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Turkey's media watchdog notifies international news websites: 72 hours begin
RTÜK has notified the Voice of America, Deutsche Welle Türkçe and Euronews of its decision urging them to apply for a license. With the decision published on RTÜK’s website, the outlets have three days for application.
22 February 2022
Journalist Durket Süren handed prison sentence on 'propaganda' charges
The court has deferred the sentence and lifted the international travel ban on the journalist.
21 February 2022
RTÜK suspends program over comments on assassination in Northern Cyprus
Journalist Aysenur Aslan described the Turkish Resistance Organization as an "illegal entity known for assassinations" in Cyrus.
16 February 2022
Muharrem Sarıkaya returns to Habertürk after resigning for slapping journalist
Sarıkaya had to resign as the Ankara representative of Habertürk TV after slapping an agency reporter while interviewing the mayor of Antep.
14 February 2022
Turkey’s media watchdog RTÜK says it ‘stands up for pluralism, press freedom’
The Radio and Television Supreme Council has released a statement about its order to three international news websites to apply for a license: “RTÜK always stands up for pluralism, press freedom and free news covering of media organizations.”
14 February 2022
US State Department, VOA criticize Turkey over 'licensing obligation' for foreign news outlets
The Radio and Television Supreme Council gave 72 hours to Voice of America, Euronews and Deutsche Welle to apply for a license for their Turkish services.
11 February 2022
‘RTÜK head wants no news to be reported, no criticism to be leveled at government'
Media ombudsperson Faruk Bildirici has spoken to bianet about the inquiry launched by the Radio and Television Supreme Council against Halk TV and its order to three international news websites to apply for a license within 72 hours.
11 February 2022
Hikmet Adal
RTÜK orders international news websites to apply for a license within 72 hours
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), the media watchdog of Turkey, has given the Voice of America, Deutsche Welle and Euronews 72 hours to make an application for a license.
9 February 2022
What is possible for a media free of hate and disinformation?
IPS Communication Foundation/bianet met rights organizations and journalists to share the outputs of its works as part of the Resilience project, which has set out to help “a media free of hate and disinformation” come true.
7 February 2022
Turkey’s media watchdog RTÜK fines broadcasters over daytime TV shows
RTÜK member İlhan Taşçı from the main opposition CHP argues that the fine imposed on a daytime show presented by Esra Erol and broadcast by pro-government ATV is “for the show.” RTÜK has also fined Halk TV and TELE 1 news channels.
4 February 2022
'Only a beginning': The first media strike in 13 years ends in BBC journalists’ victory
BBC İstanbul Bureau employees have won the first media strike in Turkey in 13 years. The journalists will get a 32-percent wage increase and additional rights.
31 January 2022
Highest number of content removal orders in Turkey target news on corruption, irregularities
According to the report of the Media Research Association, at least 1,197 news articles faced orders of removal in a year. The websites of Cumhuriyet and BirGün newspapers and Oda TV news website faced the highest number of removal orders.
27 January 2022
The state of press freedom in Turkey: 18 journalists sentenced to prison in 3 months
According to a report published by Expression Interrupted, in the last quarter of 2021, 203 journalists appeared before the judge in 98 cases, which means on average, 70 journalists stood trial in more than 30 cases monthly during the reporting period.
27 January 2022
Atölye BİA training videos now online!
You may access the trilingual training videos on Rights-Based Journalism, News Photography, LGBTI+based Journalism and Freedom of Expression on atolyebia.org.
26 January 2022
BBC journalists continue Turkey's first media strike in 13 years
The strike continues amid cold and snow in İstanbul. We have visited the BBC journalists.
26 January 2022
Hikmet Adal
RTÜK fines TELE1 over arrested journalist's remarks on Erdoğan
Journalist Sedef Kabaş was arrested for "insulting the president" during a program on TELE1. The media regulatory body has fined TELE1 and Fox TV over remarks about the president.
24 January 2022
Journalists’ struggle for freedom, a glimmer of hope from the judiciary
In 2021, 35 journalists were sentenced to 92 years; at least 41 were detained. The “world’s worst jailer of journalists” for years, Turkey now relies more on “judicial control” against journalists while the turn to be detained has come to citizen journalists.
24 January 2022
Erol Önderoğlu,Sinem Aydınlı
Fox TV anchor responds to RTÜK probe over 'biased' comments
The head of Turkey's media regulatory body accused the anchor of "acting like an opposition leader," after which a probe was launched into Fox TV.
21 January 2022
Turkey’s media authority ‘phones broadcasters, warns against playing Sezen Aksu’s song’
RTÜK Vice Chair Uslu called music channels and “warned” them that they could face grave sanctions if they broadcast the song of Sezen Aksu, over which she has been facing threats and a criminal complaint for saying “...the ignorant Adam and Eve.”
21 January 2022
RTÜK Chair cites ‘impartiality’, media authority probes Fox TV
Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) Chair Şahin has announced that the RTÜK has launched an inquiry against Fox TV, saying that the remarks of Selçuk Tepeli about the government during the main news bulletin “violated impartiality”.
20 January 2022
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‘We are still waiting for justice to be done for Hrant Dink’
Tomorrow, January 19, marks the 15th year since journalist Hrant Dink was murdered. The Journalists’ Association of Turkey (TGC) and the Press Council have commemorated the late journalist by releasing statements for the press.
18 January 2022
We have lost Kalo!
My consolation is that they “could not intimidate” Yılmaz, they could not kill him; I mean, he was not defeated by the worst of the worst, the cancer of fascism. But the biological one has taken him away from us.
18 January 2022
Umut Ali Adalı
Journalist Meşale Tolu acquitted
Journalist-translator Meşale Tolu, a citizen of Germany on trial in Turkey, has been acquitted of the offenses charged in the trial where she was charged with “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” and “membership of a terrorist organization”.
17 January 2022
Disinformation and toxification of news
In the age of social media, disinformation threatens not only journalism but also the most fundamental right of people, the right to life.
14 January 2022
Pınar Tarcan
'Journalists strong when united': BBC Turkish goes on strike
While the official inflation rate is 36 percent in Turkey, BBC has offered a 20-percent pay rise to its employees in its İstanbul bureau, protests the Journalists' Union of Turkey (TGS). After 13 years, the first strike has begun in the press sector in Turkey.
14 January 2022
Twitter removes singer Leman Sam’s racist tweet
Twitter has removed singer Leman Sam’s tweet which has sparked harsh criticism on social media for saying “ignoble Arabs”.
14 January 2022
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Journalist covering Enes Kara’s death removed from office as managing editor
While newspaper’s Managing Editor Faik Akgün has been removed from office, the news report titled “Unable to withstand religious community’s pressure, he committed suicide” has been removed from the website.
13 January 2022
Journalist threatened after reporting on alleged child abuse by security officers in Van
"Children who are victims of abuse are seen as 'terrorists' while the perpetrators present themselves as 'patriots' and wear the armor of impunity," a lawyer has said.
11 January 2022
The hate of the Fourth Estate
At the media outlets within holdings, there emerges a publication policy close to the ideology of the dominant political power, which leads the hate speech towards the group portrayed as an enemy by the political power to be visible in the media.
11 January 2022
Eren Topuz
Survey: More than 70 percent of journalists struggle to make ends meet
More than 85 percent of journalists apply self-censorship and are concerned that they might get into legal trouble because of their reports.
10 January 2022
Both gains and concerns in journalists’ rights!
In the last quarter of 2021, at least 214 journalists appeared before the judge in 81 court cases in Turkey, facing 23 different charges. At least 62 were charged with “organization membership” and 14 “terror propaganda.” Happy Working Journalists Day!
10 January 2022
Erol Önderoğlu,Sinem Aydınlı
Where does hate speech stand, where does freedom of expression?
Considering hate speech outside the limits of freedom of expression is an example of the limitations on freedom of expression. This differentiation may be considered to indicate that the state is authorized to limit freedom of expression.
10 January 2022
Nazan Özcan
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