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Turkey’s agriculture minister smacks journalist over a question

Turkish Agriculture Minister Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba slapped a journalist who asked a question about his security detail in Şanlıurfa province, the online news outlet...

OSCE’s Désir calls on Turkish gov’t to release journalists

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir called on Turkish authorities to drop terrorism charges...

Turkey’s top court finds no rights violation in cases of 6 journalists: report

The Turkish Constitutional Court found no violation of rights in two separate cases involving six journalists over their reports on military involvement in Libya...

Jailed journalist with cancer losing hope after higher court upholds conviction

A jailed Turkish journalist diagnosed with cancer has been losing hope to survive, according to his daughter, after a regional appeals court upheld his...

Jailed Turkish journalist Nazlı Ilıcak set for next hearing

Turkish journalist Nazlı Ilıcak (73), a well-known columnist, TV host and former parliamentarian, has spent over two years behind bars since her arrest on...

OSCE says Ayşenur Parıldak ruling unfounded, calls for her release

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir criticized a court ruling on Tuesday that sentenced...

Two journalists detained in Turkey based on ‘reasonable suspicion’

Two journalists working for the Dihaber news website, Erdoğan Alayumat and Nuri Akman, were detained on Thursday evening in Turkey's southeastern province of Gaziantep...

ECtHR to take up journalist Ilıcak’s case on priority basis

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to examine on a priority basis an application filed by jailed journalist Nazlı Ilıcak’s lawyer...

Turkish president’s spokesman slams Newsweek for article targeting Erdoğan

İbrahim Kalın, the spokesperson for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has slammed a Newsweek article harshly criticising Erdoğan, calling it “one of the worst pieces...

Russia’s Sputnik news agency closes Kurdish edition at Turkish gov’t’s request

Russia’s state-run Sputnik news agency has closed down its Kurdish-language website at the request of the Turkish government, according to a report by online...

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