According to the Turkish interior ministry, as of 27 February, 845 people had been detained by police for criticising the Afrin operation
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Turkey’s journalists have sacrificed their freedom in the pursuit of truth
Recent developments in Turkey, once seen as a role model of the Muslim world, have shown that concepts such as the rule of law and right to free speech are no longer welcome by the Erdogan government
Europe must not abandon the Altans and Turkey’s other jailed journalists
Two of Turkey’s most prominent writers, brothers Ahmet and Mehmet Altan, were sentenced to life in prison on Friday 16 February 2018.
A black day for press freedom and justice in Turkey
Index on Censorship strongly condemns Turkey’s sentencing of six defendants — including journalists Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan and Nazli Ilcak — to aggravated life sentences.
Turkey reporter stayed one step ahead of crackdown
Abdullah Bozkurt, the Ankara bureau chief for Today’s Zaman was forced into exile after the failed July 2016 coup in Turkey.
After colleague’s death, Russian reporter fears return to homeland
Kseniya Kirillova thought her stay in the U.S. would be only temporary.
Two journalists face up to 45 years for ‘espionage’
Two journalists for the shuttered pro-Kurdish Dihaber agency are facing up to 45 years in prison on terror and espionage charges even though their reporting is the only evidence that has been presented by prosecutors.
KCK press trial: “The template for all Turkey’s media trials”
Once the biggest media trial in Turkey, the KCK press trial hardly makes the news today, even though it set a grim precedent for the criminalisation of journalistic activities in the country
Turkey’s politically motivated trials: Targeting Academics for Peace
Since January 2016 the Academics for Peace case has become one of the symbols of the crackdown on democracy in Turkey.
Serbia: Minister sues KRIK over Paradise Paper leaks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the...