CPJ urges the authorities in Turkey to take seriously the death threats targeting TV journalist Özlem Gürses for her work and to provide her with adequate protection. The journalist said she has filed a complaint and requested police protection.
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The Turkish authorities must immediately release journalists Kenan Şener, Sergen Ölçer and Mehlika Bilen, who are currently in police custody for reporting on the İncirlik Air Base in southeastern Turkey, which hosts US troops. Journalism is not a crime.
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“Journalists are being killed in record numbers at a time when access to information is more important than ever. We are all at risk when journalists are killed for reporting the news.” — CPJ CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social
Read CPJ’s #2025KilledReport: cpj.org?p=553549
cpj.org?p=566416 Arresting a journalist for critical comments alone is a message meant to intimidate the news media, attempting to scare them from reporting on and offering commentary about politics. Uludağ must be freed immediately.
U2 has named the CPJ one of three charitable partners it is supporting as it launches “Days Of Ash” — a self-contained collection of five new songs and a poem inspired by the “many extraordinary and courageous people fighting on the front lines of freedom.”
🎵Learn more: cpj.org/2026/02/u2-s...
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“Turkish authorities keep arresting Furkan Karabay — once every year since 2023 — for reasons directly linked to his professional work,” said Özgür Öğret, CPJ’s Turkey representative. “This vengeance is a cautionary tale for critical journalists."
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Gazeteci Furkan Karabay İBB soruşturması kapsamında gözaltına alındı
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Journalists covering pro-Kurdish protests detained in Turkey cpj.org?p=555884
Gazetecileri Koruma Komitesi'nin (CPJ) 2025 Hapishane Sayımı raporu bugün yayınlandı. 1 Aralık itibariyle en çok gazetecinin hapiste olduğu ilk üç ülke sırasıyla #Çin, #Myanmar ve #İsrail idi. Onları #Rusya,#Belarus ve #Azerbaycan izledi. cpj.org/special-repo...
#RaphaëlBoukandoura has lived in Turkey since 2015 and has a professional working permit, as he stated in his testimony to an Istanbul court in Turkish. Turkish authorities should immediately release the reporter and allow the media to work freely. #Journalismisnotacrime
Authorities in #Istanbul, #Turkey, took #French freelancer Raphaël Boukandoura into custody as he was following a rally by the pro-Kurdish DEM Party on January 19, and transferred him to a deportation center today, his lawyers told CPJ. tr.euronews.com/2026/01/20/d...
Bugünün umudu: Türkiye'den ve/ya dünyanın herhangi bir yerinden, herhangi bir konuda bir tane "iyi haber" almak istiyorum.
Yeni raporumuz "Dijital İtaat Rejimi" yayımlandı!
Raporda, "sıfır" talep aldığını beyan eden LinkedIn'in kendi küresel veri tabanında aynı dönemde Türk hükümetinden gelen taleplere %100 oranında işlem yaptığını belirttiği tespit edildi. ifade.org.tr/reports/Sosy...
CPJ was joined by 80 other rights groups and journalists in expressing concern over the continued detention of Sudanese journalist Muammar Ibrahim by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and calling for his release and protection. cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
CPJ is grateful to honor every journalist who has been killed since we began keeping records 3+ decades ago, with the Memorial Gallery at Syracuse University. Since the opening, our hearts are full to see the loved ones of journalists on the wall who have been able to visit. #2025Highlights
Bir mizahçıya gülünmeyecekse bu komik bulunmadığı için olacak (misal: 90'lardan beri komik olmayan C.Yılmaz & artık espri yapamayıp ancak kendini övebilen D.Chapelle gibi muadilleri). Fakat bu tercihler sizin "mizah şudur-bu değildir" diye parmak sallamanızla şekillenmeyecek.
Join us in Washington D.C. 🎬 CPJ is proud to support "#ArmedOnlyWithACamera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud” with a screening and panel discussion featuring CPJ’s U.S. Advocacy Representative @zerdeh.bsky.social, at the Georgetown University Film Festival.
🗓️ Dec. 5 | 11AM ET
CPJ welcomes today's release in Turkey of court reporter Furkan Karabay, despite his conviction by an Istanbul court, and calls on Turkish authorities not to oppose his appeal. This is Karabay's third arrest in recent years. bianet.org/haber/gazete...
🔵 Furkan Karabay’a tahliye
Mahkeme bugün görülen ilk duruşmanın sonunda tutuklu gazeteci Karabay hakkında 3 suçlamadan toplam 4 yıl 3 ay hapis cezasına hükmetti.
Mahkeme ayrıca cezaevinde kaldığı süre göz önünde bulundurularak Karabay’ın tahliyesine karar verdi.
“Finding Fatih Altaylı guilty of threatening the president is not only a misguided verdict but an open call for self-censorship by the country’s entire news media,” said Özgür Öğret, CPJ’s Turkey representative. cpj.org?p=540753
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined the International Press Institute and six other press freedom and human rights organizations in the seventh year of a joint press freedom mission to #Ankara, #Turkey. cpj.org/2025/11/cpj-...
Türkiye’de geriye kalan son birkaç eleştirel kanallardan birine el koymak ve Gazeteci Merdan Yanardağ’ı muğlak bir casusluk suçlamasıyla tutuklamak Türkiye’nin basın özgürlüğü siciline ağır bir darbe indirmiştir. cpj.org?p=532840
Turkish authorities should release TELE1 chief editor Merdan Yanardağ and withdraw the order to assign a trustee to seize control of the outlet, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. cpj.org?p=532694
#SONDAKİKA | TELE1'e kayyum atandı!
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Join our team! CPJ is currently #hiring a Program Coordinator for the Levant to play a central operational role in advancing CPJ’s mission in the sub-region. This is a remote position and fluency in Arabic and English is required.
🗓️ Deadline is Oct. 31
Apply: cpjorg.bamboohr.com/careers/91
“Yasadışı bir grup veya siyasi bir cinayet davası üzerine haber yapmak suç olmamalı. Yetkililer Değer ve Aranca’nın temyizlerine itiraz etmemeli ve gazetecileri işlerini yaptıkları için dava etmeye bir son vermeliler.”
Türkiye’de 2 gazeteci haberlerinden dolayı suçlu bulundu cpj.org?p=532057 CPJ’in Türkiye Temsilcisi Özgür Öğret: “JİNNEWS yöneticisi Öznur Değer ve T24 muhabiri Asuman Aranca’nın mahkemelerce suçlu bulunmaları istenmeyen kararlar ama ne yazık ki beklenmedik değiller” dedi.
CPJ calls on the international community to pressure Israel to immediately lift all restrictions preventing journalists from entering Gaza, after the Supreme Court granted the state an additional 30 days to respond to a petition challenging the two-year ban on entry.
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CPJ’s EU Advocacy Manager @at-tgibson.bsky.social joined Ramla Dahmani this week at the European Parliament plenary in Strasbourg to advocate for the release of her sister, jailed Tunisian lawyer + journalist Sonia Dahmani. The EU must act now to advocate for Sonia’s release. cpj.org/tags/sonia-d...
