The original article "Ordinary Miracles" was published at Al Akhbar English on March 16, 2012. "An inadequate justice will not bring democracy to this country. Our release from prison does not mean much. The freedom of expression must not be on the agenda only when we...
Daniel Dombay / Financial Times Two prominent journalists who had been imprisoned in Turkey for more than a year have been released from jail, marking an abrupt shift in a case that focused international criticism on Ankara. Since their initial detention in March last...
This article written by Ece Temelkuran is published on New Statesman Blog on Febrıary 17th, 2012. Turkey's record on human rights means it is no model for the Arab world. On his recent visit to Turkey, the philosopher Slavoj Žižek praised the country and suggested that it...
Gareth Jenkins Most international attention has focused on the more than 100 journalists who are now in jail in Turkey as a result of what they have written or said. But more pernicious – and ultimately much more corrosive to freedom of expression – is the widespread...
A journalist's murder and jailing of two others is an attempt to silence the media – but it makes me more determined to speak Including my emotionless "thank you", the phone conversation lasted less than a minute. "The newspaper's owner has decided… Er… not to… renew...
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