Turkish court considers publishing leaked state documents an act of terrorism
A Mersin court that handed down a prison sentence of 19 years, six months to jailed investigative journalist Mehmet Baransu on three separate charges...
Social media giants fined by Turkish government under controversial social media law
Turkish authorities have fined several social media companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok and YouTube, 10 million Turkish lira (1.3 million euros) each under...
Lawyers detained solely for practicing legal profession should be immediately and unconditionally released: Amnesty...
All lawyers who have been detained solely for practicing the legal profession should be immediately and unconditionally released, Amnesty International said in a public...
Turkey declared ‘not free’ in world freedom report
Political and civil rights in Turkey have deteriorated so severely under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that Turkey is no longer a free country, according...
Turkey’s press freedom crisis is worsening amid growing state capture of media: Human Rights...
Turkey's press freedom crisis is worsening amid growing state capture of media, said a statement issued by 11 international rights group including Human Rights...
İstanbul court upholds prison sentences of journalists from Turkey’s pro-opposition Sözcü daily
The prison sentences of nine journalists from Turkey’s pro-opposition Sözcü daily who were charged with supporting the Gülen movement have been upheld by the...
2 lower courts defy Turkey’s Constitutional Court amid calls for restructuring
Two lower courts have openly defied rulings of the Turkish Constitutional Court amid calls by Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and his key ally...
Turkish gov’t targets Spotify because of podcasts, pundit says: report
The audio streaming platform Spotify, which faces a ban in Turkey if it does not abide by a government notice to submit a license...
4 journalists arrested for reporting on Kurdish villagers thrown from military helicopter
Four journalists who reported on two Kurdish villagers who had allegedly been thrown out of a military helicopter were arrested on Friday, Turkish media...
Iraqi Kurdistan-based news website Rûdaw blocked in Turkey
The Turkish edition of the Rûdaw news website, part of a media group based in Erbil, the capital city of Iraqi Kurdistan, was blocked...
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