Jailed Turkish author and journalist Bayram Kaya: What I miss most is making news
Bayram Kaya, an author and reporter who has been behind bars for 486 days, says what he misses most is covering issues on security,...
Turkey considers bill mandating social media identity checks, expanding content-removal powers
A Turkish government bill expected to be introduced in parliament in the coming days would require identity verification for social media users, impose new...
Turkish journalists face jail for describing Brunson case as ‘hostage diplomacy’
Turkish prosecutors have launched legal proceedings against two journalists for calling a terrorism case involving American pastor Andrew Brunson “failing hostage diplomacy,” as intense...
A media professional Hüseyin Belli faces lifetime jail in Turkey for severance payment
A media worker who worked for a critical Turkish national daily has been locked up behind bars for 266 days over farcical terror charges...
2 journalists given suspended sentences on charges of revealing state secrets
A Turkish court has handed down suspended sentences to Müyesser Yıldız, the Ankara news editor for the OdaTV news website, and İsmail Dükel, the...
‘Turkey Tribunal’ established to adjudicate human rights violations, raise int’l awareness
A “Turkey Tribunal” has been established under the initiative of Belgian-based law firm Van Steenbrugge Advocaten (VSA) to adjudicate recent human rights violations in...
Reactions mount as critical media outlets not allowed to cover Republic Day ceremony
Reporters from the Cumhuriyet daily, Fox TV and the ANKA news agency, all critical of the Turkish government, were reportedly prevented from covering the...
Turkey detains journalist Özbek for allegedly insulting Erdoğan
Gökhan Özbek, a freelance journalist and an outspoken critic of Turkey’s post-coup human rights abuses, was detained on Thursday for allegedly insulting Turkey's autocratic...
Veteran Turkish journalist Şahin Alpay: I was jailed for criticizing the AKP’s authoritarian drift
Turkish journalist Şahin Alpay in an interview on Friday linked his jailing after a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 to his...
3 journalists released under judicial supervision after detention over İncirlik footage
Three journalists detained over video footage filmed near İncirlik Air Base in southern Turkey have been released under judicial supervision, Turkish Minute reported, citing the Media...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...