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...
Turkish court releases jailed journalists Bulaç and Özdemir in Zaman daily trial
A Turkish court ruled on Friday to release jailed journalists Ali Bulaç and Mehmet Özdemir, who are among 11 former columnists and editors of...
OSCE’s Désir calls on Turkey to release Zaman journalists
Harlem Désir, representative on freedom of the media for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has called on Turkey to release...
Closed pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily’s editor Çapan detained by Turkish police
Journalist Reyhan Çapan, who used to be managing editor of the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily, which was closed by a government decree under a...
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