Dicle Haber Ajansı, DIHA ( en, Dicle News Agency), is a "pro-Kurdish" news agency of
Turkey. In March 2012
Reporters without Borders
Reporters Without Borders (RWB; french: Reporters sans frontières; RSF) is an international non-profit and non-governmental organization with the stated aim of safeguarding the right to freedom of information. It describes its advocacy as found ...
reported that 27 of its journalists were in prison. DIHA produces news reports on
Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
,
Kurdish, and
English[
DIHA had several times difficulties with the Turkish authorities and several of its journalists were arrested. In March 2009, following the coverage of the ]Newroz
Newroz or Nawroz ( ku, نەورۆز, Newroz) is the Kurdish celebration of Nowruz; the arrival of spring and new year in Kurdish culture. The lighting of the fires at the beginning of the evening of March 21 is the main symbol of Newroz among the ...
festivals in Siirt, Abdurrahman Gök was arrested and charged with making propaganda on behalf of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.
Between December 2015 and May 2016, 12 of its journalists were arrested.2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
On 15 July 2016, a faction within the Turkish Armed Forces, organized as the Peace at Home Council, attempted a coup d'état against state institutions, including the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. They attempted to seize cont ...
, it was one of more than 150 news outlets shut down by the authorities.
See also
* Media of Turkey
The mass media in Turkey includes a wide variety of domestic and foreign periodicals expressing disparate views, and domestic newspapers are extremely competitive. However, media ownership is concentrated in the hands of a few large private me ...
* List of arrested journalists in Turkey
Many journalists in Turkey are being persecuted and kept in jail all over the country. Below is an extensive list of the prisoners, past and present.
231 journalists have been arrested after 15 July 2016 alone. According to the Gülen movement- ...
References
External links
DIHA website
Companies based in Istanbul
News agencies based in Turkey
Turkish companies established in 2002
Kurdish-language mass media
Mass media companies established in 2002
Kurdish-language websites
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