Pro-gov’t journalist faces prison over false claims of main opposition party takeover

Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to three years for pro-government journalist Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı for claiming that the government would...

Reuters: Turkish court throws out case against former WSJ journalist Albayrak

A Turkish court has thrown out the conviction of a former Wall Street Journal reporter, the newspaper said, annulling a verdict sentencing her to...

Turkish journalist briefly detained for disseminating ‘misinformation’

Turkish authorities on Wednesday briefly detained journalist Dinçer Gökçe on accusations of spreading misinformation due to a news report claiming that two convicted mob...

CoE reveals ECtHR still gives credit to Turkish gov’t’s ‘remedies’ created for witch hunt...

A statement by the Council of Europe (CoE) has revealed that the CoE and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) still give credit...

UNAOC cancels Press Freedom Day event over pressure from Turkey

The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) indefinitely postponed an event at the UN on Thursday to observe World Press Freedom Day after the...

Critical theologian Eliaçık attacked by Turkish Islamist thugs at book fair

İhsan Eliaçık, a Turkish theologian, who is known for his critical stance against Turkish government and autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was assulted by a...

Turkish TV commercial under investigation for featuring actor resembling Fethullah Gülen

Turkey’s Health Ministry has launched an investigation into the production of a one-minute, 56-second commercial due to the resemblance of one of the actors...

French journalist Depardon detained in Turkey’s Batman

French photojournalist Mathias Depardon was detained on Monday after photographing the local scenery in Batman province. Erol Önderoğlu, the Turkey representative of Reporters Sans Frontières,...

Turkey’s Saturday Mothers meet for 649th time to demand justice for their disappeared children

The mothers of Kurds who have disappeared in Turkey staged their weekly sit-in at Galatasaray Square on İstanbul's İstiklal Avenue for the 694th time...

Erdoğan files criminal complaint against columnist, alleging instigation of coup

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s lawyer has filed a criminal complaint against journalist Ragıp Zarakolu for a column he wrote, accusing him of “instigating...

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