Turkey

April 13, 2025

Hope from Behind Bars: Joakim Medin’s Fight for Press Freedom in Turkey

April 13, 2025 – Soweden/Turkey –  Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, renowned for covering global conflict zones and human rights issues, now finds himself the subject of […]
April 11, 2025

Turkey’s Student and Journalist Trials Spark Outrage Over Freedoms

April 11, 2025, Iraq/Turkey – In April 2025, Turkish courts began prosecuting 189 individuals—mostly university students and journalists—arrested during mass protests sparked by the detention of […]
April 10, 2025

Leading Turkish Journalists Arrested Over Alleged Blackmail Amid Political Tensions

April 10, 2025 – Turkey –  On April 10, 2025, two high-profile Turkish investigative journalists, Timur Soykan of BirGün and Murat Ağırel of Cumhuriyet, were detained […]
April 9, 2025

Turkish Courts Uphold Detention of Journalists Over Erdoğan Insult Charges

April 09, 2025 – Sweden/Turkey –  In April 2025, Turkish courts upheld the pretrial detention of two journalists—Swedish reporter Kaj Joakim Medin and Turkish broadcaster Sedef […]
April 5, 2025

Swedish Journalist Joakim Medin Released from Turkish Custody Amid Ongoing Press Freedom Concerns

April 05, 2025 – Sweden/Turkey –  Swedish journalist Joakim Medin has been released from Turkish custody and returned to Sweden after nearly two months of detention […]