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Pression croissante sur les journalistes en Turquie avant les élections

  •    Press Freedom
  •   01-06-2015

En Turquie, la Plateforme pour la liberté des journalistes (GÖP), qui inclut le syndicat des journalistes de Turquie (TGS, membre de la FEJ et de la FIJ), vient de lancer un appel aux autorités turques pour qu’elles mettent fin à la pression croissante qui frappe les médias et les journalistes en période électorale. Hier (31/05/2015), les forces de police à Istanbul ont à nouveau attaqué des journalistes qui étaient en train de couvrir une manifestation publique commémorant le deuxième anniversaire des manifestations du parc Gezi. Le journaliste Emre Sencan travaillant pour le quotidien turc Zaman a été blessé durant l’attaque. “Les autorités doivent…

Journalists detained in Turkey… again !

  •    Press Freedom
  •   14-12-2014

Police forces in Turkey have today (14/12/2014) raided media outlets (Zaman newspaper and Samanyolu Television) known to be close to a US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen. At least 23 people, including journalists and television producers, have been detained so far in Istanbul and elsewhere in the country and are apparently being accused of forming a criminal organization. Commenting this new operation, the Secretary General of the Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS, an EFJ affiliate) Mustafa Kuleli reminded that “this operation is performed just a few days before the first anniversary of the bribery and corruption scandal (known as “17 December”…

TGS-EFJ Kicks Off First Capacity Building Workshop

  •    Labour Rights
  •   28-04-2014

(26-27.04.2014) The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and its affiliate in Turkey, the Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS for Türkiye Gazeteciler Sendikasi), organised the first workshop for a two-year project called “Press Freedom and Empowering the Journalists Trade Union Movement in Turkey”. The project is funded by the EIDHR (European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights) of the European Commission. The workshop covered the issues on union capacity-building, recruitment strategies, legal assistance and the TGS-EFJ campaign for the freedom of imprisoned journalists. The workshop also discussed the preparation of a major international conference for 2016. Renate Schroeder (EFJ Director) and Mehmet Koksal…