July 11, 2025
July 11, 2025 – Turkey – Freelance court reporter Furkan Karabay has been fined 10,500 TRY (≈ $320) by an Istanbul court after being convicted of “insulting the […]
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June 12, 2025
June 12, 2025 – Turkey – Turkish authorities released two journalists—Rahime Karvar and Reyhan Hacıoğlu—from pretrial detention stemming from a broad investigation into media outlets in […]
May 15, 2025
May 15, 2025 – Turkey – On May 15, 2025, Turkish journalist Furkan Karabay was arrested in Istanbul due to his investigative reporting on government probes […]
April 9, 2025
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 7, 2025
April 7, 2025 – Turkey – Elif Akgül, a freelance journalist and former editor at bianet, has been in pretrial detention in Turkey since February 21, […]
March 4, 2025
March 04, 2025 – Turkey – In a case raising significant concerns about freedom of expression and the independence of legal institutions in Turkey, Istanbul Bar […]
February 27, 2025
February 27, 2025 – Turkey – Two prominent Turkish journalists faced harsh legal penalties linked to their coverage of Kurdish political topics. Özlem Gürses received a […]
January 19, 2025
January 19, 2025 – Turkey – On January 19, 2007, Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was assassinated in front of his newspaper Agos in Istanbul. The 52-year-old […]
January 6, 2025
January 6, 2025 – Turkey – A recent report by the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) highlights an alarming rise in press freedom cases in […]