Erdogan accused of McCarthy-style witchhunt 1 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, journalist, média, Milliyet, press freedom, Sabah, Star, Turkey, Yavuz Baydar
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The Times (UK) August 1, 2013 Thursday, p. 28
Alexander Christie-Miller
The Turkish authorities have been accused of organising a « McCarthystyle » witchhunt against dissenting journalists, with more than 60 forced from their jobs in recent weeks. (suite…)
Not just a bad day for journalism, but for Turkish democracy 30 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: journalist, press freedom, Turkey, Yavuz Baydar
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The Guardian (UK) July 30, 2013 Tuesday, p. 30
Yavuz Baydar *
Last week I was fired from my job as independent ombudsman for the Turkish daily newspaper Sabah, following the censoring of my column. (suite…)
How media bosses undermine democracy 21 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: democracy, Gezi Park, journalist, press freedom, Turkey, Yavuz Baydar
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The New York Times (USA) July 21, 2013, p. S24 Türkçe
By Yavuz Baydar *, Istanbul
The protests that convulsed Istanbul and other Turkish cities last month exposed, among many other things, the shameful role of Turkey’s media conglomerates in subverting press freedom. (suite…)
Turkey’s Press Freedom Crisis 22 octobre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Committee to Protect Journalists, journalist, press, press freedom, Turkey
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Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) October 2012, 53 p. Türkçe
A special report by the Committee to Protect Journalists
Turkish authorities are engaging in widespread criminal prosecution and jailing of journalists, and are applying other forms of severe pressure to promote self-censorship in the press, a CPJ analysis shows. (suite…)
EU attacks Turkey for curbs on press 11 octobre 2012
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: EU membership, European Commission, journalist, press freedom, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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Financial Times (UK) Thursday, October 11, 2012, p. 2
By Daniel Dombey in Istanbul and James Fontanella-Khan in Brussels
Report highlights jailing of journalists. Turkey is restricting freedom of the press by imprisoning journalists and banning websites and has failed to resolve concerns about the rule of law, the EU said yesterday in its hardesthitting report on the aspirant member state. (suite…)
Shadow force grows in Turkey 18 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ahmet Şık, Ergenekon, Fethullah Gülen, freedom of expression, Hanefi Avci, Islam, journalist, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey / Turquie
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International Herald Tribune (USA) Wednesday, April 18, 2012, p. 1
By Dan Bilefsky And Sebnem Arsu, Istanbul
When Ahmet Sik was jailed last year on charges of plotting to overthrow the government, he had little doubt that a secretive movement linked to a reclusive imam living in the United States was behind his arrest. (suite…)
Accused of Terrorism: Turkish Reporters Struggle Against Repression 20 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ahmet Şık, human rights, journalist, Nedim Şener, press, Turkey / Turquie
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Spiegel-Online (Germany) March 20, 2012
By Daniel Steinvorth
Turkey has sparked international criticism over its treatment of journalists who dare to criticize the government, with many jailed on terrorism charges. The recent release of prominent reporters may signal change, but more than 100 journalists are still imprisoned in the country, more than in China or Iran. (suite…)
Turkey: Verdict in Editor’s Death 18 janvier 2012
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Hrant Dink, journalist, sentences, Turkey / Turquie
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The New York Times (USA) Wednesday, January 18, 2012, p. A 7
By Sebnem Arsu, Istanbul
A Turkish court convicted one man on Tuesday of instigating the 2007 murder of a prominent editor, but acquitted all 19 suspects on charges of being members of a terrorist organization, rejecting claims that the murder was an act of conspiracy by an illegal network within the Turkish state. (suite…)
1000 Days 9 décembre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ahmet Şık, conviction, détention, Derya Sazak, Ergenekon, European Court of Human Rights, freedom of expression, Isil Karakas, journalist, judge, Mustafa Balbay, Nedim Şener, press, Turkey / Turquie
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BBC Monitoring Europe (UK) December 9, 2011 Friday Türkçe
by Derya Sazak, Milliyet, 1 December 2011
ECHR [European Court of Human Rights] Judge Isil Karakas has declared that Turkey has faced more convictions than any other country for « violations » associated with long detention periods and the freedoms of expression and the press, adding that Turkey is the worst state (suite…)
Is Turkey using the courts to silence critics? 24 novembre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ahmet Şık, Ergenekon, freedom of expression, journalist, Nedim Şener, Pelin Turgut, press, Turkey / Turquie
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Time.com (USA) Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011
By Pelin Turgut, Istanbul
Nine months after they were first detained, two well-known and internationally acclaimed Turkish investigative journalists finally appeared before a judge on Tuesday in a trial that has become a rallying point for critics of Turkey’s curbs on freedom of expression. (suite…)
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