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September 14, 2021

Turkey: CFWIJ condemns requested prison sentence against Jin News editor Roza Metina

September 14, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: CFWIJ condemns requested prison sentence against Jin News editor Roza Metina

The second hearing of the case against Jin News Kurdish editor Roza Metina was held today in Diyarbakır.

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September 14, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Legal Harassment, Legal Persecution
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, kadın gazeteci, türkiye, Legal persecution, trial, terror charges, Turkish judiciary, baseless charges, dava, Roza Metina, Diyarbakır, Diyarbakır 5. Ağır Ceza Mahkemesi
September 14, 2021

Turkey: CFWIJ demands authorities to end legal harassment against Buse Söğütlü

September 14, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: CFWIJ demands authorities to end legal harassment against Buse Söğütlü

The fourth hearing of the trial against Gazete Yolculuk reporter Buse Söğütlü on terrorism charges was held today.

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September 14, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Legal Harassment, Legal Persecution
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, kadın gazeteci, türkiye, Legal persecution, Buse Söğütlü, trial, terror charges, counter-terrorism code, Turkish judiciary, baseless charges, İstanbul 32. Ağır Ceza Mahkemesi, Akın Gürlek, dava
September 06, 2021

Turkey: Another police violence against women journalists - CFWIJ demands an immediate end to repression

September 06, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: Another police violence against women journalists - CFWIJ demands an immediate end to repression

At least five women journalists were impeded by the police forces while following September 1 World Peace Day demonstration in Istanbul.

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September 06, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Attacked in the field
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, kadın gazeteci, türkiye, Eylem Nazlıer, Pınar Gayıp, Zeynep Kuray, Özgür Gelecek, Sevda Erkılıç, Artı TV, Merve Çakmakçı, Attacked in the field, Police Violence
September 01, 2021

Turkey: CFWIJ condemns the new investigation against journalist Öznur Değer

September 01, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: CFWIJ condemns the new investigation against journalist Öznur Değer

An investigation was launched against Jinnews reporter Öznur Değer regarding her posts and stories about the assassination of seven people in the same family in Konya.

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September 01, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Legal Harassment, Legal Persecution
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, kadın gazeteci, Legal harassment, türkiye, yargı, dava, soruşturma, terror charges, spreading propaganda, trial, Ankara 4. Ağır Ceza Mahkemesi, Öznur Değer, Jinnews
September 01, 2021

Turkey: CFWIJ condemns the new lawsuit against journalist Derya Okatan

September 01, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: CFWIJ condemns the new lawsuit against journalist Derya Okatan

Ankara 4th High Criminal Court accepted the indictment from 2019, which was accusing journalist Derya Okatan on the charge of "spreading propaganda for an organization in a chain".

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September 01, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Legal Harassment, Legal Persecution
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, kadın gazeteci, Derya Okatan, Legal harassment, türkiye, yargı, dava, soruşturma, terror charges, spreading propaganda, Ankara, trial, Ankara 4. Ağır Ceza Mahkemesi
August 13, 2021

Turkey: CFWIJ condemns prison sentence against journalist Hikmet Tunç – Journalism is Not a Crime

August 13, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: CFWIJ condemns prison sentence against journalist Hikmet Tunç – Journalism is Not a Crime

Jin News reporter Hikmet Tunç was sentenced to eight months and 22 days in prison as a result of the trial against her over her coverage.

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August 13, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Legal Harassment, Legal Persecution
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, kadın gazeteci, Hikmet Tunç, Van, hakaret davası, Defamation, Defamation case, insult, prison sentence, hapis cezası
August 13, 2021

Turkey: CFWIJ demands immediate release of journalist Beritan Canözer

August 13, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: CFWIJ demands immediate release of journalist Beritan Canözer

Jin news reporter Beritan Canözer was detained this morning after the police raided her home.

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August 13, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Detainment
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, kadın gazeteci, targeting journalist, Beritan Canözer, Detention, Diyarbakır, police raid, operasyon, polis baskını
August 12, 2021

Turkey: CFWIJ condemns security forces violation of the journalists Büşra Taşkıran and Seda Taşkın's right to report

August 12, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: CFWIJ condemns security forces violation of the journalists Büşra Taşkıran and Seda Taşkın's right to report

Journalists Büşra Taşkıran and Seda Taşkın were barred with the police force driving them away from covering the racist events against refugees in Ankara.

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August 12, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Intimidation, Physical Assault
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, kadın gazeteci, targeting journalist, Police Violence, Büşra Taşkıran, Seda Taşkın, racism, Intimidation, racist attack, Syrians, refugees, Ankara, Önder Mahallesi, Altındağ, ırkçı saldırı, Suriyeliler, mülteciler
August 11, 2021

Turkey: Journalist Sarya Toprak's was obstructed from reporting the affectees of wildfire, by the minister of environment. CFWIJ condemns this impediment by the authorities.

August 11, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: Journalist Sarya Toprak's was obstructed from reporting the affectees of wildfire, by the minister of environment. CFWIJ condemns this impediment by the authorities.

BirGün Newspaper reporter Sarya Toprak was impeded by the ministry of Environment and Urbanization.

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August 11, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Intimidation
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, kadın gazeteci, targeting journalist, Sarya Toprak, Intimidation, State harassment, Minister of Environment and Urbanization, Murat Kurum, Çevre ve Şehircilik Bakanı, Marmaris, yangın, wildfires, orman yangınları, Police Violence
August 11, 2021

Turkey: CFWIJ stands in solidarity with journalist Evrim Kepenek

August 11, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: CFWIJ stands in solidarity with journalist Evrim Kepenek

A man accused of child abuse lodges a police complaint against Bianet editor Evrim Kepenek, who revealed the abuse with her coverage.

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August 11, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Legal Harassment
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, kadın gazeteci, targeting journalist, Evrim Kepenek, Bianet, Legal harassment, lodged complain, çocuk istismarı, zanlı Refik Y., filing complaint, Rize
August 06, 2021

Turkey: CFWIJ condemns accreditation barrier against journalists

August 06, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: CFWIJ condemns accreditation barrier against journalists

Journalists Dilek Gül and Gülşah İnce, who were covering wildfires in Turkey, faced an accreditation barrier by the security forces.

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August 06, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Impeded At Work
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, kadın gazeteci, online attack, targeting journalist, Dilek Gül, Gülşah İnce, Accreditation revoked, accreditation, wildfires, discrimination, ban, orman yangınları, sansür, akreditasyon
August 04, 2021

Turkey: Journalist Berna Kişin deliberately targeted by a pro-government media outlet, CFWIJ condemns this vicious attack

August 04, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: Journalist Berna Kişin deliberately targeted by a pro-government media outlet, CFWIJ condemns this vicious attack

Journalist Berna Kişin was deliberately targeted by the pro-government Memleket Newspaper, following her coverage of the assassination of seven people in the same family in Konya.

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August 04, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Online Harassment, Organizational Harassment
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, kadın gazeteci, online attack, Online Harassment, Berna Kişin, Dedeoğulları ailesi, targeting journalist
August 03, 2021

Turkey: CFWIJ condemns police brutality against journalist Büşra Taşkıran

August 03, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: CFWIJ condemns police brutality against journalist Büşra Taşkıran

Journalist Büşra Taşkıran was physically assaulted with police force while following the women’s protest.

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August 03, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Physical Assault
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, Physical Assault, kadın gazeteci, Ankara, Büşra Taşkıran, kadın eylemi, Ankara Kadın Platformu, Azra Gülendam Haytaoğlu, Emine Gökkız, femicide, kadın cinayetleri
August 03, 2021

Turkey: CFWIJ condemns the heinous attack on journalists, demands perpetrators be found

August 03, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: CFWIJ condemns the heinous attack on journalists, demands perpetrators be found

Six journalists, three of whom were women, were physically assaulted by a group of men.

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August 03, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Physical Assault
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, Derya Saadet, Ceylan Bulut, Rojin Altay, Physical Assault, Sendika.Org, group assault, Konya, Istanbul, Fiziksel şiddet, darp, kadın gazeteci
July 28, 2021

Turkey: CFWIJ demands action to end police brutality against journalists

July 28, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: CFWIJ demands action to end police brutality against journalists

CFWIJ demands an end to the systematic police violence that deliberately targets journalists in Turkey.

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July 28, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Attacked in the field, Physical Assault, Press Freedom
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, polis şiddeti, police violence, sahada şiddet, fiziksel şiddet, Physical Assault, police brutality, Police raid, Attacked in the field, Turkey petition
July 22, 2021

Turkey: CFWIJ condemns hate speech and online threats against journalists Canan Kaya and Nevşin Mengü

July 22, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: CFWIJ condemns hate speech and online threats against journalists Canan Kaya and Nevşin Mengü

Independent journalists Canan Kaya and Nevşin Mengü were targeted for being funded by international organisations after the refugee discussions were flared up in Turkey.

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July 22, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Online Harassment, Organizational Harassment
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, Canan Kaya, Nevşin Mengü, Online Trolling, Online Harassment, Racist attack, hate speech
July 20, 2021

Turkey: CFWIJ condemns deliberate police brutality against women journalists

July 20, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: CFWIJ condemns deliberate police brutality against women journalists

Police attacked the gathering to commemorate those who lost their lives in the Suruç Massacre in Istanbul. At least eight female journalists were also deliberately targetted and beaten with force.

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July 20, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Physical Assault
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, Suruç Massacre, police attack, police brutality, Police violence, state of violence, tear gas, plastic bullet, Fatoş Erdoğan, Sultan Eylem Keleş, Eylem Nazlıer, Meral Danyıldız, Zeynep Kuray, Yağmur Kaya, Dilara Şenkaya, karde
July 14, 2021

Turkey: Journalist Ceren Sözeri's trial adjourned again due to the judge's leave

July 14, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: Journalist Ceren Sözeri's trial adjourned again due to the judge's leave

The fourth hearing of the case against Evrensel Newspaper columnist Ceren Sözeri was adjourned due to the judge’s leave.

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July 14, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Legal Harassment
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, Legal harassment, trial, Trial, Defamation case, compensation, excessive charges, Evrensel
July 14, 2021

Turkey: Trial of journalists Semiha Şahin and Pınar Gayip adjourned for the 14th time – Journalists must be acquitted immediately

July 14, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: Trial of journalists Semiha Şahin and Pınar Gayip adjourned for the 14th time – Journalists must be acquitted immediately

The trial of Etkin News Agency (ETHA) editor Semiha Şahin and reporter Pınar Gayip have tried was postponed for the 14th time.

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July 14, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Legal Harassment
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, Legal harassment, trial, Trial, Semiha Şahin, Pınar Gayıp, terror related charges, house arrest, adjourned trial, imprisoned journalists
July 09, 2021

Turkey: Sedef Kabaş's trial adjourned for the sixth time – Journalist must be acquitted immediately

July 09, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism
Turkey: Sedef Kabaş's trial adjourned for the sixth time – Journalist must be acquitted immediately

The fifth hearing of the trial against journalist Sedef Kabaş and 38 people on charges of "damaging the economy" was postponed for the sixth time.

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July 09, 2021/ Coalition for Women in Journalism/
Legal Harassment
Türkiye, 2021, press freedom, Journalists rights, July, July 2021, Turkey, Legal harassment, Sedef Kabaş, trial, Trial, Bloomberg
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  • In The News/
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