Turkish journalists receive suspended sentences over 2019 protest coverage
Three Turkish journalists were handed down suspended five-month sentences on Wednesday for covering a 2019 demonstration in İstanbul in protest of the government’s removal...
European ministers say Turkey’s EU accession talks at a ‘standstill’
The European Union (EU) General Affairs Council stated after a meeting on Tuesday that "The Council notes that Turkey has been moving further away from...
Asylum applications from Turks in Germany see 203 pct rise in first 7 months
There was a 203 percent increase in the number of asylum applications from Turkish citizens filed in Germany in the first seven months of...
56 detained on exam fraud charges in Ankara-based operation
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 101 police officers who took an examination in 2001 to become deputy police...
Turkish court rejects lifting travel ban on jailed Mayor İmamoğlu’s son to attend scientific...
A Turkish court has rejected a request to temporarily lift an international travel ban on the son of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, preventing...
CoE delegation visits jailed İstanbul mayor, condemns his detention without trial
A delegation from the Council of Europe (CoE) visited İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in jail this week, marking the first international meeting with the...
Anti-Sisi activist facing deportation from Turkey goes on hunger strike
An Egyptian activist who was recently detained in İstanbul and sent to a repatriation center in eastern Turkey has been on a hunger strike...
Turkey’s RTÜK fines TV channel for insulting pro-gov’t foundation
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed a fine on pro-opposition broadcaster Halk TV on the grounds that it...
89 detained over alleged Gülen links in a week
Eighty-nine people have over the past week been detained on warrants issued by Turkish prosecutors for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based...
RTÜK fines media outlet over Gülen condolence message
Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed a fine on the Bursada Bugün news website following remarks made by anchor Aysın Komitgan, who...
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