Suspect soldier in coup trial says ordered to prepare for terror attack operation
Abdulkadir Kahraman, a military cadet who was arrested for involvement in a failed coup attempt last July in Turkey, said during his trial in...
24 detained over alleged Gülen links, 18 arrested for alleged ByLock use
While a total of 24 people including former police officers, the Scientific as well as employees from the Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBİTAK)...
Venice Commission watchdog says Turkey ‘on the road to autocracy’
A body of constitutional law experts has warned of a “one-person regime” in Turkey in the wake of proposed constitutional amendments which will establish...
CoE Secretary General Jagland warns Turkey on rights violations
In a stern warning to mass rights violations that takes place in a member country, Turkey, the Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary General Thorbjørn...
The number of jailed journalists in Turkey reaches to 200
Stockholm Center for Freedom, an advocacy group that monitors rights violations in Turkey, has updated its mammoth list of jailed journalists in Turkey which...
Turkey blocks access to German daily Bild’s website
Access to the German daily BILD’s website has been blocked by the Turkish government, several media outlets reported on Wednesday.
The decision came after BILD...
EU Commission: Arrest of journalists in Turkey has grave impact on freedom of expression
As criticism mounts in Germany over the Monday arrest of Die Welt’s Turkey correspondent Deniz Yücel on charges of disseminating the propaganda of a...
On 20th anniversary, Feb. 28 victims say there is more oppression in Turkey today
Renowned figures who were all victimized by a military intervention known as the Feb. 28 postmodern coup of 1997 have said on the 20th...
Int’l press bodies urge Turkish gov’t to release jailed journalists
The representatives of the numbers of international press organizations have come together in a meeting in İstanbul and urged Turkish government to release the...
Journalist Aslan gets prison sentence over social media post
Pro-Kurdish journalist Arif Aslan in Turkey’s eastern province of Van has been charged with “aiding and abetting a terrorist organization” and given a prison...
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