Exiled Turkish journalist Dündar vows to quit profession if Erdoğan proves him a spy

Exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar has promised to quit journalism if Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proves his claim that Dündar is a spy,...

Germany Chancellor Merkel talks human rights with Turkey’s Erdoğan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan faced criticism over press freedom and human rights violations in Turkey when he met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in...

Patreon closes account of exiled journalist over threat by Turkish gov’t

Patreon has blocked the account in Turkey of Kamil Maman, an exiled Turkish journalist in Canada, after the Turkish government threatened to close Patreon completely...

English PEN urges Turkey to drop charges against publisher Ragıp Zarakolu

English PEN, the founding center of a global literary network, has urged Turkish authorities to drop all charges against publisher and human rights activist...

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP member arrested over dollar comment on social media

Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) member İdris İlhan was arrested on Thursday on charges of disseminating the propaganda of terrorist organizations and opposing...

Turkish President Erdoğan lands in Berlin for controversial state visit

Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Germany on Thursday for a three-day state visit, with several demonstrations planned around Berlin as Erdoğan prepares for...

Turkey’s watchdog grants right to collect personal information of Internet TV viewers

A newly introduced regulation has granted the authority to Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) to collect information about the viewers of Internet...

HRW: Erdoğan’s visit an opportunity for Germany to address human rights concerns in Turkey

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel should use the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s upcoming visit as an opportunity to raise numerous human...

Turkish court sentences former TRT cameraman for allegedly insulting Erdoğan

Binali Erdoğan, a cameraman who used to work for the state-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT), has been given a suspended jail sentence of...

Turkish court bans three books on Kurdish history

Three translated books on Kurdish history published by Turkey’s Avesta Yayıncılık have been banned by a local Turkish court on the grounds of “triggering...
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