Pro-gov’t Doğan Holding’s Ankara representative acquitted by a Turkish court of all charges
A court in İstanbul has acquitted Barbaros Muratoğlu, the Ankara representative of Doğan Holding which has numbers of media outlets, including CNN Turk, Kanal...
45 jurists dismissed and 3 judges, who released 21 journalists, suspended over Gülen links
Forty five judges and prosecutors have been dismissed while three judges who have decided to release 21 jailed journalists on Friday, have been suspended by...
Turkish translator indicted over translations of English-language news sources
The İstanbul 35th High Criminal Court on Wednesday accepted an indictment charging Turkish translator Sebla Küçük with disseminating “terrorist propaganda” in three of her...
Turkish gov’t sentences two Kurdish journalists to ten months in prison
A Turkish court has sentenced two Kurdish journalists to 10 months in prison for publishing a statement made by a Kurdish separatist organisation Kurdistan...
Local Turkish TV channel red-tagged after reports on municipal corruption
The headquarters of TV 52, situated in Turkey's Ordu province, was red-tagged on March 12 over alleged violation of fire safety regulations.
Police from Ordu’s...
CHP official given suspended prison sentence for insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan
Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy provincial chairman of Batman province Hüseyin Yaşar has been handed down a suspended prison sentence of 11 months 20...
Jailed Kurdish journalist Doğan says Turkish prison guards destroyed her paintings
Zehra Doğan, a Kurdish journalist and artist who has been in prison for over a year, has said paintings she made in prison have...
Journalist Ünal’s request for release denied by Turkish court despite his 17 months behind...
A request by Ali Ünal, a former columnist of the now-defunct Zaman daily, to be released pending trial was denied by a Turkish court although...
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...
CPJ calls on Turkey to find murderers of Syrian journalist, mother
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on the Turkish government to find those responsible for the murder of Syrian-American journalist Halla Barakat and...
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Erdogan’s Long Arm: The Case of Senegal
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Turkey has expanded its witch hunt against critics to the West African nation of Senegal, specifically targeting...
Clampdown on foreign journalists in Turkey
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Turkey, the most notorious country in the world in terms of jailing journalists, with 237 currently behind bars, has also come after foreign...
Free Thought under Siege in Turkey: the Crackdown on Education
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- Crackdown on education sector in Turkey victimized nearly 100,000 teachers and academics
The crackdown on critical thinking in Turkey with an unprecedented witch...
‘Erdoğan’s Long Arm: The Case of Sweden’
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Turkey has expanded its witch hunt against critics to Sweden, using government institutions, affiliated NGOs and operatives, a report released by the Stockholm Center...
Kurdish political movement under crackdown in Turkey: The case of the HDP
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- New report highlights crackdown on Kurdish political movement in Turkey
The Kurdish political movement has come under intense pressure from the current government...
Erdoğan’s Long Arm: The Case Of Norway
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- Erdoğan’s long arm reaches to Norway, targeting critics of Turkish government
Turkey has escalated its witch hunt persecution on critics to Norway using...
Turkey Cracks Down On Health Care Professionals
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- New research shows Turkey’s purge destroyed lives of 21,000 health care workers
More than 21,000 health care professionals including doctors, nurses, medical professors,...
Tortured to Death: Holding Gökhan Açıkkollu’s Killers To Account
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- A new report uncovers a murder of detained teacher in Turkey due to torture
Deaths in detentions and prisons due to torture, abuse...
Abuse Of The Interpol System By Turkey
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- Turkey weaponised Interpol system to persecute critics, new study exposes
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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- New research decodes how Turkey brands law abiding & peaceful people as terrorists
The authoritarian government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s open contempt...