Turkish journalist Yücel criticizes Erdoğan visit to Germany as he accepts media award
Deniz Yücel, a German-Turkish journalist who remained in pre-trial detention in Turkey for about one year, criticized the German president for inviting Turkish President...
Turkish novelist Erdoğan: Ahmet Altan is a victim of Ergenekon-Erdoğan bargain
Turkish novelist Aslı Erdoğan, who spent 132 days in jail in 2016 for displaying solidarity with the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem newspaper, has said jailed...
Turkish court sentences 3 executives of now-closed TV station to prison for ‘terrorist propaganda’
The İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court on Wednesday handed down prison sentences of three years, nine months to each of three executives of the...
Turkish court releases pro-Kurdish journalist Duran from prison for health reasons
A Turkish court ruled on Monday to release jailed journalist Metin Duran from prison following a report issued by Turkey's Institute of Forensic Medicine...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 261 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 376 social media accounts and taken legal action against 261 users over the last week (Sept.10-Sept.17) on accusations of...
1,200 newspaper staff facing job loss due to Turkey’s advertising authority decision
A decision by Turkey’s state-run Press Advertising Authority (BİK) announced on Saturday could result in 1,200 newspaper employees losing their jobs amid a currency...
Int’l bar associations urge Turkish gov’t to release all legal professionals and journalists
Several international bar associations have urged the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to unconditionally release and drop charges against all legal...
Turkish TV anchor testifies due to allegedly insulting Erdoğan in tweet about banned theater...
Turkey’s private FOX TV anchor Fatih Portakal testified to a prosecutor in Istanbul after an investigation was launched to determine whether he had insulted...
Inmates punished for cartoon allegedly insulting Turkish President Erdoğan in prison publication
Six inmates in a prison in the northwestern province of Bolu have been given 10 days of solitary confinement as punishment for allegedly insulting...
Turkish court rules to release 1 journalist, keep 5 pro-Kurdish journalists in pretrial detention
A Turkish court ruled on Wednesday to release journalist Pınar Tarlak but continued the pretrial detention of five other staff members during a hearing...
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