Cumhuriyet journalists and executives face trial beginning Monday 24 July for abetting the failed 15 July 2016 coup against the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Cumhuriyet journalists: Imprisoned for changing editorial policy
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CATEGORY: Turkey Uncensored
Turkey: The wife of imprisoned journalist Murat Aksoy tells of his ordeal
Journalist Murat Aksoy has been detained in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown. His wife Şehriban tells how the arrests have taken a toll on her family.
The story of a strange (un)release from prison
Dr. Sunay Usluer, the wife of a journalist imprisoned in Turkey, shares her account of the anxious hours waiting for the release that never came.
Turkey’s journalists have no time for fear
Cumhuriyet journalist Canan Coşkun, facing two upcoming trials for her reporting, talks about her attitude to the dangers of life as a reporter.
Can Dündar: The beginning of the end for Erdogan
All the data points to this last referendum being the beginning of the end for Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Yavuz Baydar: Turkey’s crippled and tarnished journalism found space to breathe
With the hollowing out of the Turkish media landscape in recent years, honest coverage on the night of the historic referendum was rare
Ramazan Ölçen: Kurdish journalist detained for working at Apê Musa’s newspaper
“Of course my family are worried,” says Ramazan Ölçen, who was detained for owning the copyrights to what was Turkey’s only Kurdish-language daily newspaper
Silencing the Kurds: Shuttered media and cultural institutions
Turkey’s Kurdish media and cultural institutions have been closed as the peace process with the country’s Kurds has disintegrated.
Turkey: Freedom of the arts, archives and erasure
Erdogan’s crackdown on freedom of expression follows a familiar pattern.
Turkey’s silenced: Journalist Nur Ener arrested after a tip-off
Nur Ener is one of over 150 journalists in prison in Turkey. She was arrested for using an obscure app after publishing critical interview.
Meltem Arikan: The difference between Wales and Turkey
While touring Wales recently with my new play Enough Is Enough, I thought about what I experienced with my earlier work in Turkey. But which Turkey?
Amberin Zaman: Turkey has entered uncharted waters
Many cast Turkey’s April 16 referendum as a final chance to reverse the slide towards authoritarianism. But the odds are heavily stacked against the opposition.
Turkey Uncensored is an Index on Censorship project to publish articles from censored Turkish writers, artists and translators.
On 15 July shots heard inside the General Staff headquarters in Ankara signalled the beginning of the assault against Turkey’s democratic institutions. Tanks and fighter jets opened fire on and around parliament and other buildings, resulting in the death of more than 240 people.
This was the catalyst to an unparalleled level of attacks on media freedom in the country. By 30 September, 98 journalists were arrested and charged, 133 media professionals were detained, 133 media outlets were shut down and approximately 2,500 journalists lost their jobs. Learn more.
