Tag: Journalism
Kurdish journalist hits out after unlawful detention in Turkey
12th April 2021
KURDISH journalist Beritan Canozer has hit out after saying she was “unlawfully detained” for four days in Turkey last week after covering a demonstration held last November opposing violence against women. She spoke to the ...
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Turkey accused of censoring independent journalism and free speech with law restricting social media
23rd July 2020
FREEDOM of speech came under further attack in Turkey today when the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) outlined legislation placing serious restrictions on social media. Ozlem Zengin, deputy chair of the AKP parliamentary group, denied ...
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Levent Gultekin, a columnist and host for Turkey’s Halk TV channel, was assaulted outside his workplace in Istanbul Monday evening by about 25 assailants. Surveillance camera footage shared by Halk TV shows Gultekin approaching the channel’s ...