Journalist investigated for reporting on death of man in police custody
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into a reporter from the pro-opposition Halk TV station for reporting on allegations of mistreatment surrounding the death...
Turkish court rules for continuation of pretrial detention of 5 Cumhuriyet journalists
An İstanbul court on Monday evening ruled for continuation of pretrial detention for five Cumhuriyet daily journalists following a public prosecutor demanded their pretrial detention be...
Cartoonist’s tweets withheld in Turkey after drawing abandoned children
The tweets of renowned cartoonist Carlos Latuff have been withheld in Turkey after he drew five children who were left alone in tears in...
Turkish Culture Ministry demands censorship for short film ‘The Last Schnitzel’
Turkish Culture Ministry has demanded two directors to censor their short film as condition to be able to get permission to take part in...
Turkish actress sentenced to 15 months in prison for supporting pro-Kurdish newspaper
Turkish thespian Jülide Kural has received a suspended 15-month sentence for standing in for a day as editor-in-chief of a pro-Kurdish daily as a...
Kurdish journalist faces terrorism propaganda investigation over reporting shared online
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into Öznur Değer, editor of the pro-Kurdish JINNEWS news agency, accusing her of disseminating terrorist propaganda in social...
CHP presents evidence Turkey’s Erdoğan interfered with judiciary to intimidate media
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has revealed a document that proves Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s office interfered with the judiciary...
Turkish court sentences Islamic scholar to 6 years and 3 months in prison over...
A Turkish court ruled on Tuesday to sentence Turkish writer and anti-capitalist Islamic scholar İhsan Eliaçık to 6 years and 3 months in prison and...
54 NGOs from around the world sign joint call for release of imprisoned journalist...
Fifty-four human rights and press freedom organizations on Wednesday urged Turkish authorities to “immediately and unconditionally release” journalist Nedim Türfent and to overturn his...
Indictment seeks up to 10-year jail sentences for 28 journalists
An indictment prepared by an İstanbul public prosecutor seeks 10-year jail sentences for 28 journalists, most of whom worked for media outlets affiliated with...
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