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Siege tightens around Turkey’s critical newsrooms ahead of election – Al-Monitor/Sibel Hurtas

"Government opponents fear Ankara will use all of its means to stifle unfavorable news and public debate ahead of crucial elections next year" reports...

Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, writers reject Turkey’s new ‘censorship’ bill – Al-Monitor/Nazlan Ertan

"Turkey’s main opposition has taken the newly enacted bill to the Constitutional Court for annulment, while Erdogan described the law he swiftly ratified as...

Turkey’s ‘disinformation’ bill to have pre-election ‘chilling effect,’ Europe watchdog says – Reuters

"Turkey's proposed "disinformation" bill threatens free speech and could further harm journalism ahead of next year's elections, a European rights watchdog's legal body said,...

Ecological Self-Governmentality in Kurdish Space at a Time of Neoliberal Authoritarianism- Engin SUSTAM

Sustam, E. (2021), ‘Ecological Self-Governmentality in Kurdish Space at a Time of Authoritarianism’, in Ecological Solidarity and the Kurdish Freedom Movement, Stephen E. Hunt...

Students most prosecuted in freedom of expression trials in Turkey – Duvar English

"Students constituted the majority of the people who stood trial in the freedom of expression cases in January in Turkey, according to a report...

 Jailed journalist Sedef Kabaş: Up to 12 years in prison – Bianet English

"Held in pre-trial detention for “insulting the President”, journalist Sedef Kabaş is now facing up to 12 years, 10 months in prison as the...

Turkish journalist ‘will not go unpunished’ for insult, says Erdoğan – Guardian

"Sedef Kabaş was arrested for posting comment allegedly about Turkey’s president to her 900,000 Twitter followers" reports Guardian. Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has promised...

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