Turkish court seeks extradition of exiled journalist Arslan with fabricated murder document
The Turkish judiciary has prepared fabricated documents to assure the issuance by Interpol of a Red Notice for the extradition of veteran Turkish journalist...
Award given to exiled Turkish journalist for story on victim of post-coup torture taken...
A journalism award granted to exiled Turkish journalist Bülent Ceyhan for a story about a teacher who died due to torture while in pretrial...
Veteran Turkish journalist Hasan Cemal sentenced over documenting PKK withdrawal
Veteran Turkish journalist Hasan Cemal has been given a suspended sentence of three months, 22 days by an appeals court for a series of...
Turkish court sentences veteran journalist Böken to 10 years in prison over alleged Gülen...
Ali Ahmet Böken (46), a veteran Turkish journalist and prominent broadcaster, was sentenced by a Turkish court on Tuesday to nine years, nine months...
Turkish court seeks Interpol Red Notice, issues arrest warrant for journalist Dündar
An İstanbul court on Monday issued an arrest warrant and sought an Interpol red notice for exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar, the former editor-in-chief of...
Turkish gov’t launches investigations into 242 social media users in a week
The Turkish government has launched legal proceedings against 242 people after examining 454 social media accounts through the cybercrime division of the police department...
Free Journalists Initiative: 41 more journalists detained across Turkey in March
The Free Journalists Initiative announced on Saturday that 41 more journalists were detained across Turkey during the month of March.
Holding a press conference at...
Turkish gov’t’s persecution targeting Kurdish journalists intensifies with new detentions
The Turkish government has intensified its crackdown on Kurdish media with repressive new measures and the detention of the pro-Kurdish journalists.
Police detained journalist İshak...
Afrin locals’ remarks intentionally mistranslated on Habertürk in favor of FSA
In an apparent move to justify an ongoing Turkish military operation in the northern Syrian town of Afrin, the remarks of several locals who...
Seventeen int’l press freedom groups condemn raid on pro-Kurdish daily
Seventeen international press freedom groups have called on Turkish authorities to immediately release 12 printing plant workers and staff arrested on March 28 at...
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