Turkish prosecutor in appeals hearing seeks approval of life sentences given to 6 ...
An İstanbul public prosecutor on Friday asked an appeals court to uphold aggravated life sentences handed down to six jailed journalists including prominent figures...
SCF sounds the alarm on jailed journalists in Turkey at Mänskliga Rättighetsdagarna
Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) urged Turkish government to release jailed journalists, drop the fabricated charges and stop the crackdown on independent, critical and...
Turkish government releases another German citizen from prison
Turkish government has released another German citizen, David Britsch, who was jailed arbitrarily by Turkish authorities as the 55-year-old was on the way of...
Turkish court rejects request for acquittal in journalists’ trial over İmamoğlu protest coverage
A Turkish court on Friday rejected a request for immediate acquittal in the trial of eight journalists prosecuted for covering protests that erupted after...
COMMENTARY — Turkey tries to undermine the Council of Europe
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The regime of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, which has locked up almost 600 lawyers, was apparently irritated when the Parliamentary Assembly...
Jailed Zaman editor Ünal says before Turkish court: We are journalists, not terrorists
Former Zaman daily Ankara Representative Mustafa Ünal, who is standing trial after 419 days in pretrial detention, said on Monday that he and other...
Case of jailed journalist Şirin Kabakçı – A prototype of persecution in Erdoğan’s Turkey
Şirin Kabakçı (53), who used to be the provincial bureau chief in Konya for the Zaman newspaper, Turkey’s most highly circulated newspaper before the...
Amnesty, 26 NGOs call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners amid coronavirus crisis
Amnesty International and 26 other rights groups and civil society organizations from Turkey and around the world on Monday released a joint statement calling...
Swedish journalist detained on arrival in Turkey: FM
Swedish journalist Joakim Medin was detained upon arrival in Turkey, where he was intending to cover anti-government demonstrations, Sweden’s foreign minister and the reporter’s...
Turkey ranked 149th in RSF’s 2022 World Press Freedom Index 2022
Turkey was ranked 149th among 180 countries in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2022 World Press Freedom Index, with the prominent press organization warning about...
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