Turkey issues detention warrants for 17 football fans over banner for supporting hunger strikers
Detention warrants were issued by Samsun Chief prosecutor's Office for 17 fans of Turkish football club Beşiktaş for holding a banner during a Sunday match that...
Turkey’s pro-gov’t media now accuses world-famous pop singer Tarkan of Gülen links
Ersin Ramoğlu, a columnist for the Sabah daily, on Monday accused world-famous Turkish pop star Tarkan Tevetoğlu, aka Tarkan, along with renowned comedian Cem...
Turkey’s media watchdog restricts ‘breaking news’ on TV channels
Turkey’s media watchdog, the Supreme Council of Radio and Television (RTÜK), has put restrictions to broadcast ‘breaking news” on TV channels. RTÜK has distributed...
Turkish journalist faces forced court appearance on insult, libel charges
A court in İstanbul has ruled that journalist Doğan Akın be brought by force to the next hearing of his trial on charges of...
AKP bill seeks to impose prison sentences for ‘organized disinformation’ on social media
A new bill expected to be proposed in October by Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government calls for prison sentences for social media...
Report by English Pen shows freedom of expression in jeopardy in Turkey
The rise of criminal cases involving freedom of expression in Turkey under a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a controversial military...
Court denies objection to Turkish-German journalist’s pre-trial detention
A Turkish court on Wednesday denied an objection to the continued imprisonment of Deniz Yücel, the Turkey correspondent for German daily Die Welt who...
CPJ along with 22 rights groups urges Turkey to protect journalist facing death threats
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), along with 22 other rights groups, issued a joint statement on Wednesday calling on Turkish authorities to ensure...
Turkish government detains journalist again 2 days after release
Former Zaman journalist Tuncer Çetinkaya has been taken into custody again two days after he was released from an-eight-month-long imprisonment on Saturday.
Zaman’s former local...
Investigation launched into opposition deputy İslam over tweets allegedly ‘insulting’ Turkey
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into Felicity Party (SP) deputy Cihangir İslam on accusations of “insulting the Turkish nation,...
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