COMMENTARY — CPJ downplays the number of jailed journalists in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Although there are varying figures on the number of jailed journalists and media workers in Turkey from different advocacy groups, one thing...
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Syrians lose life-saving care as Turkey halts medical visits
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Pride Week activities to be banned in İstanbul over concerns of ‘protecting the family’:...
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Turkish minister boasts ‘world’s best refugee policy’ amid concerns of new wave of asylum...
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has boasted about Turkey’s refugee system and described it as the best in the world in the face of...
Amnesty bill prepared by Turkish president’s ultranationalist ally to pardon over 160,000 convicts
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Opposition politician sentenced to over 16 years in espionage case
A Turkish court has sentenced opposition politician Metin Gürcan, a prominent defense analyst and co-founder of the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), to more...
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