UPDATED 19 SEPTEMBER: Since the failed coup on 15 July and the declaration of a state of emergency, the Turkish government has detained a significant number of journalists and closed down publishers and media outlets.
The independent news agency P24: Platform for Independent Journalism is publishing a list of all media detentions and shutdowns by the Turkish government. English PEN is grateful for P24’s permission to republish the list on our site. We are deeply concerned by the crackdown on freedom of expression, and have called upon the government to safeguard all human rights and respect its obligations under international law during the period of emergency.
Last known legal status of journalists for whom detention warrants have been issued as part of post-coup probe
- Abdullah Abdulkadiroğlu, Samanyolu TV, Left the country according to AA
- Abdullah Alparslan Akkuş,Former NTV news editor, Released
- Abdullah Katırcıoğlu, Under arrest
- Abdullah Kılıç, Meydan columnist, Under arrest
- Abdullah Özyurt, local Adana journalists, Under arrest
- Adil Gülçek, Former Cihan Medya director
- Ahmet Dönmez, Former Zaman reporter, Left the country according to AA
- Ahmet Memiş, Newsdar, Under arrest
- Ahmet Metin Sekizkardeş, Cihan Medya President, Under arrest
- Ahmet Turan Alkan, Former Zaman columnist, Under arrest
- Ahmet Yavaş, TRT (Erzurum), Under arrest
- Alaattin Güner, Former Cihan Medya director, Under arrest
- Alaattin Kaya, formerly owner to Zaman’s rights, Under arrest
- Ali Akbulut, formerly owner to Zaman’s rights
- Ali Akkuş, Former Zaman general publications editor, Under arrest
- Ali Bulaç, Former Zaman columnist, Under arrest
- Ali Ünal, former Zaman columnist, Under arrest
- Ali Yurttagül, former Zaman columnist
- Arda Akın, Hürriyet reporter, Released on probation
- Arzu Yıldız, Haberdar Ankara Bureau Chief
- Ayhan Şimşek , Released on probation
- Ayşe Nazlı Ilıcak, Yarına Bakış, Under arrest
- Ayşe Özkalay, former Yeni Hayat columnist
- Ayşenur Parıldak, Zaman, Under arrest
- Aytekin Gezici, Under arrest
- Asım Yıldırım, former STV anchor
- Atilla Taş, Meydan columnist, Under arrest
- Aziz İstegün, Former Zaman Diyarbakır regional representative, Under arrest
- Bayram Kaya, Zaman, Yeni Hayat reporter, Under arrest
- Behçet Akyar
- Bertan Golali, TRT İstanbul, Under arrest
- Bilal Şahin, Özgür Düşünce, Left the country according to AA
- Bülent Ceyhan, Özgür Düşünce reporter, Left the country according to AA
- Bülent Keneş, Former Today’s Zaman Editor-in-chief
- Bülent Korucu, Former Zaman columnist
- Can Bahadır Yüce, former Zaman columnist
- Celil Sağır,Today’s Zaman managing editor
- Cemal Azmi Kalyoncu, Under arrest
- Cevheri Güven, Nokta Magazine Editor-in-chief
- Cihan Acar, Former Bugün reporter,
- Cihat Ünal, Antalya Zaman reporter, Under arrest
- Cuma Kaya, Under arrest
- Cuma Ulus, Former Millet publications coordinator, Under arrest
- Cumali Önal, Former Zaman Arabic service editor, Under arrest
- Dinçer Gökçe,Hürriyet internet editor, Released on probation
- Eda Şanlı, owner of local Antalya newspaper, Bizim Antalya columnist, Under arrest
- Emre Koçali, Newsdar, Under arrest
- Emre Soncan, Former Zaman defense reporter, Under arrest
- Ercan Gün, Fox TV News Editor, Under arrest
- Erdal Şen, Meydan Editor, Under arrest
- Ergun Babahan, Left the country according to AA
- Erhan Başyurt, former Bugün editor-in-chief
- Erkan Akkuş, Former Bugün TV anchor
- Erkan Büyük, Newsdar, Under arrest
- Ertuğrul Erbaş, Former Nokta Magazine editor
- Eyüp Can Sağlık, former Radikal GYY, former Hürriyet digital press coordinator
- Faruk Akkan, Cihan Ajansı, Under arrest
- Faruk Arslan, former Zaman columnist
- Faruk Kardıç
- Fatih Akalan, Samanyolu News Tv commentator, Left the country according to AA
- Fatih Yağmur, Former Radikal reporter, Left the country according to AA
- Fevzi Yazıcı, Under arrest
- Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu, Türk Solu columnist, Under arrest
- Gültekin Avcı, Bugün, Under arrest
- Habip Güler, Former Zaman reporter, Under arrest
- Hakan Bülent Yardımcı, Under arrest
- Hakan Taşdelen, Under arrest
- Halil İbrahim Mert, TRT (Erzurum), Under arrest
- Hamit Bilici, Former Zaman Editor-in-chief
- Hamit Çiçek
- Hanım Büşra Erdal, Former Zaman reporter and columnist, Under arrest
- Hasan Cücük, former Zaman reporter
- Haşim Söylemez, Former Aksiyon Magazine columnist, Under arrest
- Hilmi Yavuz, Former Zaman columnist, Let go due to health condition, will testify later
- Hüseyin Aydın, Cihan reporter, Under arrest
- Hüseyin Döğme
- Hüseyin Turan, Feza Group partner, Under arrest
- İbrahim Balta, Former Zaman finance editor, Under arrest
- İbrahim Karayeğen, Eski Zaman newsroom editor, Under arrest
- İbrahim Öztürk, former Zaman columnist
- İhsan Duran Dağı, Former Zaman columnist, Released by prosecutor
- İhsan Yılmaz, former Today’s Zaman columnist
- İsa Siyi, Haberdar, Under arrest
- İskender Yunus Tiryaki,Bugün reporter, Under arrest
- Kamil Maman, Former Bugün reporter, Left the country according to AA
- Kemal Gülen, STV anchor
- Kenan Baş, Antalya Zaman reporter, Under arrest
- Kerim Balcı, Turkish Review magazine editor-in-chief
- Kerim Gün, Former Zaman editor
- Lalezar Sarıibrahimoğlu (Lale Kemal), Former Zaman columnist, Under arrest
- Levent Arap,Postmedya.com website administrator, Released on probation
- Levent Kenez, Meydan Editor-in-chief
- Lokman Erdoğan, Çorum Manşet, Under arrest
- Mahmut Akpınar, former Millet columnist
- Mahmut Hazar, Cihan News Ajansı, Left the country according to AA
- Mehmet Akif Afşar
- Mehmet Gündem, Former Milliyet columnist, Released by the court
- Mehmet Kamış, Former Zaman columnist
- Mehmet Kuru, Former Zaman Eskişehir reporter, Under arrest
- Mehmet Özdemir, Under arrest
- Melih Kılıç, Zaman Medya Group sales department executive
- Metin Tamer Gökçeoğlu
- Metin Yıkar, Samanyolu News
- Muhammed Fatih Uğur, Former Zaman news manager
- Murat Aksoy,Yarına Bakış columnist, Under arrest
- Murat Avcıoğlu, Under arrest
- Murat Öztürk, Çorum Manşet, Under arrest
- Mustafa Erkan Acar, Cihan News Ajansı, Under arrest
- Mustafa Ünal, Under arrest
- Mutlu Çölgeçen, Millet newsroom coordinator, Under arrest
- Mümtaz’er Türköne, Former Zaman columnist, Under arrest
- Mürsel Genç, Former Cihan reporter
- Nevzat Güner
- Nuri Durna, TRT (Erzurum), Under arrest
- Nuriye Ural (Akman), Former Zaman columnist, Under arrest
- Nurullah Kaya, Former Zaman Gaziantep bureau chief, Under arrest
- Nurullah Öztürk,Yeni Şafak former Genel Koordinatörü ve Zaman columnist, Released
- Oktay Vızvız
- Olgun Matur, Antalya Yerel, Under arrest
- Osman Nuri Arslan, FİA Şirketi Ortağı, Released on probation
- Osman Nuri Öztürk, Released on probation
- Osman Özsoy, Left the country according to AA
- Osman Yakut, Former Zaman Antalya Reporter, Under arrest
- Ömer Karakaş
- Ömer Şahin ,Meydan’s former Ankara bureau chief, Released
- Önder Deligöz, former Yeni Şafak reporter
- Özcan Keser, TRT İstanbul, Under arrest
- Özkan Mayda, Antalya Zaman reporter, Under arrest
- Rasih Yılmaz,Samanyoluhaber columnist, Released
- Resul Cengiz, Former Zaman Denizli reporter, Under arrest
- Rıfat Söylemez, Adana Günaydın, Under arrest
- Sait Sefa, Haberdar
- Savaş Genç, former TRT reporter and academic
- Sedat Yetişkin
- Selahattin Sevi, Former Zaman photography coordinator, Left the country according to AA
- Selçuk Gültaşlı, Zaman Brussels representative and Zaman columnist
- Sevgi Akarçeşme, Former Today’s Zaman editor-in-chief
- Seyid Kılıç, Former TRT reporter, Under arrest
- Süleyman Sargın
- Şahin Alpay, Former Zaman columnist, Under arrest
- Şemsettin Efe, Samanyolu News, Left the country according to AA
- Şenol Kahraman
- Şeref Yılmaz, Irmak TV, Under arrest
- Taner Talaş, Adana local journalist, Under arrest
- Tuncer Çetinkaya, Zaman Antalya, Under arrest
- Turan Görüryılmaz, Can Erzincan TV sunucusu, Left the country according to AA
- Turhan Bozkurt, former Zaman columnist
- Ufuk Emin Köroğlu, Karşı Gazete reporter, Left the country according to AA
- Ufuk Şanlı, Former Vatan columnist, Under arrest
- Vahit Yazgan, Former Zaman İzmir representative, Under arrest
- Vedat Demir, Former Yarına Bakış columnist, Under arrest
- Veysel Ayhan
- Yakup Çetin, Former Zaman reporter, Under arrest
- Yakup Sağlam, Former Samanyolu reporter, Released on probation
- Yakup Şimşek, Former Zaman marketing department director, Under arrest
- Yalçın Güler, TRT (Erzurum), Under arrest
- Yavuz Baydar, former Bugün columnist
- Yener Dönmez, Habervaktim.com owner, Under arrest
- Yonca Kaya Şahin, Rotahaber columnist
- Yüksel Durgut
- Yüksel Evsen, Adana local journalist, Under arrest
- Zafer Özsoy, Under arrest
- Zeki Önal, Not detained due to advanced age and illness.
Journalists detained under State of Emergency outside coup probe
- Selami Aslan – DİHA, Released
- Selman Keleş – DİHA, Under arrest
- İdris Yılmaz – DİHA, Under arrest
- Mehmet Sıddık Damar – DİHA, Released
- Esra Aydın – JİNHA, Released
- Geylan Arslan – JİNHA, Released
- Nizamettin Yılmaz – Azadiya Welat, Under arrest
- İdris Yılmaz – DİHA, Under arrest
- Haydar Ergül – Demokratik Modernite, Under arrest
- Hasan Akbaş – Evrensel, Released
- Fırat Topal – Evrensel, Released
- Serpil Berk – Evrensel, Released
- Sertaç Kayar – Serbest Gazeteci, Released
- Engin Eren – DİHA, Under arrest
- Fatma Edemen – ETHA, Released
- Davut Uçar– Özgür Gündem, Released
- Doğan Güzel– Özgür Gündem, Released
- Ersin Çaksu – Özgür Gündem, Released
- Günay Aksoy – Özgür Gündem, Released
- Kemal Bozkurt – Özgür Gündem, Released
- Reyhan Hacıoğlu – Özgür Gündem, Released
- Önder Elaldı – Özgür Gündem, Released
- Ender Önder – Özgür Gündem, Released
- Sinan Balık – Özgür Gündem, Released
- Fırat Yeşilçınar – Özgür Gündem, Released
- Özgür Paksoy – DİHA reporter, Released
- Zeki Erden – Özgür Gündem, Released
- Elif Aydoğmuş – Özgür Gündem, Released
- Ersin Çaksu – Özgür Gündem, Released
- Mesut Kaynar – DİHA, Released
- Sevdiye Gürbüz – Özgür Gündem, Released
- Amine Demirkıran – Özgür Gündem, Released
- Bayram Balcı – Özgür Gündem, Released
- Burcu Özkaya – Özgür Gündem, Released
- Yılmaz Bozkurt –Press Office of Chamber of Medicine, Released
- Gülfem Karataş – İMC TV, Released
- Gökhan Çetin – İMC TV, Released
- Hüseyin Gündüz – Doğu Yayınevi , Released
- Halil Polat – Freelancer, Under arrest
- Sabahattin Koyuncu – DİHA, Under arrest
- Cemil Uğur – Evrensel, Under arrest
- Yasemin Sayın– Azadiya Welat, Under arrest
- Hayat Yılmaz– Azadiya Welat, Under arrest
- Ahmet Kızılaya– Azadiya Welat, Released
- Arap Turan– Azadiya Welat, In custody
- Berxwedan Tulpar– Azadiya Welat, Released
- Sürreya Dal– Azadiya Welat, Released
- Zeynep İzgi– Azadiya Welat, In custody
- İbrahim Bayram– Azadiya Welat, In custody
- Engin Özelçi– Azadiya Welat, In custody
- Ahmet Boltan– Azadiya Welat, Released
- Ceylan İpek– Azadiya Welat, Released
- Mehmet Emin Kaya– Azadiya Welat, Released
- Ziyan Karahan– Azadiya Welat, Released
- Veysi Altın– Azadiya Welat, Released
- Ercan Yeltaş– Azadiya Welat, Released
- Azime Tarhan– Azadiya Welat, Released
- Serdal Polat– Azadiya Welat, In custody
- Cengiz Aslan– Azadiya Welat, Released
- Ferit Toprak– Azadiya Welat, In custody
- Mehmet Hüseyin Şahin– Azadiya Welat, Released
- Mehmet Aydın– Azadiya Welat, Released
- Pusat Bulut– Azadiya Welat, In custody
- Mehmet Emin Akgün – Azadiya Welat, Released
- Mecrum Tokal, Azadiya Welat (Released to be detained again on the same day), In custody
- Mehmet Ali Ertaş – DİHA, In custody
Journalists known to have been arrested during State of Emergency outside coup probe
- Zeynel Abidin Bulut – Azadiya Welat
- Zehra Doğan – JİNHA
- Hülya Karakaya – Özgür Halk
- Mehmet Arslan – DİHA
- Şermin Soydan – DİHA
- Lindsey Snell – Freelancer
- Aslı Erdoğan – Özgür Gündem
- Metin Bekiroğlu – DİHA
- İnan Kızılkaya – Özgür Gündem
- Zana (Bilir) Kaya – Özgür Gündem
- Erdem Muhirci – DİHA
- Ali Aşikar – Azadiya Welat
- Necmiye Alpay – Özgür Gündem
- Sabahattin Koyuncu – DİHA
- Arap Turan – Azadiya Welat
- Ferit Toprak – Azadiya Welat
- Rabia Özkaya – Özgür Halk
- Şirin Çoban – Azadiya Welat
- İlker İlkan – Azadiya Welat
List of journalists arrested before State of Emergency
- Abdulkadir Turay, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) reporter
- Ali Konar, Azadiya Welat representative
- Arafat Dayan, Demokratik Ulus former managing editor
- Cebrail Parıltı, Anadolu Ajansı (AA) Derik reporter
- Emin Demir, Freelancer
- Erdal Süsem, Eylül Magazine Editor
- Erol Zavar, Odak magazine’s owner
- Ferhat Çiftçi, Azadiya Welat Gaziantep representative
- Feyyaz İmrak, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) reporter
- Gurbet Çakar, Hevi women’s magazine
- Hamit Dilbahar, Azadiya Welat columnist
- Hatice Duman, owner of Atılım newspaper
- Hidayet Karaca, President of Samanyolu Media
- Kamuran Sunbat, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA)
- Kenan Karavil, Radyo Dünya Editor-in-chief
- Mazlum Dolan, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) reporter
- Mehmet Arslan, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) reporter, (has been released since)
- Mehmet Baransu, Taraf columnist
- Mikail Barut, Özgür Halk Magazine former Editor
- Miktat Algül, Mezitli FM, General broadcast coordinator
- Muhammed Doğru, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) reporter
- Mustafa Gök, Ekmek ve Adalet Magazine Ankara representative
- Nedim Türfent, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) reporter
- Nuri Yeşil, Azadiya Welat Dersim Temsilcisi
- Özgür Amed (Ethem Çağır), Özgür Gündem columnist
- Sami Tunca, Mücadele Birliği Magazine news editor
- Serkan Aydemir, Bitlis Aktüel reporter
- Seyithan Akyüz, Azadiya Welat Adana
- Şahabettin Demir, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) reporter
- Şerife Oruç, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) reporter
- Şermin Soydan, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) reporter
- Yılmaz Kahraman, Özgür Halk Magazine Editor
- Ziya Ataman, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) Intern
List of media outlets shut down under State of Emergency decrees
TV Stations:
Barış TV, Bugün TV, Can Erzincan TV, Dünya TV, Hira TV, Irmak TV, Kanal 124, Kanaltürk, MC TV, Mehtap TV, Merkür TV, Samanyolu Haber, Samanyolu TV, SRT TV, Tuna Shopping TV, Yumurcak TV.
News Agencies:
Cihan Haber Ajansı, Muhabir Haber Ajansı and SEM Haber Ajansı
Newspapers:
Adana Haber, Adana Medya, Akdeniz Türk, Şuhut’un Sesi, Kurtuluş, Lider, İscehisar, Durum, Türkeli, Antalya, Yerel Bakış, Nazar, Batman, Batman Postası, Batman Doğuş, Bingöl Olay, İrade, İskenderun Olay, Ekonomi, Ege’de Son Söz, Demokrat Gebze, Kocaeli Manşet, Bizim Kocaeli, Haber Kütahya, Gediz, Zafer, Hisar, Turgutlu Havadis, Milas Feza, Türkiye’de Yeni Yıldız, Hakikat, Urfa Haber Ajansı, Ajans 11, Yeni Emek, Banaz Postası, Son Nokta, Merkür Haber, Millet, Bugün, Meydan, Özgür Düşünce, Taraf, Yarına Bakış, Yeni Hayat, Zaman, Today’s Zaman, Özgür Gündem.
Magazines:
Akademik Araştırmalar, Aksiyon, Asya Pasifik, Bisiklet Çocuk, Diyalog, Avrasya, Ekolife, Ekoloji, Fountain, Gonca, Gül Yaprağı, Nokta, Sızıntı, Yağmur, Yeni Ümit, Zirve.
Radio stations:
Aksaray Mavi, Aktüel, Berfin, Burç, Cihan, Dünya, Esra, Haber Radyo Ege, Herkül, Jest, Kanaltürk, Radyo 59, Radyo Aile Rehberi, Radyo Bamteli, Radyo Cihan, Radyo Fıkıh, Radyo Küre, Radyo Mehtap, Radyo Nur, Radyo Şemşik, Samanyolu Haber, Umut, Yağmur.
Publishing houses:
Altınburç, Burak Basın Yayın Dağıtım, Define, Dolunay Eğitim Yayın Dağıtım, Giresun Basın Yayın Dağıtım, Gonca, Gülyurdu, GYV, Işık Akademi, Işık Özel Eğitim, İklim Basın Yayın Pazarlama, Kaydırak, Kaynak, Kervan Basın Yayıncılık, Kuşak, Muştu, Nil, Rehber, Sürat Basım Yayın Reklamcılık Eğitim Araçları, Sütun, Şahdamar, Ufuk Basın Yayın Haber Ajans Pazarlama, Ufuk, Waşanxaneya Nil, Yay Basın Dağıtım, Yeni Akademi, Yitik Hazine, Zambak Basın Yayın Eğitim Turizm
This page last updated 19 SEPTEMBER 2016