Free Journalists Initiative (ÖGI) shared numbers on the rights violations experienced by journalists and the profession of journalism in 2018 with a press statement organized in Diyarbakır.
Siirt Provincial Mufti Ahmet Altınok targeted news website of OdaTV by giving the example of the attack against Charlie Hebdo on January 7, 2015, in which 12 people were killed.
The Ministry of Interior released a statement regarding the operations conducted in 2018.
Istanbul Anatolian Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office started an investigation against Cumhuriyet Daily writer Mine Kırıkkanat with the allegation of “denigrating a part of society” due to her speech on Halk TV.
State of Emergency Applications Monitoring Commission has so far decided on 50,300 applications; accepting 3700 of them and denying 46,600.
Actor Levent Üzümcü published a video on his social media account and announced that his theater play, entitled, “It Is Your Story That’s Being Told,” was banned once again.
Two of the lawsuits filed against those wanting to support the hunger strike of academic Nuriye Gülmen and educator Semih Özakça after their dismissal from public service with emergency decrees were concluded with verdicts of acquittal.
Istanbul Anatolian Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office started an investigation against HSBC Bank Chairman Süleyman Selim Kervancı due to ‘insulting the President.’
The Press Council has announced the “Freedom of Expression and Press Freedom Report,” which evaluated the year 2018 in terms of freedom of expression and press freedom.