Jailed Kurdish journalists preparing to file application at ECtHR due to lack of indictment...
Sixteen Kurdish journalists who were put in pre-trial detention in southeastern Turkey in June are planning to file an application at the European Court...
Article 19 calls for release of first journalist arrested under Turkey’s ‘disinformation’ law
The Europe branch of Article 19, a London-based international organization defending free expression worldwide, has called for the release of a journalist who was...
Turkey’s bounty offer to hunt down Erdoğan critics entices informant network abroad
A bounty offered by the Turkish government for information on critics and opponents of authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has enticed an array of...
‘Victims of decree-laws sentenced to civil death’ opposition deputy says
Peoples' Democratic Party deputy Mahmut Toğrul pointed to the experiences of people affected by the decree-laws during the two-year state of emergency (OHAL) in...
Almost half of İstanbulites believe city’s mayor was tried for political reasons: survey
According to a survey conducted by MetroPOLL Research in November, 44.8 percent of İstanbul residents believe the trial of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was...
Prison sentence, political ban for İstanbul mayor sparks int’l condemnation
A prison sentence and a political ban imposed on İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in a politically charged trial has sparked international condemnation, Turkish Minute...
EU slams Erdoğan’s threats of missile strikes on Athens
The European Union has criticized recent remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who threatened to launch missile strikes on Athens, saying that such...
Record number of jailed journalists globally, Turkey among top offenders: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has found that a record number of journalists are currently imprisoned around the world, with Turkey among the...
Journalist reporting on child abuse in eastern Turkey detained
Journalist Sinan Aygül was detained on Tuesday on charges of "inciting hatred and hostility" after reporting on a child abuse incident in Turkey’s eastern...
İstanbul mayor gets prison sentence, political ban in insult trial verdict
A Turkish court on Wednesday handed down a prison sentence of more than two years as well as imposing a political ban on İstanbul’s...
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