By MELTEM AKYOL / Turkey journalist describes life in solitary confinement for the ‘crime’ of journalism

The latest police raid on pro-Kurdish newspaper Özgürlükçü Demokrasi raises questions about the future of independent media in Turkey and underlines the disproportionate pressure on Kurdish media in the country as well as irregularities in the legal system. On March 28, Özgürlükçü Demokrasi’s central office in Istanbul and the building of printing press Gün Matbaa, […]

By BARIŞ İNCE / BirGün editor-in-chief Barış İnce on how independent journalism can stay alive in Turkey

The undersigned international press freedom groups call on Turkish authorities to immediately release the 12 printworkers and staff arrested on March 28 at the premises and print works of the newspaper Özgürlükçü Demokrasi and the further 15 staff taken into custody after home raids on the morning of March 29, 2018. Authorities must also restore […]