WPF vehemently condemns the Turkish drone strike on a media vehicle in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, killing journalists Gulistan Tara and Hêro Bahadîn and injuring multiple others.  Journalists covering conflict in the region have been repeatedly hit with Turkish strikes, resulting in multiple deaths. Deliberately targeting press in a conflict zone is a war crime

WPF is appalled by the decision of the Ankara court to convict eight journalists, including four women journalists, from the Kurdish news outlet Mezopotamya Agency.

WPF celebrates the release of Dilan Oyunş after an unjust seven-year imprisonment on spurious terrorism charges.

Journalist Rojin Altay sentenced to 1 year and 3 months after a Turkish court deems her guilty of "disseminating terrorist propaganda.

Jin TV journalist Dalila Agid loses arm to a suspected Turkish drone strike at the Syrian-Turkish border.

Sibel Yükler, Evrim Deniz, and Evrim Kepenek were detained following allegations they retweeted news about the recent reassignment of Prosecutor Mehmet Karababa and his wife.

13 aydır tutuklu bulunan 3’ü kadın 15 Kürt gazeteci iki gün süren duruşma sonunda serbest bırakıldı.

Fifteen Kurdish journalists, including three women, are released pending trial after 13 months of detention.

Gazeteci Banu Acun, Türkiye’ye giriş yaptığı sırada İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen Havalimanı’nda gözaltına alındı.

The trial of 11 journalists, including six women began in Ankara. Five of them have been behind bars for 208 days.

Jinnews reporter Beritan Canözer and 10 other journalists detained in house raids in Diyarbakır, Turkey.

Jinnews muhabiri Beritan Canözer’in de aralarında bulunduğu 11 gazeteci ev baskınlarıyla gözaltına alındı.

After 10 months of detention, an indictment was prepared against four imprisoned Kurdish women journalists.

Önce 10 aydır tutuklu olan gazeteciler hakkında iddianame hazırlandı, sonra Mezopotamya Ajansı muhabiri Dilan Akyol gözaltına alındı.

The Turkish government continues to threaten, intimidate and punish journalists through legislation to imprison them.