Turkish journalists facing terror accusations deny charges as trial nears end
The trial of 29 journalists charged with alleged membership in "a terrorist organisation" resumed in İstanbul on Thursday, with the journalists denying the charges...
Int’l political psychologists: Turkish example shows how authoritarians rise and institutions fail in a...
The Turkish government’s crackdown on critics of the government may be a harbinger of things to come in currently democratic nations as authoritarianism is...
Reporters Without Borders condemns Turkish gov’t over trial of 29 journalists
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has reiterated its condemnation of the politically-motivated trial of 29 journalists and media workers that resumed on Thursday in İstanbul...
‘Merciless, unjust and unfair,’ author Pamuk says of conviction of Turkish journalists
Orhan Pamuk, Turkey’s most famous writer and a Nobel laureate in literature, has criticized the aggravated life sentences handed down to six journalists including...
Amnesty International: Dissents being ruthlessly suppressed by Turkish gov’t in 2017
A report released by Amnesty International on Thursday reveals that critical voices and dissent were ruthlessly suppressed in Turkey in 2017 and that a...
Turkish gov’t detains 11 more people for opposing Afrin operation on social media
Turkish government has detained at least 11 more people over their critical stance against Turkish military operation in Afrin region of northern Syria on Thursday. In...
Turkish gov’t sentences 5 military officers to aggravated life sentences over coup claims
Turkish government has sentenced 5 more military officers to aggravated life sentences on Thursday for their alleged actions at İstanbul’s Disaster Coordination Center on the...
Transparency Int’l Index shows level of corruption in Turkey worsens dramatically
The Corruption Perceptions Index released by the Transparency International for 2017 has showed that the level of corruption in Turkey has been worsened with a 10 point...
Journalist Ener: I was released but there are 6 children in my old prison...
Journalist Naciye Nur Ener Kılınç, who was released from jail on Tuesday and put under house arrest, said there are six children in the...
Turkish police disturb mourning family and friends of deceased academic Özcerit
Turkish police have reportedly continued to disturb the mourning family members, relatives and friends of the deceased academic Ahmet Turan Özcerit on Tuesday following the...
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