Turkish veteran journalist Ünal Tanık arrested for not revealing his news source
A veteran journalist who run a popular online news portal in Turkey has been jailed for 273 days for not revealing the source of...
‘If only US soldiers had been in the helicopter crash,’ says pro-gov’t journalist
A TV presenter working for the staunchly pro-government A Haber television station has expressed regret that it was Turkish military officers rather than American...
Report shows Turkey’s protestant minority lives under threat
From hate speech on media to attacks on churches, Turkey’s protestants live under threat, according to a study by the Turkish Protestant Churches Association,...
Turkish pro-gov’t columnist Dilipak appears to threaten US about new 9/11
“If the internal stress in the US goes on like this, the possibility of another 9/11 is not all that remote,” Turkish columnist Abdurrahman...
HDP says Turkish gov’t destructs 13 cemeteries where killed PKK militants buried
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has stated on Friday that Turkish authorities have destructed at least 13 cemeteries where the killed militants of...
Armenian-Turkish lawmaker targeted in newspaper ads for anti-war stance
Armenian-Turkish lawmaker Garo Paylan was targeted in newspaper ads published by the nationalist Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies (ASAM) think tank on Friday for...
A new report uncovers a murder of detained teacher in Turkey due to torture
Deaths in detentions and prisons due to torture, abuse and ill-treatment have become recurring theme in Turkey with close to 100 cases reported as...
‘Tumor’: Erdogan adds new term to his collection of labeling Gülen movement
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has added a new dehumanization term in his collection of hate speeches by labeling Gülen movement as “tumor.”
Speaking at...
Turkish court releases only journalist Gürsel in Cumhuriyet case
An İstanbul court on Monday ordered for the release of journalist Kadri Grürsel pending trial, all other imprisoned journalists and executives ordered to remain...
Child worker accounts reveal plight of Syrian refugees in Turkey
The personal accounts of child workers who work 12 hours a day for a fraction of the minimum wage while having to endure social...
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