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: Silence is the enemy of democracy
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Yavuz Baydar: Tough times ahead for Turkey
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.
Yavuz Baydar: Turkey’s rounding up reporters, editors and columnists
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
Yavuz Baydar: Erdogan is ruling Turkey by decree
As journalists are detained, Yavuz Baydar writes about the changes being rolled out by Turkey’s government
Yavuz Baydar: The largest clampdown in modern Turkey’s history
Journalist Yavuz Baydar writes of the continuing crackdown in Turkey.
Yavuz Baydar: Escalation in the clampdown on Turkey’s media and academia
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...
Yavuz Baydar: As the purge deepens in Turkey, is a self-coup underway?
The failed 15 July coup, bloody and despicable, delivered a lethal blow to the already crippled democratic order in Turkey.
Yavuz Baydar: Critical Turkish media is cracking under pressure
On Tuesday 19 July, Turkey’s independent and critical journalists, academics and law experts woke up to another day of concern and fear
In Turkey, a loud disagreement finds a common ground: Journalism is not a crime
We joined editors, reporters, columnists, bloggers and civil society activists are, despite being a minority in the shackled media sector in Turkey
Turkey’s film festivals face a narrowing space for expression
The Siyah Bant initiative, which carries out research on censorship of the arts in Turkey, has given much coverage to obstacles to freedom of expression in the cinematic field
Yavuz Baydar: A noble profession has turned into a curse
Journalism has, without the slightest doubt, become the most risky, and endangered, profession in Turkey.
Yavuz Baydar: “Judicial coup” sends clear warning to Turkey’s remaining independent journalists
In an unprecedented move, Turkey’s judiciary has been reshuffled in a way that has shaken the basis of the justice system.
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.
