Concern rises as new Turkish media law squeezes dissent

A new law gives Turkey fresh ammunition to censor the media and silence dissent ahead of elections in which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan plans...

Erdoğan spokesman cuts off interview with Swedish journalist, alleges ‘dishonest journalism’

İbrahim Kalın, the spokesperson for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, abruptly ended an interview with Swedish journalist Diamant Salihu and accused him of not...

Turkish journalist sentenced to nearly 300 years in prison for smearing al-Qaeda linked jihadists:...

A prominent Turkish journalist who was accused of defaming an al-Qaeda-linked radical group that endorsed Osama bin Laden and called for armed jihad and...

Dissident Iranian journalist who disappeared in Turkey deported to Iran

Mohammad Bagher Moradi, a dissident Iranian journalist who disappeared in Ankara in May, is now in the custody of Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards...

Court hands down sentences to former Zaman daily columnists in retrial over Gülen links

Four former columnists from the now-closed Zaman daily appeared in an İstanbul court on Monday in the latest hearing of a retrial during which...

‘I’m critical of the Turkish government. I’d be ashamed of myself if I kept...

Herkül Millas, 82, a Greek-Turkish columnist for the now-closed Zaman daily who lives in Athens, said he as a government critic only wrote what...

Court upholds 5 journalists’ sentences, reverses decision to acquit another one in RedHack trial

A regional appeals court in İstanbul has upheld the sentences handed down to five journalists and reversed a decision to acquit another one of...

CPJ calls on Turkey to investigate airstrikes that killed journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday called on Turkey to immediately conduct a full and transparent investigation into whether Hawar News Agency...

Kurdish journalist dies in Turkish airstrikes in Syria

Kurdish-Syrian journalist Îsam Hesen Ebdullah died in airstrikes conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on the bases of Kurdish militants in Syria, Turkish media...

Journalist gets 3 years in prison for disseminating terrorist propaganda on social media

A Turkish court has sentenced a journalist to three years in prison on conviction of disseminating terrorist propaganda in her social media posts, Turkish...

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