Turkish TV station closes down due to gov’t pressure 26 days after launch
Private Turkish television station Olay TV closed down on Friday, only 26 days after it started broadcasting, due to intense pressure from Turkey’s Justice...
Austrian journalist acquitted of terror charges in Turkey
An Austrian student and journalist says a Turkish court has acquitted him and two others of terrorism-related charges, The Associated Press reported.
Max Zirngast was...
Turkish court sets April 18 as next hearing date for Önderoğlu, Fincancı, Nesin
The İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court on Tuesday rejected a request to send a case to the Constitutional Court, scheduling April 18, 2018 as...
Turkish court accepts indictment against journalist over alleged insults to Erdoğan
An Istanbul court on Thursday accepted an indictment seeking up to 15 years in prison for journalist Furkan Karabay on charges of “insulting the...
OSCE’s Désir questions media freedom in Turkey 49 times in 8 months
Harlem Désir, representative on freedom of the media for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), has made 13 statements, posted 31...
3 more journalists arrested in Turkey
Three of six journalists who were detained in an operation on Dec. 25 were arrested by an İstanbul court, after 24 days under detention,...
Documentary filmmaker arrested in Ankara on terrorism charges
A documentary filmmaker and journalist who was detained while shooting a film in Ankara last Friday was arrested on terrorism charges on Saturday, Turkish...
Turkish court convicts Kurdish journalist on terrorism propaganda charges
A Turkish court on Friday handed down a suspended sentence of more than one year to Kurdish journalist Mehmet Üçar on terrorism propaganda charges...
Nişanyan, renowned Turkish-Armenian intelectual, applied for political asylum in Greece
Renowned Turkish-Armenian intelectual, linguist and writer Sevan Nişanyan, who escaped from a Turkish prison two weeks ago after having been jailed in 2014 on...
Turkish court sentences journalist Polat to pay TL 10,000 fine due to a 2012...
Fatih Polat, the editor-in-chief of Turkey’s leftist Evrensel daily, will pay a fine of TL 10,000 (around $1,500) for revealing the identity of a...
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