Turkey

August 8, 2025

Turkey Blocks Jailed Journalist Fatih Altaylı’s YouTube Channel on National Security Grounds

August 8, 2025 – Turkey – Turkish authorities have ordered the blocking of veteran journalist Fatih Altaylı’s YouTube channel, citing national security and public order concerns. […]
July 25, 2025

Turkey Secretly Seeks to Evade INTERPOL Rules to Target an Exiled Journalist in Sweden

On July 25, 2025 – Turkey –  A classified memo dated June 18, 2025, from Turkey’s Security General Directorate (Emniyet) reveals clandestine efforts to circumvent INTERPOL’s political […]
July 18, 2025

Turkey’s Covert Plan to Bypass INTERPOL and Target Exiled Journalist in Sweden (350 words)

July 18, 2025 – Turkey –  A leaked memo dated June 18, 2025, from Turkey’s Security General Directorate (Emniyet) reveals a covert strategy to circumvent INTERPOL’s […]
July 17, 2025

Turkish Journalist Faces At Least 5‑Year Prison Sentence Over Erdogan “Threat” in YouTube Video

July 17, 2025 – Turkey –  Turkish journalist and prominent commentator Fatih Altayli is facing a potential prison sentence of at least five years after being […]
July 10, 2025

Iran Escalates Crackdown on Kurds: Death Sentences and Prosecutions of Journalists

July 10, 2025 – Turkey/Iran –  Iran has intensified its campaign against Kurdish dissent, issuing death sentences to protesters and prosecuting journalists and politicians over peaceful […]
July 8, 2025

Seven Female Journalists Detained and Reporter Investigated for Commemoration in Turkey

July 08, 2025 – Turkey –  The Mesopotamian Women Journalists Association (MKG) reported a sharp escalation in the Turkish government’s suppression of press freedom. The month […]
July 5, 2025

Turkish Authorities Detain Investigative Journalists Timur Soykan and Murat Ağırel Amid Political Crackdown

July 05, 2025 – Turkey –  Turkish authorities executed early-morning raids targeting two prominent investigative journalists: Timur Soykan of BirGün and Murat Ağırel of Cumhuriyet and […]