Tag: journalists in turkey
Turkish court releases three journalists on trial for revealing state secrets
24th June 2020
Jun 24, 2020 ISTANBUL — Court proceedings began Wednesday for seven Turkish journalists accused of revealing state secrets in their coverage of a Turkish intelligence officer killed in Libya earlier this year. The journalists face ...
Turkish courts reopen to backlog of press freedom cases
16th June 2020
Jun 16, 2020 ISTANBUL — Images of people standing in long lines outside Istanbul’s Caglayan Courthouse filled social media streams in Turkey Tuesday as the nation’s courts reopened this week to a backlog of cases ...
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 ...