A student of fine arts jailed over charge of ‘insulting’ Turkey’s President Erdoğan
Gizem Yerik, as student from the Department of Fine Arts at Bursa's Uludağ University was arrested again on Thursday as her sentence over charge of...
CoE election observers urge Turkey to do more to protect freedom of expression
The Council of Europe’s election observation mission to Turkey on Monday released a statement calling on Turkish authorities to do more to ensure freedom...
Journalist assaulted in eastern Turkey faces trial for insulting attacker
Sinan Aygül, a local journalist based in the eastern province of Bitlis who in June was physically attacked after covering municipal corruption allegations, is...
Turkish journalist arrested over alleged insult of Erdoğan in social media posts
A Turkish court on Friday ordered the arrest of journalist Alican Uludağ, a reporter for Deutsche Welle’s Turkish service, on charges of insulting President...
Turkey ranks 155th in RSF’s World Press Freedom Index
Turkey, which has around 200 journalists jailed in its prisons, is ranked 155th among 180 countries in the 2017 World Press Freedom Index released...
Erdoğan gov’t fails to cancel UN Human Rights Council event on Turkey
The Turkish government mobilized its entire diplomatic corps in both New York and Geneva to prevent a human rights debate from taking place during...
Exhibition in EP exposes plight of Turkish journalists behind bars on World Press Freedom...
An exhibition at the initiative of three political groups in the European Parliament to mark the World Press Freedom Day features the plight of...
Ankara’s requests for Swiss assistance against Turkish expats on the rise: report
Swiss authorities have been asked to take action against social media commentary that Turkey perceives as defamatory or sympathetic to terrorist groups, the Swissinfo...
Imprisoned Turkish media designer: I’m calling you from a shrunken small world
Fevzi Yazıcı, a Turkish member of the US-based international Society for News Design (SND) who was imprisoned last year as part of a government...
Turkish journalist gets suspended sentence over cartoon tweet
A columnist for a leading Turkish opposition daily has been handed down a suspended sentence of nine months on charges of “inciting hatred and...
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