Full List of the Newspapers Closed down in the Last 2 Years
Weekly "Yedincigün" newspaper was closed down for one month. Istanbul
Public Prosecution Office stopped the publication of the paper for one
month under article 215 of TPC "praising crime and criminal."
A Kurdish paper Azadiya Welat was closed down few days ago.
Freedom of Press in Turkey in the last 2 years:
Azadiya Welat, closed down for 1 month on 7 Octber 2008,
Gerçek, 3 October 2008, 1 month
Özgür Ülke, 1 October 2008, 1 month
Ülkede Özgür Gündem, 4 August 2006, 15 days
Ülkede Özgür Gündem, 16 November 2006, 15 days
Gündem, 6 March 2007 1 month
Gündem, 9 April 2007, 15 days
Gündem, 12 July 2007, 15 days
Gündem, 8 September 2007, 1 month
Gündem, 9 Ocober 2007, 1 month
Gündem, 14 November 2007, 1 month
Yaşamda Gündem, 10 March 2007, indefinite
Güncel, 30 March 2007, indefinite
Güncel, 17 July 2007, 12 days
Güncel, 17 October 2007, 1 month
Gerçek Demokrasi, 16 October 2007, 1 month
Gerçek Demokrasi, 21 November 2007, 1 month
Alternatif, 25 May 2008, 1 month
Alternatif, 20 September 2008, 1 month
Gelecek, 30 June 2008, 1 month
Gelecek, 27 September 2008, 1 month
YedinciGün, 12 November 2007, 15 days
YedinciGün, 27 November 2007, 1 month
YedinciGün, 12 January 2008, 1 month
YedinciGün, 3 March 2008, 1 month
YedinciGün, 7 April 2008, 1 month
YedinciGün, 13 May 2008, 1 month
Haftaya Bakış, 8 December 2007, 1month
Haftaya Bakış, 2 February 2008, 1 month
Haftaya Bakış, 18 March 2008, 1 month
Yaşamda Demokrasi, 16 December 2007, 1 month
Yaşamda Demokrasi, 17 February 2008, 1 month
Yaşamda Demokrasi, 4 April 2008, 1 month
Toplumsal Demokrasi, 5 January 2008, 1 month
Toplumsal Demokrasi, 25 February 2008, 1 month
Öteki Bakış, 4 April 2008, 1 month
Yeni Bakış, 8 May 2008, 1 month
Azadiya Welat, 23 March 2007, 20 days
(antenna-tr.org, October 9, 2008)
Complaint By The General Staff Gets The Newspaper In Trouble
The Supreme Board of Press Council condemned daily Star for its news
article titled "Coup E-Mail To The 761 Lieutenants" upon complaint by
Secretary General of the General Staff Gen. Ferit Güler.
The council decided that the said article had violated articles 4, 6,
9, 10 of the Code of Professional Ethics of the Press.
The said news report had claimed that the five lieutenants who were
taken into custody in connection with the Ergenekon case had held
meetings in the headquarter houses and sent an e-mail, upon orders
from the retired generals Hurşit Tolon and Şener Eruygur, to all of
their classmates, the 761 lieutenants, which said they had to do
something.
The council ruled that this news report violated the principles of
"Criticizing individuals and institutions cannot include defamatory,
degrading and pejorative statements", "nobody can be declared guilty
without a court ruling", "the activities declared unlawful cannot be
ascribed to anyone unless there are reasonable causes", and "news that
can be investigated by the means of journalism cannot be published
unless its accuracy is checked."
Condemning the newspaper unanimously, the Council said Stars chief
editor Mustafa Karaalioğlu did not reply the letter that they sent him
on September 26.
The Council said that the news report did not give any sources and did
not state whether or not any office or person was consulted regarding
the accuracy of the news.
The General Staff also applied to the Turkish Journalists Association
(TGC) to get daily Star condemned by them as well, but the TGC has not
made a decision yet. (BIA, October 8, 2008)
On 12 Oct, 01:45, rick murphy <***@yahoo.com> wrote: