey
Prominent Turkish journalist and author Ahmet Altan has described fear and repression in Turkey as pervasive, warning that remaining silent ...
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Breaking the silence: KCK’s Besê Hozat denounces Turkey’s ban on Öcalan’s expected video message
Besê Hozat, co-chair of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), has fiercely condemned the Turkish Ministry of Justice’s stance on imprisoned ...
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Court blocks VOA and Mesopotamia News Agency amid growing censorship in Turkey
According to a report shared by the Kurdish Voice of America (VOA) on its X account, the internet service of ...
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Turkey blocks X account of journalist Metin Cihan after exposé on Turkish-Israeli trade
Turkey has blocked the X (formerly Twitter) account of prominent independent journalist Metin Cihan after his exposés revealed evidence of ...
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Daily News : 07 February 2025
07/02/2025 – #DailyNews – #MedyaNews 📍The International Press Institute and over 30 other press freedom and human rights ...
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