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02/07/2025

Four LeMan journalists jailed over 'Muhammad' cartoon

Fourt staff members including the cartoonist have been formally arrested for “inciting the public to hatred and hostility.”

02/07/2025

LGBTI+ groups denounce new hormone access restrictions

"We will not stand by and watch as young trans and inters*x people are pushed into underground health centers and black market drug dealers," 17 groups said in a joint statement.

"We will not stand by and watch as young trans and inters*x people are pushed into underground health centers and black market drug dealers," 17 groups said in a jonit statement.

01/07/2025

Digital Media Literacy - 2

Algorithmic bias: Platform capitalism, data and reality

✍️Tirşe Erbaysal-Filibeli

🔗 https://bianet.org/yazi/alghoritmic-bias-platform-capitalism-data-and-reality-309027

01/07/2025

📊 We presented the results of the research on journalism trends in the Western Balkans and Turkey at the regional South East Europe media conference “Actioning Media Viability for Informed, Resilient Societies”, organized by OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.
🌐 Maida Muminović, Executive Director of Mediacentar Sarajevo, introduced the new website - a platform on key insights on the state of media in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Turkey.
🧭 If you're curious about topics like journalists' salaries, (un)employment rate, student interest in media studies, trust in media, and many more - visit the website, explore national studies, or dive into regional trends ▶️ https://futureofmedia.seenpm.org/
🔎 The research and platform were developed within the regional project funded by the European Union. Learn more about it ▶️ https://seenpm.org/about-the-project/
project is implemented by: Mediacentar Sarajevo Këshilli i Mediave të Shkruara të Kosovës - Press Council of Kosovo Albanian Media Institute / Instituti Shqiptar i Medias Institut za medije Crne Gore Bianet English Mirovni inštitut Македонски институт за медиуми - МИМ / Macedonian Institute for Media - MIM

01/07/2025

Rights groups condemn police treatment of detained LeMan cartoonist

Footage of the cartoonist's arrest showed him being dragged on the ground, handcuffed behind his back, and his head being pressed down while being escorted by officers.

01/07/2025

LeMan satire magazine faces violent attack, legal probe over 'Muhammad-Moses' cartoon

The cartoonist was subjected to degrading treatment while being taken into custody. LeMan says the cartoon was not intended to portray the prophets.

Four staff members from the magazine were taken into custody on charges of "denigrating religious values." The magazine stated that the cartoon did not depict prophets but rather two individuals named Muhammad and Moses.

30/06/2025

İstanbul police perform ID checks on 450,000 people on Friday night 'peace operation'

Roughly one in every 30 people residing in the metropolis went through an ID check in four hours.

Roughly one in every 30 people residing in the metropolis went through an ID check in four hours.

30/06/2025

'They wandered in the valley for ever'

Being LGBTI+ in Turkey is often an existence caught between invisibility and being a target.

✍️Tuğçe Yılmaz

Being LGBTI+ in Turkey is often an existence caught between invisibility and being a target.

27/06/2025

Turkey restricts hormone therapy access for trans people under 21

The Health Ministry cited the government's "Year of the Family" as a basis for its new policy.

The HEalth Ministry cited the government's "Year of the Family" as a basis for its new policy.

27/06/2025

Turkey lifts ban on Deutsche Welle website

RTÜK had previously blocked DW’s Turkish service in 2022, citing its failure to obtain a broadcast license required for streaming video content in Turkey

27/06/2025

EU denies Turkish minister’s claim of misused funds in İstanbul metro project

The union's delegation to Turkey did not address the minister but the newspapers that published his statements.

27/06/2025

Cartoonist acquitted five years after depicting ‘s*x during pandemic’

Zehra Ömeroğlu had depicted a man performing oral s*x on his partner, which convinces him that he doesn't have any loss of taste or smell. She faced “obscenity” charges. https://bianet.org/haber/cartoonist-acquitted-five-years-after-depicting-s*x-during-pandemic-308875