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Independent Communication Network (BIA) launched its January-March 2019 Media Monitoring Report.
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Evrim Deniz Erol had lost his life in the attack of ISIS against Suruç in 2015.
A penalty of reprimand was issued against lawyers, who supported Cumhuriyet Daily after it was targeted due to publishing a selection of Charlie Hebdo cartoons following the ISIS attack against the newspaper.
The Constitutional Court (AYM) issued 20 thousand TL moral compensation to be paid to Mehmet Uçar, who was exposed to violence of civil police officers checking for IDs.
Republican People’s Party (CHP) 26th Session MP and journalist Barış Yarkadaş announced data on the rights violations against journalists within the last month.
Van Governorate banned all events and activities like marches, meetings, press statements, sit-in protests and booths across the province for ten days (April 29-May 8).
The lawsuit filed against the movie, “My Suburban Tale,” that depicts stories of those living in the “suburban” regions of Ceyhan, Adana, from their perspectives, was concluded with acquittal.
Wikipedia is banned in Turkey for two years now, as an example revealing the dimensions of internet and media censorship in the country.
Turkish Ministry of Justice did not announce 2018 statistics, whereas according to the data shared by the Ministry until 2017 reveal an increase in the number of total defendants and convictions issued related to “insulting the President” by 13 times under the three-year duty period of Erdoğan.
According to 2018 Activity Report of the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), many incidents were not broadcasted through “media blackouts” following the authority given to the council to monitor internet broadcasts as well.