Sectoral Situation

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed fines on digital platforms Netflix and local streaming application Exxen in addition to pro-opposition Halk TV, Fox TV and TELE1 due to their “immoral” and anti-government broadcasting.

The Ankara representative of the Habertürk daily has sparked outrage among press organizations, journalists and rights activists for angrily swatting a cameraman away due to a technical problem during a live interview with a mayor. The incident took place during...

RSF condemns the decision of the UK High Court ruling that Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States, where he faces possible life imprisonment for publishing information in the public interest.

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) welcomed the proposed EU Digital Services Act as a long overdue and crucial tool to create a safer, fairer and more accountable online environment. The journalists’ community believes that the DSA must be stronger in order...

One hundred two journalists appeared at hearings in their trials in Turkey from July to September, and 10 of them were sentenced to a total of 39 years, 11 months in prison, according to a report by the Expression Interrupted project, the Stockholm...

"I wish, we could hold this press conference to promote the books which are recently published. I wish none of the slogans which are written on these t-shirts were not real. Unfortunately, right here right now we talk about ‘guilty...

Süleyman Özışık, a pro-government journalist who was revealed back in May to be a mediator between notorious Turkish mob boss Sedat Peker and Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, has quit his job, local media reported on Friday.

On the occasion of the anniversary of the coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, the International Journalists Association (IJA) commemorates more than 100 colleagues who continue to be held in Turkish prisons for political reasons. The Erdogan regime...

A secret Turkish government document obtained by Nordic Monitor has revealed that Turkey privately acknowledged it had jailed dozens of journalists even though it stuck to the official line denying the imprisoning of any journalist. The document, dated July 2,...

The Turkish government continued to muzzle the press in 2020 in a variety of ways, including imprisoning journalists, eliminating media outlets, overseeing the purchase of media brands by pro-government conglomerates and using regulatory authorities to exert financial pressure.