Turkey records 3 femicides within a day
Three women across Turkey were killed within a 24-hour period by men from whom they were divorcing or separating, the Evrensel newspaper reported on...
Armed attack in central Turkey leaves journalist injured
Journalist Azim Deniz was shot in the abdomen and leg by an unidentified gunman in the central Turkish province of Kayseri, Turkish media reported...
Top court annuls aggravated life sentence given to ex-media executive, 3 others
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has reversed aggravated life sentences handed down to four people including a former media executive on conviction of attempting...
Turkish court accuses convicted Kurdish journalists of ‘manipulating public opinion’ in reasoned decision
An Ankara court has issued its reasoned decision in the trial of Kurdish journalists convicted on terrorism charges earlier in July, accusing the defendants...
Dutch journalist receives death threats for telling Erdoğan’s son-in-law to ‘get out of Kurdistan’
Dutch freelance journalist Frederike Geerdink has reported that she received death threats after criticizing Selçuk Bayraktar, the son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Turkish authorities detain 93 people in a week over alleged Gülen links: minister
Turkish authorities have detained 93 people over the past week for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on...
Jailed Turkish journalist Emre Soncan: European politicians disloyal to European values
Turkish journalist Emre Soncan (36), who has been jailed in Turkey's notorious Silivri Prison in İstanbul for 667 days and sentenced by a court to...
Former military officer jailed on coup charges dies of COVID-19
Erdal Kılınç, a former lieutenant colonel who was jailed on coup charges following an abortive putsch in Turkey in July 2016, died of COVID-19...
Mothers of enforced disappearance victims hold 1,000th Saturday vigil in İstanbul
The Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and relatives seeking the fate of loved ones who disappeared in police custody in Turkey, held their...
Turkish court releases editor arrested for conveying condolences for Erdoğan foe
A Turkish court has ruled for the release from pretrial detention of journalist Kazım Güleçyüz, who was arrested in October on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda...
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