Jailed Turkish journalist Aydın: I am about to drown, I want a little oxygen
Turkish journalist Hüseyin Aydın, who has been held in İstanbul's notorious Silivri Prison for more than two years, has expressed his feelings in a...
Turkish filmmakers accuse culture ministry of censorship over documentary funding repayment
Turkish filmmakers have accused the Culture and Tourism Ministry of censorship after it demanded that director Bingöl Elmas repay with interest government funding awarded...
China’s growing media influence is silencing Uyghur voices in Turkey: RSF
China’s growing influence in Turkey’s media landscape is making it increasingly difficult for Uyghur journalists and activists to draw attention to human rights abuses...
AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate bureaucrats collecting multiple salaries
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Tuesday rejected a parliamentary motion filed by the...
Turkey’s hunger threshold keeps extending its lead over the minimum wage
Turkey’s hunger threshold for the month of October was calculated at TL 28,412 ($675), extending its lead over the minimum wage of TL 22,104...
Members of Furkan Foundation beaten, detained by police
Members of the Furkan Foundation, an anti-government religious group, on Monday were beaten and detained by police officers in Turkey's Osmaniye province, the Tr724...
Turkey’s presidency refuses to give info about Erdoğan’s advisors, says ‘of no interest to...
The public relations department of the Turkish President’s Office has rejected a request from a Cumhuriyet daily reporter to receive information about the number...
Journalist investigated for reporting on death of man in police custody
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into a reporter from the pro-opposition Halk TV station for reporting on allegations of mistreatment surrounding the death...
Turkish NGOs bring controversial April 16 referendum to ECtHR agenda
A group of Turkish NGOs, including the Turkish Union of Engineers and Architects’ Chambers (TMMOB), the Halkevleri (Community Centers) and the Alevi Pir Sultan...
Protesters condemn armed attack on Turkish newspaper office
Dozens of journalists, representatives of political parties, unions and civil society groups gathered Wednesday in the western city of İzmir to denounce an armed...
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