Li gorî raporên BIAyê di 2015an de 348, di 2014an de 339, di 2013an de jî 143 rojnameger, nivîskar û xebatkarên medyayê ji kar hatin avêtin. Ev hejmar di sala 2016an de gihişte 2 hezar û 708an.
Employees who worked for media organizations close to the Fetullah Gülen movement and were fired form an important portion of the journalists who were sacked due to political oppression. According to press organizations, this number is somewhere in between 2,500 and 3,000.