Former CHP deputy given 4-year jail sentence on terrorism charges
Eren Erdem, a former deputy from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has been handed down a jail sentence of four years, two...
Pro-opposition TV channel suspended for 5 days: report
Halk TV, one of the few television stations in Turkey that is critical of the government, has been slapped with a five-day broadcasting ban...
CHP report reveals that humanitarian conditions deteriorating in Turkish prisons
The humanitarian conditions in prisons are deteriorating day by day, a Republican People’s Party (CHP) sub-commission investigating prison conditions has stated after conducting interviews...
Gun shootings target opposition daily Cumhuriyet
An unidentified person who drove in a taxi by the building of opposition daily Cumhuriyet in Şişli district of İstanbul shot at the wall...
MHP attack on pro-gov’t TV station leads to dismissal, resignation of journalists
One journalist was fired while another resigned in protest at the pro-government Habertürk TV after the station was harassed by politicians from Turkey’s far-right...
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...
Turkey blocks journalist Furkan Karabay’s social media accounts, bans YouTube video
Turkish authorities on Monday blocked access to journalist Furkan Karabay’s accounts on X and Instagram and imposed an access ban on one of his...
European journalists barred from summit with EU in Turkey
A number of European journalists were shut out of a meeting on Thursday between Turkish and EU officials, Turkish media reported.
The journalists were kept...
Turkey arrests 5 alleged hackers who hacked Qatar News Agency in May
Five suspected computer hackers have reportedly been arrested in Turkey in connection with a cyberattack on the state Qatar News Agency (QNA) in April,...
Turkish Embassy turns out to be source of threats sent to journalists in Belgium
“Erdoğan’s Long Arm” was caught red handed in Belgium. The Belgian Police detected that the IP address, where threat messages were sent to Turkish...
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