BİA report: 237 aggravated life sentences sought for 520 journalists in Turkey
A recently released quarterly report, the BİA Media Monitoring Report, has revealed that 122 journalists were in Turkish jails as of Jan.1, 2018, while...
Turkey’s business newspaper lays off 40 employees due to financial troubles
Turkey’s prestigious economy newspaper Dünya has let 40 staff members go over the last two days as a result of financial problems, the Gerçek...
4 Turkish students allege abuse after nearly 3 months in pretrial detention for protesting...
Four Turkish university students who were held in pretrial detention for nearly three months for participating in a protest against a Syrian government offensive...
Scale of environmental disaster in Giresun continues to cause concern
Leakage from a flotation pool used for storing poisonous waste at a mining facility in Giresun continues to worry environmentalists, voicing their concerns on...
21 int’l NGOs and journalists organizations call for dropping of lawsuit against cyber-rights activist...
Twenty-one international NGOs and journalists organizations on Friday issued a statement calling for the dropping of a lawsuit filed against academic and cyber-rights activist...
Inmate with bruises covering his body found dead in Rize prison, sparking claims of...
Süphan Çabuk, who was serving time in a prison in the northern Turkish province of Rize, was found dead in his cell with bruises...
Turkey’s internet crackdown blocked 3,300 URLs in first seven months of 2025: report
Turkish courts blocked access to 3,330 URLs linked to 1,306 pieces of online content in the first seven months of 2025, according to a...
Turkey Purge: 3,158 detained, 1,127 jailed in past 30 days over coup charges
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down, taken...
A new report uncovers a murder of detained teacher in Turkey due to torture
Deaths in detentions and prisons due to torture, abuse and ill-treatment have become recurring theme in Turkey with close to 100 cases reported as...
Hagia Sophia’s change of status indicative of Turkey’s disregard of cultural and religious values:...
The change of the status of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul from a museum to a mosque in July indicates Turkey's disregard of cultural and...
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