Turkey arrests journalist for remarks on jailed PKK leader
A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled to arrest a journalist on charges of disseminating terrorism propaganda due to his televised remarks about Abdullah Öcalan,...
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...
İmamoğlu to European Democrats: Europe and Turkey must share a common future
Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on Friday sent a video message to the European Democratic Party’s (EDP) annual congress in Bilbao, Spain, warning of...
Anti-Israel activists faced detention, police force during protest in İstanbul
Turkish police on Saturday used excessive force to disperse a group of young people who had gathered in the central İstanbul neighborhood of Taksim...
Young man faces trial for insulting Turkish state on social media
A young man, identified only by the initials S.K., will face trial for allegedly insulting and disregarding the symbols of the state's sovereignty in...
Turkish authorities ban access to 340 URLs and websites
A Turkish court on Wednesday blocked access to 340 websites and URLs, including news websites, blogs and social media accounts, at the request of...
Turkey refuses to recognize 29 int’l universities’ diplomas over alleged coup links
Turkey’s Higher Education Council (YÖK) has cancelled accreditation of 29 universities in 17 countries as such institutions are blacklisted as part of the government’s...
Another woman detained while visiting imprisoned husband
N.A., a Turkish literature teacher who was left unemployed after her school was shuttered as part of post-coup emergency rule, was detained when she...
PACE rapporteur condemns Turkey’s abuse of Interpol, Red Notice for Doğan Akhanlı
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Rapporteur Bern Fabritius on Monday condemned misuse of Interpol Red Notices by Turkish government against government...
‘Erdoğan, gov’t want to cover up the coup to protect themselves’
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said Turkey'a autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım do not want...
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