Videos show pro-gov’t journalists as mediators between Turkish interior minister, mob boss
Footage of two video calls recently released by notorious Turkish mob boss Sedat Peker has revealed that pro-government journalists and brothers Hadi Özışık and...
Jailed Turkish journalist Altan awarded Germany’s Geschwister-Scholl Prize
Jailed Turkish journalist and author Ahmet Altan, 69, has been announced as the recipient of Germany’s prestigious Geschwister-Scholl Prize, German news outlets reported on...
Turkish doctors warn of the detrimental effects of poverty on children
Turkish doctors have warned that the deepening economic crisis in the country has had detrimental effects on the physical development of children, the Birgün...
Election board official says court has no authority to annul CHP’s intraparty vote
A senior representative of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) at the country’s top election authority has said a court cannot legally annul...
Turkish regulator imposes blackout on TELE 1, sparking press freedom outcry
Turkish authorities enforced a five-day blackout of pro-opposition broadcaster TELE 1 after midnight Sunday, a move that has ignited fierce criticism from journalists, opposition...
13 people under investigation for dancing to Kurdish song in SE Turkey
A prosecutor has launched an investigation into 13 people who danced to a Kurdish song during a rally in southeastern Turkey on allegations of...
Turkish court releases 14 Boğaziçi students arrested for criticizing Syria operation
The İstanbul 32nd High Criminal Court on Wednesday released 14 Boğaziçi University students from pretrial detention in the first hearing of their trial on...
Top court issues landmark ruling to investigate gov’t officials for negligence in femicide case
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has issued a landmark decision in the case of government officials accused of negligence in the murder of academic Serpil Erfındık,...
Turkey’s witch hunt of critics reached to Belarus
Turkey’s relentless campaign to hunt down critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan abroad was carried out in Belarus by Turkish diplomats, judicial documents obtained...
Turkish gov’t detains nationalist news portal’s editor over alleged links to Gülen movement
Journalist İsmail Türk, the editor-in-chief of a nationalist online news portal, Haber Erk and a former columnist for the Yeniçağ daily newspaper has been...
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