Autopsy confirms violent head trauma in death of Turkish environmental journalist

An autopsy has found that Turkish journalist and environmental activist Hakan Tosun died from severe head trauma caused by violence, sustaining multiple fractures and...

Turkey keeps journalist in prison 3 months past release date due to ‘lack of...

Turkish authorities have kept a journalist in prison for more than three months beyond his expected release date after a parole board ruled that...

Turkish journalist briefly detained over social media posts on school shootings

A Turkish journalist was briefly detained on Friday on accusations of publicly disseminating misinformation in social media posts related to school shootings in the...

Turkey detains human rights defender in terrorism financing investigation

Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained human rights defender Mehmet Acettin, co-owner of the Etkin News Agency (ETHA), on accusations of financing a terrorist organization,...

Boğaziçi University rector cancels panel discussion over gov’t critic speaker

Mehmed Özkan, the controversially-appointed rector of Turkey’s prestigious Boğaziçi University has cancelled a panel discussion that was set to host an outspoken government critic, Serra...

Turkey Purge: 1601 people detained, 895 people jailed over alleged Gülen links across Turkey...

Turkish government has continued its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movement  and the citizens from Turkey’s Kurdish minority...

Members of European Parliament call EU to take harsher stance against Turkish government

Members of European Parliament (EP) have slammed Turkish government's anti-democratic policies and massive human rights violations in the country during a plenary session to...

The Swedish Forum for Human Rights Seminar: Jailed journalists in Turkey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_7XsrYec2k Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) urged Turkish government to release jailed journalists, drop the fabricated charges and stop the crackdown on independent, critical and...

Jailed Turkish journalist’s daughter Sanem Altan says justice determined in the presidential palace

Sanem Altan, the daughter of Turkish journalist Ahmet Altan who has been sentenced to life in prison for allegedly "violating the constitution," said in...

Turkish gov’t jails 4 more journalists from left-leaning Etkin news agency

A Turkish court on Thursday ruled for the arrest of four journalists affiliated with the Etkin News Agency (ETHA) and ordered that they be put...

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