Many journalists in Turkey are being persecuted and kept in jail all over the country. Journalism is not a crime. Free them all. NAME-SURNAME INSTITUTUION POSITION Abdulkadir Turay Dicle News Agency (DİHA) Reporter Adnan Bilen Mesopotamia News Agency (MA) Reporter Ahmet Altan Taraf Newspaper Editor-in-Chef / Columnist Ahmet Feyzullah Ozyurt Cihan News Agency Reporter Ahmet…
Ayşegül Doğan has become the latest journalist in Turkey who was sentenced to prison by a court in a controversial case condemned by human rights groups. The 9th Penal Court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır convicted Doğan on Dec. 7 for “establishing and managing an armed organization,” sentencing her to six years and three…
Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) has depicted a grim picture with a special report that was published on World Press Freedom Day. The report was authored by TGS legal and labor experts Ülkü Şahin, İlyas Coşkun and Beste Dönmez Gedek to record the press freedom violations in Turkey from April 2019 to April 2020. According…
The Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) has organized nationwide demonstrations to protest the latest wave of arrests targeting newsroom managers and reporters of critical news outlets. The protests led by the TGS were held in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Adana and Diyarbakir provinces on March 10 under the title “Journalism Is Not a Crime”. 28 journalists…
Dear Mr. Gingras, Vice President of News at Google As the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS), we are saddened that Demiroren Group has been selected by Google News Initiative (GNI) as the only media outlet from Turkey which will be funded through GNI Innovation Challenges. TGS is the oldest and largest trade union organization for…
Tim Dawson traveled to Turkey from November 27-30 2019 to observe and monitor journalists trials as well as participate in an International Conference within the framework of the “Journalism is not a crime” EU-funded project implemented by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the Turkish Journalists Union (TGS).…
The Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) has vowed to fight against Hurriyet newspaper’s “illegal” decision to fire 45 of its unionized employees. TGS President Gokhan Durmus stressed during a press conference with more than a dozen Hurriyet journalists at TGS Academy in Istanbul on Nov. 6 that the firings violated Turkey’s Constitution and labor laws.…
Turkey’s Hurriyet newspaper has fired 45 of its employees, including several senior journalists, in an unprecedented move that triggered an outrage among press freedom advocates. Most of the managing editors, reporters and other personnel who were laid off received the notice on Oct. 31, which was delivered to their homes while they were still working…
The Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) has elected the members of its new board with a vow to keep defending the freedom of the press. The union’s 22nd Congress was held at its headquarters in Istanbul on Oct. 5-6. 82 delegates that represent 1,450 members voted in the election for the new board, which will…
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), which is the largest organization of journalists in Europe, representing over 320,000 journalists in 72 journalists’ organizations across 45 countries, has elected Turkish delegate Mustafa Kuleli to its Steering Committee with the highest number of votes. Journo editor-in-chief and Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) executive Kuleli received 113 votes…