Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people over alleged links to Gülen movement

Some 50 people were detained by police across Turkey on Thursday as part of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members...

EU’s Juncker says Turkey must release two Greek soldiers

Turkey must release two Greek soldiers detained in March on Turkish territory, EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker said on Thursday during a visit...

AI: Chilling climate of fear sweeping Turkey as gov’t abuses state of emergency

"A chilling climate of fear is sweeping across Turkish society as the Turkish government continues to use the state of emergency to shrink the...

OSCE’s Désir calls on Turkey to release all journalists

Harlem Désir, representative on freedom of the media for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has called on Turkey to release...

Turkish court sentences 14 Cumhuriyet daily staff members to prison over terror charges

A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced 14 staff members of the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet to prison on terrorism charges and acquitted three, one of...

Turkey’s chief justice says not implementing top court’s rulings out of the question

At a meeting attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s Chief Justice Zühtü Arslan said the rulings of the Constitutional Court concerning the...

Fox TV anchor given suspended sentence for ByLock claim about Turkish minister

A suspended jail sentence of 16 months, 20 days has been handed down to Fox TV anchor İsmail Küçükkaya on insult charges due to...

Teacher Gürer dies due to reappearance of cancer in Turkish prison where he was...

A veteran Turkish teacher who was jailed as part of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement...

German politicians slam Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu’s Solingen plan

German politicians have warned that Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu's plan to join a ceremony to commemorate a racist attack that occurred 25 years...

Turkey ranks 157th in RSF’s 2018 World Press Freedom Index

Turkey, which has jailed more than 250 journalists and media workers, is ranked 157th among 180 countriesin the 2018 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters...

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