Jailed journalist Usluer given forced haircut in Turkish prison

Wardens at İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison reportedly forced Oğuz Usluer, a former news coordinator at HaberTürk TV, who has been behind bars since Dec....

OSCE says Ayşenur Parıldak ruling unfounded, calls for her release

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir criticized a court ruling on Tuesday that sentenced...

Jailed Turkish journalist Şahin Alpay: My health is getting worse

Şahin Alpay, a jailed veteran journalist and columnist of now-closed Zaman and Today's Zaman dailies, has said in letter sent from notorious Silivri Prison...

Turkish gov’t sentences journalist Parıldak to 7 years, 6 months in jail over links...

Turkish government has sentenced journalist Ayşenur Parıldak, who used to work as court reporter for now-closed Zaman daily, to 7 years and 6 months...

Turkish court sentences Cumhuriyet daily’s Güven to 3 years in jail

An İstanbul court on Tuesday handed daily Cumhuriyet's internet chief editor Oğuz Güven to 3 years and 1 month in prison for a single Tweet message...

Jailed writers denied access to own books under Turkey’s emergency rule

Jailed writers Kerem Bilen and Fırat Can were denied by Turkish authorities to access to the books they wrote in prison due to post-coup emergency...

Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code banned in Turkish prison due to emergency rule

US novelist Dan Brown’s best-selling thriller, The Da Vinci Code was banned in İstanbul’s Silivri prison under Turkey’s post-coup emergency measures, according to the main opposition...

His daughter pleads for help for jailed Turkish journalist Çetinkaya, citing serious health concerns

Rahime Gül Çetinkaya has begged for help for her father, veteran journalist Tuncer Çetinkaya, who faces the risk of death from serious health complications...

Turkish gov’t sentences two Kurdish journalists to ten months in prison

A Turkish court has sentenced two Kurdish journalists to 10 months in prison for publishing a statement made by a Kurdish separatist organisation Kurdistan...

ECtHR sets Dec. 5 as deadline for Turkish gov’t defense over jailed journalists

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has set December 5, 2017 as the deadline for Turkish government to submit its defense in cases...

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