Journalists show solidarity in wake of gov’t crackdown
The detention of Zaman daily Editor-in-Chief Ekrem Dumanlı following a police raid on the newspaper's headquarters on Sunday has prompted some veteran journalists to speak out against the government...
View ArticleShameful operation on media
Günal Kurşun A group of police officials from the İstanbul police anti-terrorism unit arrived at the Zaman daily building on Sunday morning. They tried to enter the building while Zaman supporters...
View ArticleOpposition parties describe detentions as ‘civilian coup’
Opposition parties have sharply criticized the government for a police operation in which journalists and television producers were detained early on Sunday, describing the operation as a “civilian...
View Article‘Crackdown on journalists revenge for Dec. 17 and 25 operations’
The detention of journalists who are critical of the government and had covered the Dec. 17 and 25 graft operations, which implicated several ministers and pro-government businessman, is a “revenge...
View ArticleLocal media condemns police raid on media, detention of journalists
Speaking with a single voice, many press organizations in Turkey condemned the police raids of the Zaman daily and Samanyolu TV and the detention of at least 23 people, including journalists, on...
View ArticleJournalism associations issue mass condemnations over detainments
Leading Turkish journalist unions and associations slam the governing Justice and Development Party (AK Party) for media crack down, amidst wave of detainments on Sunday. Turkey's anti-terrorism units...
View ArticleScandal!
Erhan Başyurt Turkish democracy and media freedom had a dark day yesterday. Ekrem Dumanlı, The Editor-in-chief of the Zaman daily, the largest-circulating newspaper of Turkey which has been published...
View ArticleGov’t trying to subdue dissent, expresses GYV
The Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) strongly criticized the governing Justice and Development Party (AK Party) for media crack down, amidst wave of journalists detainments on Sunday....
View ArticleCPJ: Turkish authorities target media in nationwide crackdown
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today's raids on media outlets in which police detained journalists and media workers on politicized anti-state charges. Among those detained today were...
View ArticleThe crackdown on speech in Turkey must end: Freedom House
Freedom House joins the list of prominent international rights groups condemning the detainments of journalists on Sunday. In response to the detention of prominent journalists from the newspaper Zaman...
View ArticleHRW calls recent detentions of journalists repression of critical media
Emma Sinclair-Webb, the representative of Human Rights Watch (HRW) in Turkey, has stated that the detention of journalists and editors in the context of this latest, wider operation looks like another...
View ArticleNational Press Club Dismayed Over Reported Arrests of Turkish Journalists
Washington -- The National Press Club president expressed concern over reports that Turkish authorities have arrested a couple of dozen people in what appears to be a crackdown on media outlets that...
View ArticleAlliance for Shared Values Statement on Journalists Arrests
The raids on Turkey’s top selling newspaper Zaman and prominent TV organization STV are profoundly disturbing to all of us who value democracy, tolerance and the role of a free press in safeguarding...
View ArticleJournalists and Writers Foundation's statement [on recent detentions]
The process of gradually undermining democracy in Turkey has come to a new and accelerated phase. Universal criteria for the press freedom are recklessly breached as pressures mount on the journalists...
View ArticleZaman Editorial Board: Free media cannot be silenced
The Zaman media group, whose editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanlı was among those detained on Sunday during an ongoing government crackdown on critical media, has released a press statement in seven languages...
View ArticleEU condemns Turkish raids against media as ’unacceptable’
The European Union has said a media assault on Zaman daily and other media outlets is an "unacceptable attack" against freedom of media, urging Turkish authorities to respect rights of defendants....
View ArticleUS urges Turkey to protect democratic values after media raid
The United States State Department called on Turkish authorities to protect media freedom and other democratic values in response to media raids and detentions in operations across Turkey on Sunday....
View ArticleTyranny or democracy
Cafer Solgun The police crackdown on the Zaman newspaper and Samanyolu TV channel will contribute to the disenchantment of people who might still be confused about Turkey's current situation and the...
View ArticleFinal act in struggle for democracy
Abdullah Bozkurt Muzzling the free and independent press with politically orchestrated raids on the offices of Turkey's bestselling newspaper and a leading national TV network is perhaps the final nail...
View ArticleTurkey puts seal on authoritarianism; NATO, EU should act
Lale Kemal The detention of senior journalists this past weekend in fresh operations against those opposed to the Turkish government has put the seal on the ruling party's authoritarianism; it can no...
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