Report: Turkish government detained at least 187 journalists in 2017
At least 187 journalists were detained by Turkish government in 2017, according to a report released by Free Journalists Initiative (ÖGİ) in Diyarbakır on Wednesday.
Holding...
Demirtaş sentenced to prison for insulting Turkish president
A court on Monday sentenced Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş to three years, six months in prison for insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his...
More academics, teachers, charity staff detained over alleged Gülen links
Tens of academics, teachers, university staff and aid organization personnel were detained by police in Turkey over alleged links with Gülen movement.
At least 18...
CPJ calls on Turkish gov’t to investigate attack on journalist Erciş
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Turkish government to investigate an attack on political commentator Emre Erciş and bring the perpetrators...
Turkish police raid Kurdish language center and bookstore
Turkish police raided the Mezopotamya Language and Culture Research Association (MED-DER), a Kurdish language center and the Payîz Pirtûk Kurdish bookstore in Diyarbakır early...
Calls for release intensify as ailing Turkish inmate faces urgent surgery
Social media users on Wednesday called on Turkish authorities to release Rukiye Çoygar, an ailing prisoner who is suffering from a fissure in her...
Turkish authorities ban all Pride Week activities in Istanbul
Turkish authorities banned all Pride Week activities in Istanbul in order to "maintain peace and security, and prevent criminal activities," amid an increasing number...
Turkish journalist under investigation for allegedly disseminating terrorist propaganda
Veteran Turkish journalist Şirin Payzın has been placed under investigation by prosecutors for allegedly “disseminating terrorist propaganda,” she announced Tuesday on the social media...
Turkish court releases man behind ByLock app
A Turkish-American who hold the license for ByLock, an encrypted messaging app banned in Turkey, was released on Nov. 3 by a Turkish court,...
Court rules to keep former Zaman daily editor in pretrial detention
An İstanbul court has ruled to keep journalist Mehmet Kamış, the former deputy editor-in-chief of the now-closed Zaman newspaper who was arrested in November,...
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