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CPJ condemns Turkish raids, takeover of critical Koza İpek news outlets
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns this week’s raids on several pro-opposition media outlets belonging to the Koza İpek Group. Police broke into the company’s building in Istanbul today and shut down live television broadcasts, two days after a Turkish court ordered the trustees of the privately owned company to be replaced, according to reports.
CPJ and VICE News call on Turkey to #FreeRasool
By Samantha Libby/CPJ Advocacy Officer When two journalists from VICE, Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury, were arrested with Iraqi journalist Mohammed Ismael Rasool on August 28, a familiar scenario unfolded.
CPJ condemns Twitter ban in Turkey
New York, March 21, 2014—Turkey banned access to the social media platform Twitter on Friday, hours after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened in a public speech to shut it down, according to news reports. The move comes just ahead of March 30 elections and follows Erdoğan’s threats to ban Facebook and YouTube.
Η Άγκυρα επικρίνεται εκ νέου από δύο ΜΚΟ προάσπισης της ελευθερίας του Τύπου
Η Τουρκία παρέμεινε το 2013 μια από τις μεγαλύτερες «φυλακές» του κόσμου για τους δημοσιογράφους και ένα από τα πιο καταπιεστικά κράτη του πλανήτη όσον αφορά την ελευθερία του Τύπου, υπογράμμισαν δύο μη κυβερνητικές οργανώσεις στις ετήσιες εκθέσεις τους που δόθηκαν στην δημοσιότητα παράλληλα χθες.
Turkish president should veto Internet bill
San Francisco, February 6, 2014–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Turkish President Abdullah Gül to veto the Internet bill passed Wednesday by the Turkish Parliament. The bill would grant the Turkish government unprecedented control over the Internet by allowing Web pages to be blocked without a court order, requiring mandatory data retention by Internet Service Providers, and […]
Turkey Worst Jailer of Journalists for Second Year in a Row – CPJ releases annual prison census
New York.- For the second consecutive year, Turkey was the world’s leading jailer of journalists, followed closely by Iran and China. Together, the three countries accounted for more than half of all journalists imprisoned around the world, the Committee to Protect Journalists found.
CPJ: Turkey Press Freedom Crisis Worsens Post-Gezi
Ankara, September 17, 2013.- Heated anti-press rhetoric, the firing of leading journalists, threats to restrict online speech, and a series of physical and legal assaults further damaged the press freedom environment in Turkey in the months following the Gezi Park protests that began last May.