Tea house in Turkey’s Erzurum temporarily closed over Kurdish-language song
A tea house in Turkey’s eastern province of Erzurum was banned due to Kurdish-language songs played in the café, according to media.
Mezopotamya news agency...
Turkish gov’t detains teacher couple after speaking out in an interview broadcasted by Finland’s...
A Turkish teacher couple, identified as Serdar A. and Merve A., were detained after Turkish authorities found out that they had spoken against the...
Turkish prosecutor shows tweets and retweets as evidence for accusing jailed journalists of being...
The case over the alleged media structure of the Gülen movement regarding 29 journalists on trial has eventually come to the decision stage. Among...
OSCE: Detention of hundreds in Turkey for expressing dissenting views on military operation in...
Harlem Désir, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media, has turned to the authorities of Turkey...
Life sentences sought for 7 people, including journalist Hidayet Karaca, over Gülen links
An Ankara prosecutor on Wednesday sought life sentences for 7 people, including jailed journalist Hidayet Karaca, the former chairman of now-closed Samanyolu Broadcasting Group...
Turkish opposition leader calls on top court to push for implementation of journalist ruling
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), on Tuesday called on the Constitutional Court to push for implementation of its...
Turkish court releases only one of jailed journalists facing coup charges
An İstanbul court on Tuesday decided to release a jailed journalist for medical reasons in the latest hearing of a trial in which 29...
Turkish gov’t to introduce Internet censorship with ban on sex cult leader’s broadcasts
The Turkish government is planning to grant the authority to censor Internet TV channels to Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) under the...
Italian lawyers call interlocutors of Erdoğan in Rome to raise voice against his systematic...
Italian national bar association, "Unione delle Camere Penali Italiene (UCPI)", has called on all Italian interlocutors of the Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan not...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court rejects release demand of journalists Alpay and Altan
The Constitutional Court has rejected the release demand of two prominent Turkish journalists, Şahin Alpay and Mehmet Altan, despite earlier ruling that the rights...
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