Turkish court gives aggravated life sentences to prominent journalists
A Turkish court has sentenced six prominent journalists to life in prison over a controversial military coup attempt on July 15, 2016, with three of...
Turkish government releases German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel
A Turkish court, İstanbul 32nd High Criminal Court, has accepted an indictment seeking up to 18 years in jail for German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel...
Altans’ lawyer tells judges ignoring ruling of Turkey’s top court could lead to expulsion...
Ergin Cinmen, a lawyer representing prominent journalists Ahmet Altan and Mehmet Altan, has told judges hearing the trial of his clients to comply with...
Germany’s Merkel sees hurdles in way of improving ties with Turkish gov’t
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım in Berlin with the hope of improving relations with Turkish government and for some positive steps...
Turkish police break into Kurdish publishing house, seize thousands of books
Turkish police have broken into a publishing house by breaking the doors and confiscated up to 3,000 books as well as three computers in Diyarbakır...
15-year prison sentence sought for Turkish journalist who founded two national news channels
Ali Ahmet Böken (46) is a successful journalist (broadcaster) who graduated from Ankara University's Faculty of Communication in 1994. He worked as a journalist,...
Zaman employee says in Turkish court facing life sentence due to a TV commercial
Yakup Şimşek (53), the brand marketing manager of now-closed Zaman daily, one-time best-selling newspaper in Turkey, has said he is facing a life sentence...
Jailed journalist Mehmet Altan: I am forcefully kept in prison despite binding provision of...
Prominent Turkish academic and journalist Mehmet Altan, who has been kept in a Turkish jail for over 18 months over his well-known liberal views...
Turkish judge tells prominent journalist to stop Erdoğan criticism at coup trial
A judge hearing the trial of seven journalists including Nazlı Ilıcak and the Altan brothers, who are being tried on coup charges, has intervened...
Jailed Turkish journalist Altan: No true prosecutor, judge, lawyer can be a tool of...
Renowned Turkish novelist and journalist Ahmet Altan, who has been behind the bars over coup charges for more than 15 months, said on Monday that...
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