Exiled journalist’s wife: I am held hostage in Turkey
Dilek Türker Dündar, the wife of exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar, complained about the human rights violations she has faced in Turkey...
Yeni Asya journalists to be tried on terrorism charges arising from tweets and cartoons
Kazım Güleçyüz, the editor-in-chief of the critical Yeni Asya daily, and the paper’s cartoonist, İbrahim Özdabak, will stand trial on terrorism charges...
Erdoğan’s Maarif Foundation has taken over 191 Gülen-linked schools in 21 countries, says chair
The Maarif Foundation now controls 191 schools taken over from the Gülen movement in 21 countries, the foundation’s chair, Birol Akgün, told...
Turkish court rules to keep journalist Baransu in prison
A Turkish court on Monday ruled for a continuation of the imprisonment of journalist Mehmet Baransu, a former correspondent for the now-defunct...
UN expert investigating Khashoggi killing denied entry to Saudi Consulate in İstanbul
Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard, who is visiting Turkey to investigate the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, on Tuesday was denied entry...
Writer put in prison over solidarity with Kurdish daily
Writer Ayşe Düzkan on Tuesday surrendered to authorities to serve an 18-month prison sentence handed down for serving as the symbolic editor-in-chief...
Journalist gets 8 years, 3 months for alleged terror links
The Muş 2nd High Criminal Court on Friday handed down a sentence of eight years, three months in prison to journalist İdris Sayılğan...
Veteran journalist Ilıcak sentenced to 5 years, 10 months over ‘state security’
Veteran journalist Nazlı Ilıcak (75), who has been jailed since August 29, 2016 on trumped-up coup charges, was sentenced in another case...
HRW: Terrorism trials in Turkey lack compelling evidence
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Thursday that many terrorism trials in Turkey lack compelling evidence of criminal...
Turkey deports Dutch journalist over ‘national security’ concerns
Turkish authorities on Thursday deported Ans Boersma, a 31-year-old Dutch correspondent for Het Financieele Dagblad (FD), the newspaper confirmed.
Boersma...
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Clampdown on foreign journalists in Turkey
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Erdoğan’s Long Arm: The Case Of Norway
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The Turkish government’s blatant abuse of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to...
Erdoğan’s Rule by Royal Decree: Turkey’s Contempt for The Rule of Law
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The authoritarian government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s open contempt...