May 28, 2018 Numan Kurtulmuş Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey İsmet İnönü Bulvarı No:32 06100 Emek Ankara, Turkey Abdulhamit Gül Minister of Justice Kızılay Mahallesi, Milli Müdafa Cd., 06420 Çankaya/Ankara, Turkey Cc: Turkish National Commission for UNESCO Dear Prof. Dr. Numan Kurtulmuş and Minister Abdulhamit Gül, We, the undersigned cultural […]

After a trial lasting 17 months, with independent journalism in the dock, Cumhuriyet journalists and executives were sentenced to between 2 and 8 years.

By BARIŞ ALTINTAŞ / Kurdish reporter faces up to 15 years in prison for journalistic work

May 12 marks the two-year anniversary of the detention of Kurdish photo-journalist Nedim Türfent.  Nedim was covering news stories near Diyarbakır in 2016 after the Turkish-Kurdish peace process had broken down and the Turkish army was waging an offensive in the cities of Sur, Cizre and Diyarbakır.  His article for shuttered DİCLE news agency entiteld: […]