Case of jailed CHP deputy, journalist Berberoğlu confirms end of rule of law in...
Kadri Enis Berberoğlu (62) is a Turkish journalist, writer and politician. He is a deputy, member of the party assembly and deputy chairman of...
Currency crisis hits publishing industry in Turkey
A sharp decline in the value of the Turkish lira has led to a crisis in the publishing sector since Turkey imports almost all...
Former Turkish deputy PM: The death of America is nearing
Former Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Çavuşoğlu said the United States would soon be finished and that Turkey does not fear the power of...
Turkish journalists ‘forgotten in Silivri Prison’ say they expect justice
"We are forgotten journalists in Silivri Prison,” said a group of Turkish journalists who are being held in İstanbul's Silivri Prison as part of...
Wife of jailed CHP deputy Berberoğlu slams lack of justice in Turkey due to...
Oya Berberoğlu, the wife of jailed Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu, has lashed out at the lack of justice in Turkey, saying...
Turkish court lifts travel ban for Turkish-German journalist Meşale Tolu
A Turkish court has lifted a travel ban on German journalist Meşale Tolu, who was arrested last year on terrorism-related charges, the German Press...
New report reveals unprecedented clampdown on foreign journalists in Turkey
Turkey, the most notorious country in the world in terms of jailing journalists, with 237 currently behind bars, has also come after foreign reporters...
Jailed Turkish journalist Aydın: I am about to drown, I want a little oxygen
Turkish journalist Hüseyin Aydın, who has been held in İstanbul's notorious Silivri Prison for more than two years, has expressed his feelings in a...
Pro-Erdoğan Turkish media boss gets special treatment, makes $44 mln windfall profit
Turkey’s Capital Markets Board (SPK) exempted the pro-government Demirören Group from the legal obligation to solicit takeover bids from public shareholders in its purchase...
Turkish Cypriot journalist, his newspaper file suit against Turkey’s Erdoğan
Şener Levent and Turkish Cypriot publishing company Afrika have filed a lawsuit against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for instigating attacks on the newspaper...
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Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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