Turkish court lifts travel ban on Turkish-German journalist’s husband
A Turkish court on Tuesday lifted a travel ban on Suat Çorlu, the husband of Turkish-German journalist Meşale Tolu, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported.
The...
Turkish court rules for continuation of journalist Ece Sevim Öztürk’s pretrial imprisonment
A Turkish court ruled for the continuation of the pretrial detention of Ece Sevim Öztürk, an investigative journalist who has been behind bars since...
RSF 2018 report: Turkey remains world’s biggest jailer of professional journalists
Turkey continues to be the world’s biggest jailer of professional
journalists according to a report released on Tuesday by Reporters
without Borders (RSF), despite...
Amnesty activist Webb writes letter of solidarity to jailed journalist Parıldak
Felicity Webb, an Amnesty International activist from the UK, has written a letter of solidarity to journalist Ayşenur Parıldak, who is among the dozens...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court rules journalist Yücel’s rights violated
Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that rights violations had occurred in the one-year-long pretrial detention of German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel, Turkish media reported.
The...
Turkish authorities impose advertising ban on daily over criticism of Syria incursion
Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating public-funded advertisements in the media, has imposed a 19-day advertising ban on the...
Signature campaign launched for release of jailed journalist suffering from cancer
A signature campaign has been launched on the change.org website demanding the release of journalist Mevlüt Öztaş, who was diagnosed with cancer while in jail but...
UPDATE: Controversial Turkish social media law goes into effect
A law on Internet crimes – the so-called social media law – approved by the Turkish parliament on Wednesday, went into effect after it...
Jailed journalist denied release from prison despite eligibility for parole
Jailed Turkish journalist Fahri Öztoprak, who was convicted of alleged membership in the Gülen movement, was denied release from prison although he has been...
Turkish court convicts academic on terrorism-related charges based on one-dollar bills, personal notes and...
A Turkish court convicted Vedat Demir, a professor of communications and former columnist, on terrorism-related charges based on five one-dollar bills, personal notes, tweets...
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