Turkey ranks 157th in RSF’s 2018 World Press Freedom Index

Turkey, which has jailed more than 250 journalists and media workers, is ranked 157th among 180 countriesin the 2018 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters...

Pro-Erdoğan columnist: More journalists to face investigation in Turkey

Journalist Cem Küçük, a staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said on Monday that new operations targeting journalists were underway. Küçük wrote in...

US Human Rights Report: Turkish gov’t’s prosecution and jailing of journalists hinder freedom of...

The Turkish government’s prosecution of journalists representing major independent newspapers and its jailing of scores of journalists in 2017 hindered freedom of speech, and...

US Human Rights Report: State of emergency has far-reaching effects on human rights in...

The US State Department has stated that a continuing state of emergency in Turkey, imposed following a July 2016 coup attempt, had far-reaching effects...

Pro-government Turkish journalist threatens opposition leader

"Turkey’s leftist main opposition Republican People’s Party should nominate popular nationalist politician Meral Akşener as its candidate for president in the June elections,"...

Turkish gov’t jails 4 more journalists from left-leaning Etkin news agency

A Turkish court on Thursday ruled for the arrest of four journalists affiliated with the Etkin News Agency (ETHA) and ordered that they be put...

Jailed Turkish journalist Ali Bulaç not receiving medications as prescribed

Jailed veteran columnist and renowned theologian Ali Bulaç has not been given the prescribed medications he is required to take daily by the authorities...

Turkish academic Çalışkan sentenced to 18 months in prison over Gülen propaganda

Associate Professor Koray Çalışkan, who was detained on July 10, 2017 as part of an investigation into 20 university academics and later released under...

Veteran Turkish journalist Alpay’s house subject to random searches even at midnight

The house belonging to veteran journalist Şahin Alpay, who was released pending trial on March 17, 2017 after spending 20 months in jail, has...

Turkish gov’t furious over harshest report ever released by EU on Turkey

The Turkish government led Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is furious over a report released on Tuesday by the European Commission that is the most critical...

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