Dumanlı, Karaca referred to court for arrest, lawyers kept in dark
Zaman editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanlı and STV network executive Hidayet Karaca have been referred to a court for arrest while their lawyers are being kept in the dark, a development observers have...
View ArticleJournalists, lawyers see violation of basic rights during lengthy detention
Rights violations during the four-day-long detention and interrogation of Zaman Editor-in-Chief Ekrem Dumanlı and STV network executive Hidayet Karaca at the İstanbul Police Department on Wednesday are...
View ArticleEPP Group on Turkey media crackdown: Do you want to join EU or not?
The European People's Party Group has condemned the recent arrests of journalists in raids by the Turkish police on a newspaper and TV station, asking Ankara if they really want to join the European...
View ArticleEU criticism of mass media arrests in Turkey mounts
European Union officials are continuing to criticize Turkey for recent government-backed police operations in Turkey over the weekend in which several journalists were detained. Alexander Graf...
View ArticleEP slams Turkey over breaches of freedom of expression
Protests staged by people across the world who disapprove of the Dec. 14 police operations against the free media in Turkey continue to take place in front of Turkish consulates and in famous squares...
View ArticleCPJ report: Turkey world’s 10th most dangerous country for journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday released a special report for 2014 designating Turkey one of the world's 10 worst countries for journalists, once again underlining the country's...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu caring for Kyrgyz orphans
Kimse Yok Mu Foundation extended yet another helping hand to the orphan in Kyrgyzstan. The foundation received a group of them for an exclusive ceremony at the Ataturk-Alatoo University in the capital...
View ArticleVolunteer doctors to perform surgeries in Mali under leadership of Kimse Yok Mu
Antalya’s Manavgat Medical Foundation’s (MASADER) volunteers in cooperation with Kimse Yok Mu Foundation (KYM) will perform cataract and fistula, a postnatal disease in women, surgeries in Mali. Five...
View ArticleThe state should become transparent, the media should not keep silent
Kemal Burkay* The operation on Dec. 14 against a number of journalists and scriptwriters, including Zaman daily Editor-in-Chief Ekrem Dumanlı and Samanyolu Broadcasting Group General Manager Hidayet...
View ArticleProsecutor asks why Zaman’s editor published two columns and a news article
As part of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government's efforts to crack down on independent media outlets that are critical of the government, Ekrem Dumanlı, the editor-in-chief of the...
View ArticleCourt rules for release of Zaman chief editor, Samanyolu manager arrested
A Turkish court ruled on Friday to release the editor-in-chief of the Zaman daily, five days after he was detained on charges of forming and leading an armed terrorist organization. The court ruled...
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Head of TV channel arrested over script of soap opera that aired 5 years ago
An İstanbul criminal court of peace established by the government following two major graft probes that went public in December 2013 ruled for the arrest of Hidayet Karaca, Samanyolu Broadcasting Group...
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People across country protest media oppression and arrests
People across the country have come together to protest the government's continuing crackdown on the free media and the arrest of Samanyolu TV General Manager Hidayet Karaca and three police...
View ArticleReactions grow against gov’t-led crackdown on media
Reactions to the government-supported crackdown on free media through detentions and arrests, which aims to silence and intimidate certain media outlets, especially Zaman and STV groups, for reporting...
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Zaman Editor Dumanlı: Free media will not remain silent even if all gagged
The editor-in-chief of Turkey's best-selling daily, after being released pending trial in a government-orchestrated police operation, has vowed that the Zaman daily will continue to challenge the...
View ArticleOutcry over arrest of TV network Samanyolu's manager
Opposition politicians harshly criticized the court decision to arrest Samanyolu TV General Manager Hidayet Karaca along with four of other producers and police officials, describing the decision as an...
View ArticleWho knew, broadcasting a fictional TV miniseries is terrorism
Amongst the detainees of Sunday’s controversial and internationally lambasted media raids Samanyolu Broadcast Group President Hidayet Karaca provided a 19 page testimony. The main theme of the...
View ArticleUS Congressional caucus condemns Turkey media crackdown as ’assault on...
US Congressional Caucus on Turkey and Turkish Americans have slammed the Turkish government for going after what it said "perceived dissent," calling on Turkish authorities to immediately release...
View ArticleEditor-in-Chief Dumanlı returns to Zaman HQs after release
Zaman daily Editor-in-Chief Ekrem Dumanlı arrived at the daily's headquarters in Yenibosna on Saturday after having been released pending trial in a government-orchestrated police operation. Dumanlı,...
View ArticleAn operation that disgraces Turkey before the world
Abdülhamit Bilici The famous politician Daniel Cohn-Bendit, also known as Red Danny, who has played a crucial role in the history of human rights activism, held high expectations about our country a...
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