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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”…

KCK Press case monitoring

Turkey: KCK Press case sent to the Constitutional Court

  •    News
  •   05-11-2014

The 3rd High Criminal Court in Istanbul has today (05/11/2014) proceed to the hearing of the KCK Press trial where 46 journalists and media workers are being prosecuted for being a member or doing propaganda work on behalf of an illegal terrorist organisation. The European Federation of Journalists’ (EFJ) Project Officer Mehmet Koksal, the International Publishers Association (IPA)’s Director José Borghino and the head of Istanbul Branch of the Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS) Gökhan Durmus have attended the hearing in solidarity with the accused journalists. During the court hearing, the defendants lawyers argued about the unconstitutionalilty of the current…

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…

Turkey

  •    Members
  •   14-01-2014

TURKIYE GAZETECILER SENDIKASI (TGS) Address Basin Sarayi kat. 2 34410 Cagaloglu Istanbul Turkey Staff President: Uğur Güç –  gbaskan(at)tgs.org.tr General Secretary: Mustafa Kuleli – kuleli(at)tgs.org.tr Contact person : Utku Zırığ – utku(at)tgs.org.tr Phone +90-212-514.06.94/96 Email tgs(at)tgs.org.tr Website http://www.tgs.org.tr/