TRFreePress

This is an account representing a voluntary initiative, established by a group of journalists in solidarity with colleagues in jail.

[TRFreePress @TRFreePress]

Turkey has fallen 67 steps in the @Reporters Without Borders @RSF_inter Press Freedom Index since 2002, ranked 159th among 180 countries in 2025.
The # of journalists in jail fluctuates, oppression diversifies.

#GazetecileriSusturamazsınız
#GazeteciliğiSorgulatmayız

[Barış Pehlivan @barispehlivan]

Devlet devletse bu yaratığı hemen bulsun.

[Jonathan Cook @Jonathan_K_Cook]

Raffi Berg, the BBC's online Middle East editor, is suing Owen Jones for publishing an investigation in which numerous BBC whistleblowers accused him of skewing news in Israel’s favour.

Here Berg tells an interviewer that “as a Jewish person and admirer of the state of Israel” he gets “goosebumps” of pride hearing about operations by the Israeli spy agency Mossad.

On the wall behind Berg is a framed letter sent him by Benjamin Netanyahu. He counts at least one former Mossad agent as a close friend.

The BBC strictly demands public neutrality from even lowly news staff. Gary Lineker, who was a football commentator, repeatedly got into hot water for expressing political opinions.

But Berg appears untouchable. He continues to have the full backing of BBC execs, even as he has exposed himself as a fanboy of Israel – his actual area of news responsibility.

There is not even the pretence of objectivity. And yet no one in BBC management cares. What does that tell us?

[Haberin Var Mı? @HVMinisiyatifi]

#AltanÖymen 1932-2025 🖤

Basın özgürlüğü için kalem tutan nice gazeteci bugün gözaltında, tutuklu.
Onlar gerçeği savunurken, gazeteciliğin çınarı Altan Öymen'i kaybettik.

O, özgür basının onurlu sesi; bizlere düşense bu sesi susturmamak.

[TRFreePress @TRFreePress]

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH❗
We stand witness to @timursoykan’s journalism. Repressions, detentions and arrests will never intimidate us, journalists!
We will always defend the public right to information, freedom of expression and independent journalism!
Release Timur AT ONCE❗

[IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media @globalfreemedia]

@metinyoksu @fatihaltayli @nedim_turfent @halktvcomtr @tele1comtr @szctelevizyonu @altansancarr @MAturkce @ZeynepDurguut (8/8) Access to the X account of @kaosgl, a leading LGBT+ news outlet, was blocked right after Pride marches in Istanbul and Ankara.
https://t.co/12xgkKzAYv

[IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media @globalfreemedia]

@metinyoksu @fatihaltayli @nedim_turfent @halktvcomtr @tele1comtr @szctelevizyonu @altansancarr (7/8) @MAturkce reporter @ZeynepDurguut received threats from a key case defendant after publishing an investigative report about a criminal case in Şırnak.
https://t.co/Z7IjL9EHXX

[IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media @globalfreemedia]

@metinyoksu @fatihaltayli @nedim_turfent @halktvcomtr @tele1comtr @szctelevizyonu @altansancarr (6/8) Journalist Berivan Kutlu faces terrorism-related charges over her live coverage from the earthquake zone right after the February 6, 2023 earthquakes in southeastern Turkey.
https://t.co/tTAlA3AjEh

[IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media @globalfreemedia]

@metinyoksu @fatihaltayli @nedim_turfent @halktvcomtr @tele1comtr @szctelevizyonu (5/8) Journalist @altansancarr faces an investigation under disinformation law over a social media post about a potential trustee appointment to CHP, amid investigations into the party’s congress.
https://t.co/15CreAri0B

[IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media @globalfreemedia]

@metinyoksu @fatihaltayli @nedim_turfent (4/8) RTÜK imposed a 10-day broadcast ban on @halktvcomtr, while @tele1comtr, @halktvcomtr, and @szctelevizyonu received monetary fines. All stations now face the risk of license cancellation if further penalties are issued.
https://t.co/C0VPJzstdT

[IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media @globalfreemedia]

@metinyoksu @fatihaltayli (3/8) A new arrest warrant was issued for journalist @nedim_turfent over alleged “terror propaganda”. Türfent is being investigated for social media posts, some of which were already used in his earlier conviction.
https://t.co/fqOeHS3ctj

[IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media @globalfreemedia]

@metinyoksu (2/8) Journalist @fatihaltayli was arrested over his political commentary during a YouTube live broadcast.
https://t.co/6O0VdTgxJt

[IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media @globalfreemedia]

(1/8) Journalist @metinyoksu was arrested at the courthouse, where he went to give his statement for an investigation that had already led to the jailing of three other journalists on terrorism charges. His home was raided two weeks ago while he was away.
https://t.co/ptiMOz0jos

[IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media @globalfreemedia]

#Turkey: Two journalists were arrested, four face prosecution, one was threatened, and multiple media outlets were censored or face shutdown risks. Here’s our weekly round-up of #pressfreedom developments in the country. 🧵

[Info Libertaire @infoLibertaire]

TURQUIE. Mandat d’arrêt émis contre le journaliste kurde Nedim Türfent https://t.co/rNYPg43pVP

[Nedim Türfent @nedim_turfent]

ULUSLARARASI PEN: DERİN ENDİŞE DUYMAKTAYIZ

Bluesky hesabından açıklama yapan Uluslararası PEN, “Gazeteci, şair ve PEN Onursal üyesi Nedim Türfent hakkında terör propagandası yaptığı gerekçesiyle yakalama kararı çıkarıldığı yönündeki haberlerden derin endişe duymaktayız” ifadelerini kullandı.

[Internationale Gesellschaft für Menschenrechte @IGFM_DE]

Die türkische Justiz verfolgt auch ehemalige politische Gefangene weiter.

Nedim Türfent wurde für Posts auf dieser Plattform (X) angeklagt, es wurde ein Haftbefehl gegen ihn erlassen.

Es zeigt, dass #Pressefreiheit und #Meinungsfreiheit in der #Türkei weiterhin massiv eingeschränkt sind.

Die in weiten Teilen gleichgeschaltete Justiz macht auch vor im Ausland lebenden Bürgern keinen Halt.

Das AKP-Erdogan-Regime bricht seit vielen Jahren auf massive Art und Weise sämtliche rechtliche Grundsätze und verfolgt Regimekritiker, Minderheiten und Oppositionelle brutal.

[Amnesty International Kogruppe Türkei @Amnesty_Tuerkei]

❗️
Haftbefehl gegen den Journalisten #NedimTürfent

Die Generalstaatsanwaltschaft des Bezirks Yüksekova in Hakkari erließ einen Haftbefehl gegen den Journalisten Nedim Türfent wegen „Propaganda für eine terroristische Organisation“. 👇
Vorwurf: Nachrichten auf sein X-Konto

[MLSA @mlsaturkey]

📌 Arrest warrant issued for journalist Nedim Türfent

The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office of Yüksekova district in Hakkari has issued an arrest warrant for journalist @nedim_turfent on charges of “making terrorist propaganda.”

Türfent, who is currently in Germany as part of an international freedom of expression organization’s guest writer program, is being accused over news-related posts and retweets he shared on his X account at different times. Notably, some of these posts had also been used as evidence in his previous case, for which he served a prison sentence.

Previously, the Hakkari 2nd High Criminal Court sentenced Türfent to 8 years and 9 months in prison for what the court described in its reasoning as “producing disturbing news.” Türfent was detained for 6 years and 7 months between May 12, 2016, and November 29, 2022, before being released after completing his sentence.

[MLSA @mlsaturkey]

📌 Gazeteci Metin Yoksu tutuklama talebiyle mahkemeye sevk edildi

Bu sabah ifade vermek üzere Batman Adliyesi’ne giden gazeteci Metin Yoksu, Artvin merkezli soruşturma kapsamında tutuklama talebiyle mahkemeye sevk edildi.

Aynı dosyada daha önce 4 gazeteci tutuklanmıştı.

[Ceren Sozeri @cerensozeri]

Cezaevinde gazeteci arkadaşlarımızın sayısı bir bir artarken, gazeteciliklerine tanığız, gazetecilik suç değildir diye çırpınıyoruz, oysa gazetecilik en göz önünde meslek, halk onları haberleriyle zaten biliyor. Onlara yapılan bu hukuksuzlukları kanıksamamalıyız