Court gives suspended sentence to poet Odabaşı for insulting Erdoğan
Poet and author Yılmaz Odabaşı on Wednesday received a suspended jail sentence of one year, eight months for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
FDD report: Turkey’s jailing of Western nationals is ‘hostage diplomacy’
A Washington think tank has warned that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is holding a number of Western nationals in jail to use them...
PEN International calls on Turkey to drop terrorism charges against Kurdish writer
PEN International has called on Turkish authorities to drop all charges against a Kurdish writer who faces more than seven years in prison on...
Chomsky suggests sending independent team to northern Iraq to investigate use of chemical weapons...
Professor Noam Chomsky, a well-known American linguist, philosopher and political activist, said in an interview with the Medya Haber news website that an independent...
Turkish authorities should cease harassing Etkin news agency: CPJ
Turkish authorities should cease harassing the Etkin News Agency (ETHA) and return all property that was confiscated from its office, the Committee to Protect...
Turkey sees at least 182 deaths from workplace accidents in October
Turkey has seen at least 182 deaths from workplace accidents on October and thus the death toll has reached 1,683 for the first ten...
Justice ministry claims ‘no information’ on 2015 killing of Kurdish woman in SE Turkey
The Turkish Justice Ministry has announced that it has “no information” regarding an investigation into the killing of a Kurdish woman whose body was...
Pro-Erdoğan journalist tracked Turkish political dissidents while using fake name and address in Denmark
Abdurrahman Şimşek, news coordinator for the Sabah newspaper, which is aligned with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has been "mapping" political dissidents from...
European Parliament calls on Turkey to enforce ECtHR ruling for immediate release of Demirtaş:...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday calling on Turkey to comply with a ruling from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)...
Turkish Justice Minister Gül says trials of Gülen followers to be concluded by end...
Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül has said he thinks the trials of followers of the Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish government...
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