The arrests of dozens of journalists has added to the profound concerns for press freedom in Turkey, where emergency rule gives the authorities power to extend arrest periods up to 30 days.
47 journalists subject to arrest under warrants issued on Wednesday. The list included the names of columnists, editors and reporters who formerly had been employed at Zaman
As journalists are detained, Yavuz Baydar writes about the changes being rolled out by Turkey’s government
Journalist Yavuz Baydar writes of the continuing crackdown in Turkey.
It was at the early hours of Friday that a journalist sent a note to her colleagues. “We are told by the management that our publication is discontinued with immediate effect,” she said. “We are told to pack our belongings and leave the office. You...
The failed 15 July coup, bloody and despicable, delivered a lethal blow to the already crippled democratic order in Turkey.
On Tuesday 19 July, Turkey’s independent and critical journalists, academics and law experts woke up to another day of concern and fear
We joined editors, reporters, columnists, bloggers and civil society activists are, despite being a minority in the shackled media sector in Turkey
Journalism has, without the slightest doubt, become the most risky, and endangered, profession in Turkey.
In an unprecedented move, Turkey’s judiciary has been reshuffled in a way that has shaken the basis of the justice system.
With conditions worsening on a daily basis, Turkey now risks total blackout on public debate. Punitive measures and harsh restrictions have diminished the domain for free and independent media
Yavuz Baydar writes that Erdogan is driving the final nails into the coffin of journalism in Turkey