Category: <span>Turkey</span>

Yavuz Baydar: Turkey takes wife of journalist hostage

As I’ve been writing for months now, the job that runs the highest risk in Turkey is, without a shred of doubt, journalism.

Yavuz Baydar: Half-truths in the age of Turkey’s emergency rule

by Yavuz Baydar | 04 Aug 16

Turkey’s third post-coup week has been full of uncertainties, suspicion and concern. As of Wednesday morning there were 1,297 individuals subject to an international travel ban, among them 35 journalists and 51 lawyers.

Turkey’s media crackdown has reached the Netherlands

by Mitra Nazar | 03 Aug 16

Dutch journalists have been threatened in aftermath of Turkish coup attempt

Yavuz Baydar: Six more journalists jailed in Turkey

by Yavuz Baydar | 01 Aug 16

It was a long Saturday night for all of us, at home and abroad, monitoring the worrisome developments around media freedom in Turkey

Yavuz Baydar: Silence is the enemy of democracy

by Yavuz Baydar | 30 Jul 16

Ministers are empowered to close TV, radio, websites and, even, book publishers. Prosecutors are required to follow those orders. This means a total end of media freedom in Turkey.

Yavuz Baydar: Tough times ahead for Turkey

by Yavuz Baydar | 29 Jul 16

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.

Mapping Media Freedom: In review 22-28 July

by Ryan McChrystal | 29 Jul 16

Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout Europe

Turkey’s rising censorship: How did we get here?

by Index on Censorship | 29 Jul 16

The spotlight has been on Turkey following the attempted coup against President Recep Erdogan and the government’s ensuing crackdown on journalists, teachers, judges and soldiers. How did it come to this?

Yavuz Baydar: Turkey’s rounding up reporters, editors and columnists

by Yavuz Baydar | 28 Jul 16

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