Turkey’s Sözcü daily publishes blank paper to protest government operation
The Sözcü daily on Saturday published a totally blank edition to protest detention warrants issued the previous day for its owner and three of...
OKC’s Enes Kanter detained in Romania after Turkish government cancels passport
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Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter’s passport has been seized by Romanian police at Henri Coanda Airport upon a request from the Turkish government,...
Teacher, lawyer go missing in new wave of post-coup disappearances in Turkey’s capital
Fatih Kılıç, a teacher who was dismissed from his job under post-coup emergency rule, and lawyer Mustafa Özben have been missing for days, joining...
Turkish Journalists Association’s report shows some 123 Turkish journalists in exile
Because of the despotic Erdoğan regime's persecution targeting independent journalists in Turkey, "some 123 Turkish journalists are in exile," according to a recent report released...
No foreign politician ever campaigned in Turkey, Çavuşoğlu denied holding rally in Germany
No foreign politician has ever visited Turkey to run a domestic political campaign, Turkey’s top diplomat admitted, even though his government stirred troubles with...
Trustee removes name of slain Kurdish activist Elçi from park in Van
Hacı Asım Akgül, a trustee appointed by the government to Van’s Çatak Municipality, has removed the name of former Diyarbakır Bar Association head and...
Mother of hunger striking teacher detained by police in Ankara
Nine protesters, including the mother of Semih Özakça, were detained in Ankara by police on Thursday during a solidarity protest with dismissed teacher Özakça...
French photojournalist Depardon waiting to be deported in prison cell for 10 days
French photojournalist Mathias Depardon, who was detained on May 8 after photographing the local scenery in Turkey’s southeastern Batman province, has been waiting to...
Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Berdan Öztürk detained at İstanbul airport
Berdan Öztürk, a deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was detained at İstanbul’s Atatürk Airport in the early hours of Friday upon...
Funds to Erdoğan’s media by state banks kept secret from Turkey’s Parliament
Turkish government hid behind ‘client privacy’ and ‘trade secret’ protections in revealing how much credit and advertisement payments by state-lenders was funneled to pro-government...
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