İstanbul courts refuse to comply with Turkey’s top court’s order to release journalists Alpay...
İstanbul's 26th and 13th High Criminal Courts have refused to comply with the order of Turkey's Constitutional Court for the release of jailed veteran...
Turkey’s top court rules to release jailed journalists Mehmet Altan, Şahin Alpay
Turkey's Constitutional Court has ordered on Thursday to release jailed journalists Mehmet Altan (65) and Şahin Alpay (74), who was a jailed veteran journalist, columnist...
Turkish police detain 29 people including journalists and academics in İstanbul
Turkish government has detained 29 Kurds and Alevis, including journalists and academics, in İstanbul on Wednesday.
According to a report by Berlin-based online news...
Turkey marks Working Journalists’ Day as thousands of journalists jobless, jailed or exiled
Turkish journalists mark Working Journalists’ Day amid calls for release of jailed, jobless and suffering journalists persecuted by Justice and Development Party (AKP) government of...
Theater play on ‘dictatorship’ not allowed to be staged in Turkey’s Artvin
A theater play, titled “Just Dictator,” by Turkish actor Barış Atay was denied permission to use a theater hall in the city center due...
Turkey’s main opposition leader: Government uses emergency rule to fight opposition
Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has slammed the intention to extend the state of emergency for the sixth time...
Turkey’s Erdoğan tops world leaders in two CPJ ‘press oppressor awards’
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has named Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as the winner of several categories in their recognition of...
Jailed Turkish columnist Altan challenges: “If they show me a ‘criminal evidence,’ I’ll be...
"If they show me a 'criminal evidence' defined in today's criminal legislation, I will be in jail as long as I live," challenged Mehmet Altan,...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says he informed France’s Macron about ‘so-called’ journalists
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he informed French President Emmanuel Macron about “so-called” journalists in Turkish jails during a visit to Paris,...
French President urges respect for rule of law in talks with Turkey’s Erdoğan
French President Emmanuel Macron told Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday that democratic countries had to respect the rule of law in...
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