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bianet reporter Evrim Deniz files complaint over online violence following Women's Day post
bianet reporter Evrim Deniz files complaint over online violence following Women's Day post
Deniz faced sexist and racist harassment after sharing a photo emphasizing LGBTI+ rights.
11 March 2025
bianet reporter Evrim Deniz faces online harassment after Women's Day post
bianet reporter Evrim Deniz faces online harassment after Women's Day post
“Women journalists are not safe anywhere. The messages I received—threats of rape, murder, and insults—once again show what women journalists go through," said Deniz.
10 March 2025
Media and democracy in the Western Balkans and Turkey: alarming trends unveiled
Sanja Kljajić
writes
Media and democracy in the Western Balkans and Turkey: alarming trends unveiled
Media and democracy in the Western Balkans and Turkey: alarming trends unveiled
Journalism and media in the Western Balkans and Turkey are in a state of perpetual crisis, according to the conclusion of a study on the state of media and democracy in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Turkey.
4 March 2025 Sanja Kljajić
The future of media in Turkey: Democratic decline, pressures, and the need for reform
The future of media in Turkey: Democratic decline, pressures, and the need for reform
As a partner in the "Our Media" project, IPS Communication Foundation/bianet has collaborated with organizations from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia to publish a report analyzing the future of media in the Western Balkans and Turkey.
3 March 2025 Hikmet Adal
Social media platforms censor journalists’ accounts at Turkey’s request
Hikmet Adal
reports
Social media platforms censor journalists’ accounts at Turkey’s request
Social media platforms censor journalists’ accounts at Turkey’s request
"They don't even bother pressing charges before detaining or censoring journalists anymore," says Ruşen Takva, one of the journalists whose social media accounts have been censored recently.
26 February 2025 Hikmet Adal
bianet editor Evrim Kepenek acquitted of ‘disinformation’ charge over 2023 earthquake post
bianet editor Evrim Kepenek acquitted of ‘disinformation’ charge over 2023 earthquake post
Kepenek was put on trial due to a social media post mentoning the claims that the authorities were confiscating tents in the aftermath of the deadly earthquakes.
25 February 2025
Journalist Ozan Kaplanoğlu imprisoned over 2013 conviction for insulting Erdoğan
Journalist Ozan Kaplanoğlu imprisoned over 2013 conviction for insulting Erdoğan
Kaplanoğlu has been sent to prison after a conditional release decision was revoked.
18 February 2025
Social media personality Merve Taşkın placed under house arrest over ‘obscene’ Valentine’s Day post
Social media personality Merve Taşkın placed under house arrest over ‘obscene’ Valentine’s Day post
In a social media post, Taşkın wrote that she could be the 'girlfriend' of anyone willing to pay $11,000 on Valentine's Day.
17 February 2025
Turkey’s largest journalists' union fails to reach deal with nine outlets in collective bargaining talks
Turkey’s largest journalists' union fails to reach deal with nine outlets in collective bargaining talks
The Journalists’ Union of Turkey criticized media employers for proposing wage increases below the inflation rate.
14 February 2025
TV anchor Özlem Gürses released from house arrest after 52 days
TV anchor Özlem Gürses released from house arrest after 52 days
Gürses was hosting her weekday morning program on Sözcü TV from a mini studio set up in her home.
12 February 2025
Local journalism: Pursuing truth under pressure
Serra Taylan
reports
Local journalism: Pursuing truth under pressure
Local journalism: Pursuing truth under pressure
Local journalism demands a relentless struggle against economic hardships, political pressures, threats, and judicial harassment.
7 February 2025 Serra Taylan
Journalist Merdan Yanardağ acquitted in trial over assassination claim
Journalist Merdan Yanardağ acquitted in trial over assassination claim
Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, Yanardağ raised claims of an assassination plot targeting the main opposition candidate.
5 February 2025
Assurance of our right to know: Freedom of expression and journalists
Osman İşçi
writes
Assurance of our right to know: Freedom of expression and journalists
Assurance of our right to know: Freedom of expression and journalists
Freedom of expression is one of the main means of making human rights violations visible, as well as their perpetrators, planners and those who protect those responsible. For these reasons, those in power are not happy with the full exercise of freedom of expression.
4 February 2025 Osman İşçi
Actress Melisa Sözen faces 'terror' investigation over 2017 Kurdish militant role in French series
Actress Melisa Sözen faces 'terror' investigation over 2017 Kurdish militant role in French series
Sözen played a YPJ member in the espionage series Le Bureau des Légendes. She is now facing 'terrorist propaganda' charges.
4 February 2025
Prosecutors investigate media coverage of 2013 Gezi Park protests
Prosecutors investigate media coverage of 2013 Gezi Park protests
The protests have recently become a talking point following a well-known talent manager's arrest.
3 February 2025
Halk TV chief editor arrested in 'expert witness' investigation
Halk TV chief editor arrested in 'expert witness' investigation
The pro-opposition broadcaster's interview with an expert witness reportedly involved in multiple investigations targeting opposition-run municipalities in İstanbul led to the arrest of its editor-in-chief.
30 January 2025
Three Halk TV journalists detained over broadcast of court expert’s phone call
Three Halk TV journalists detained over broadcast of court expert’s phone call
A pro-government newspaper had also interviewed the same expert, said Barış Pehlivan, one of the detained journalists.
29 January 2025
Siirt co-mayor sentenced to prison over past journalism activities
Siirt co-mayor sentenced to prison over past journalism activities
Sofya Alağaş, a former manager for a pro-Kurdish news agency, has been sentenced in connection with the agency's reporting.
28 January 2025
Galatasaray's Osimhen assaults journalists at İstanbul nightclub
Galatasaray's Osimhen assaults journalists at İstanbul nightclub
The footballer reportedly threatened and attempted to bribe the journalists to erase the photos they took. One journalist said Osimhen punched him in the head.
24 January 2025
The government made journalists' lives a living hell in 2024
The government made journalists' lives a living hell in 2024
The BİA Media Monitoring Report reveals that at least 25 journalists and five media outlets were attacked in 2024, while 82 media representatives, mostly from the MHP and affiliated political groups, were threatened in an environment of judicial inaction.
24 January 2025 Erol Önderoğlu
Kurdish film director Kazım Öz briefly detained over film
Kurdish film director Kazım Öz briefly detained over film
Öz was detained in an investigation into his film "Zer" for alleged "terrorist propaganda."
23 January 2025
Turkish nationalist leader arrested over remarks targeting Erdoğan
Turkish nationalist leader arrested over remarks targeting Erdoğan
Ümit Özdağ was initially taken into custody for "insulting the president." He was eventually arrested for "inciting the public into hatred and hostility."
22 January 2025
Journalists face prison over coverage of Kurdish reporters killed in northern Syria
Journalists face prison over coverage of Kurdish reporters killed in northern Syria
Two Kurdish journalists were killed in northern Syria last month. The prosecutors labeled them as “terrorists” and deemed the coverage of the events “terror propaganda.”
21 January 2025
Trustee appointed to DEM Party’s Akdeniz Municipality
Trustee appointed to DEM Party’s Akdeniz Municipality
According to the statement of the Interior Ministry, Akdeniz District Municipality Assembly Members Nuriye Arslan, Özgür Çağlar, Hikmet Bakırhan and Neslihan Oruç were also dismissed.
13 January 2025
Joint statement from 12 press organizations: “The press is free; it cannot be censored”
Joint statement from 12 press organizations: “The press is free; it cannot be censored”
Press organizations: “Our work conditions must be secured, the pressure of unemployment must cease”.
10 January 2025
Is RTÜK’s pressure on newspapers for YouTube licenses new threat to freedom of expression?
Hikmet Adal
reports
Is RTÜK’s pressure on newspapers for YouTube licenses new threat to freedom of expression?
Is RTÜK’s pressure on newspapers for YouTube licenses new threat to freedom of expression?
MLSA Co-Director Barış Altıntaş: “The license demanded from Cumhuriyet newspaper for its YouTube channel shows how hungry RTÜK is to expand its scope of inspection”.
10 January 2025 Hikmet Adal
Truth concealed through repression from all sides targeting journalists
Truth concealed through repression from all sides targeting journalists
The BİA Media Monitoring Report aims to pinpoint the specific tendencies in repression targeting journalists, and reveals how, in the detention of 31 journalists in the last 3 months, judiciary control measures have been abused, and although there are no longer legal grounds for it, censorship continues with brazen opportunism.
9 January 2025 Erol Önderoğlu
bianet Media Literacy Coalition holds first meeting of 2025
bianet Media Literacy Coalition holds first meeting of 2025
The first meeting for the year 2025 of the Media Literacy Coalition, organized within the scope of the “Our Media” project, of which the IPS Communication Foundation/bianet is a partner, was held online on January 6.
7 January 2025
Delegation to receive journalists’ remains kept waiting at Silopi
Delegation to receive journalists’ remains kept waiting at Silopi
The remains of journalists Nazım Daştan and Cihan Bilgin, who were killed in Syria, will be handed over at the Semelka Border Crossing between Syria and Iraq. However, the delegation from Turkey has not been allowed to pass into Iraq for 18 hours.
7 January 2025
MA, JINNEWS and Yeni Yaşam accounts withheld on X
MA, JINNEWS and Yeni Yaşam accounts withheld on X
The Dicle Fırat Journalists’ Association declared that “the decisions amount to censorship” and stated that they will be filing criminal complaints.
6 January 2025
Journalism amid male-state violence: Keep writing!
Medine Mamedoğlu
writes
Journalism amid male-state violence: Keep writing!
Journalism amid male-state violence: Keep writing!
The many challenges that come with being Kurdish, being a woman, and being a journalist—which my women colleagues will understand all too well—have not diminished in the past ten years.
22 December 2024 Medine Mamedoğlu
Dozens detained amid protests over Kurdish journalists killed in drone reported Turkish strike
Dozens detained amid protests over Kurdish journalists killed in drone reported Turkish strike
Nazım Daştan and Cihan Bilgin were killed while covering the clashes between Turkish-backed groups and the SDF.
20 December 2024
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