Dicle News Agency
Dicle Haber Ajansı, DIHA (English: Dicle News Agency), is a "pro-Kurdish" news agency of Turkey.[2] In March 2012 Reporters without Borders reported that 27 of its journalists were in prison.[3] DIHA produces news reports on Turkish, Kurdish, English[1]
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| Industry | News agency |
|---|---|
| Founded | 4 April 2002[1] |
| Headquarters | Kocatepe Mahallesi Lamartin Cad. Mert İş Hanı Nº:36 /6, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Website | http://dihaber.net |
DIHA had several times difficulties with the Turkish authorities and several of its journalists were arrested.[4][5] In March 2009, following the coverage of the Newroz festivals in Siirt, Abdurrahman Gök was arrested and charged with making propaganda on behalf of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.[6]
Between December 2015 and May 2016, 12 of its journalists were arrested.[7] Turkish authorities have blocked access to the website 40 times; the website changes its address every time it is blocked.[7] Following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, it was one of more than 150 news outlets shut down by the authorities.[8]
See also
- Media of Turkey
- List of arrested journalists in Turkey
References
- DIHA, About Us
- Committee to Protect Journalists, October 2012, Turkey's Press Freedom Crisis: 4. The Kurdish Cases
- Reporters without Borders, 14 March 2012, Four journalists released but fight goes on for dozens still held
- "Number of Arrested DİHA Correspondent Reaches 10". Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- "DİHA Reporter Arrested". Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- "PRESS FREEDOM: Journalist Released from Jail under "PKK Propaganda" Charges". Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- "Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of May 15". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- "Torture returns to Turkey". The Economist. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
