Jailed Turkish journalist Gürsel nominated for UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Prize
The Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has nominated Turkish jailed journalist Kadri Gürsel as a candidate for UNESCO’s Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. The...
European Court of Human Rights decides to evaluate Altan brothers’ plea
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to evaluate the application of imprisoned authors and journalists Ahmet Altan and Mehmet Altan, citing...
Germany says 136 Turks with diplomatic passports applied for asylum
Germany says it has received 136 asylum requests from Turks holding diplomatic passports since the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, according to...
Female judge, academics detained over ByLock use in Hakkari and Erzurum
A female judge, identified with initials N.Ş.D., has been detained in Hakkari province as part of an investigation targeting the Gülen movement, which President...
HDP’s Baydemir takes military blockade and torture in Koruköy to Parliament’s agenda
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy Osman Baydemir talked about developments in Koruköy village of the Nusaybin district of southeastern Mardin province during...
German union claims Turkey asked students to spy on Erdoğan critics
A German education union claimed on Thursday that Turkish diplomats in Germany have been urging students from the diaspora to spy on their teachers...
PACE report lambasts Turkey on severe restrictions to access to a lawyer
A draft report by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) lambasted Turkey on severe restrictions placed on access to lawyers by...
Swedish Left Party’s Sjöstedt on Turkey: This is not the sight of a democracy
Swedish Left Party President Jonas Sjöstedt has said in İstanbul that “It’s worrying that when Turkey is facing a crucial referendum on the political...
Rector says signing peace declaration used as criterion in purge of academics
Professor Mehmet Emin Arat, rector of Marmara University, has said academics who have been dismissed from the university through government decrees were selected according...
EP’s Piri says situation in Turkey worsening as EU expresses concern over measures against...
The situation in Turkey is worsening on every visit, the European Parliament’s (EP) Turkey Rapporteur Kati Piri said during a visit to the critical...
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