2 journalists face lengthy jail sentences due to criticism of Turkey’s Afrin operation
An indictment drafted by Turkish prosecutors seeks 10 and a half years for two journalists, Artı TV Ankara representative Sibel Hürtaş and Mezopotamya news...
Campaign launched in Turkey against lack of opposition election coverage on TRT
As the state-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) attracts growing criticism for failing to give sufficient election coverage to opposition parties, an online campaign...
Turkish government bans over 100,000 web pages
A worrying number of websites and pages have been banned by the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, according to an article written...
Turkish court bans 9 books for connection to terrorism investigation
A Turkish court has banned the distribution and sale of nine books, printed by the pro-Kurdish Avesta Publications, according to reports in the Turkish...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s intelligence agency tapped journalist as asset in CNN Turkish affiliate
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The use of Turkish journalists as assets and media outlets as cover has long been a policy of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization...
Woman jailed for insulting Turkish President Erdoğan on social media
A 54-year-old woman was arrested on Sunday in Eskişehir province for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, private news agency...
Turkish opposition leader defies media embargo on her presidential campaign
Meral Akşener, the İYİ Party candidate for Turkey’s presidential election on June 24, challenged the lack of media coverage of her campaign, saying she...
Turkish watchdog warns Twitter over popular anti-government hashtags
Ömer Fatih Sayan, the director of Turkey’s Information Technologies and Communication Council (BTK), an Internet watchdog responsible for digital censorship in the country, has...
Turkish court jails Kurdish journalist Reyhan Çapan
A Turkish court ruled to jail journalist Reyhan Çapan, an editor of the now-closed pro-Kurdish daily newspaper Özgür Gündem, in Turkey's Artvin province.
Çapan, who...
Kemal Sancılı, publisher of pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily, arrested by Turkish court
Kemal Sancılı, the publisher of the now-closed pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem newspaper was arrested by a Turkish court on Friday.
According to a report by pro-Kurdish...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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This report focuses on how illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities have devastating consequences on Turkish asylum seekers upon their return to Turkey.
In recent years...