Turkey Arrests Journalists Academic For Terror Propaganda Wsj Several press freedom and human rights organisations have condemned the arrests, calling on turkish authorities to release the journalists and drop the charges. The 31st hearing in the trial of 23 people, including etha editor İsminaz temel and its former reporter havva cuştan, on charges of “membership in a terrorist organization” and “terrorism propaganda,” was held at the İstanbul 27th high criminal court on 22 october 2025.
Press Freedoms Watchdog Slams Turkish Government Cnn We, the undersigned, condemn the issuance of this arrest warrant targeting türfent for acts of protected speech and for his work as a journalist. speaking to index on censorship in 2023 about his persecution, türfent said: “my journalism was then declared a ‘crime’.”. A turkish court has decided to place three turkish journalists, including a local representative of reporters without borders, on pretrial arrest over charges of disseminating "terrorist propaganda," according to the press freedom rights group and turkish media reports. The turkish authorities use a range of tools – including arrests, forced takeovers and regulatory pressure – to silence critical voices. The turkish government intensified its crackdown on the media in the first quarter of 2025, jailing 25 journalists and launching dozens of prosecutions, turkish minute reported, citing a new report by expression interrupted, a press freedom monitoring group.
Turkey Releases 4 Jailed Journalists Pending Trial S End Cnn The turkish authorities use a range of tools – including arrests, forced takeovers and regulatory pressure – to silence critical voices. The turkish government intensified its crackdown on the media in the first quarter of 2025, jailing 25 journalists and launching dozens of prosecutions, turkish minute reported, citing a new report by expression interrupted, a press freedom monitoring group. Prosecutors in yüksekova, a district in turkey’s southeastern hakkari province near the iraqi and iranian borders, have issued an arrest warrant for journalist nedim türfent on charges of “spreading terrorist propaganda” based on four posts he shared on social media. Turkish authorities on monday (20 june) arrested three prominent campaigners for press freedom, including the local representative of reporters without borders (rsf), on charges of. The journalists were on trial for joining a public protest in istanbul last year, held in response to the killing of two kurdish journalists in northern syria, where turkey was carrying out drone strikes. International free expression, media freedom, human rights and journalists’ organisations are deeply alarmed by reports that an arrest warrant has been issued for the kurdish writer, journalist and poet nedim türfent on the charge of “disseminating propaganda in favor of a terrorist organization”.
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