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, and English^[1]

Dicle News Agency
Dicle Haber Ajansı

Industry	News agency
Founded	4 April 2002^[1]
Headquarters	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

1. DIHA, About Us
2. Committee to Protect Journalists, October 2012, Turkey's Press Freedom Crisis: 4. The Kurdish Cases
3. Reporters without Borders, 14 March 2012, Four journalists released but fight goes on for dozens still held 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Number of Arrested DİHA Correspondent Reaches 10". Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
5. "DİHA Reporter Arrested". Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
6. "PRESS FREEDOM: Journalist Released from Jail under "PKK Propaganda" Charges". Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
7. "Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of May 15". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
8. "Torture returns to Turkey". The Economist. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

External links

• DIHA website