Euro court rejects Turkey’s request for additional time to submit defense in jailed journalists’...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has rejected Turkey’s request for additional time to submit its defense in cases against jailed daily Cumhuriyet...
Journalist Mutlu Çölgeçen in Turkish jail for 432 days over his criticism against gov’t
A prominent journalist known for his scoops on defence and military affairs has been jailed in Turkey for 432 days over Tweet messages and...
Turkish court releases Sözcü’s Ulu over Erdoğanist columnists’ statements
A jailed reporter from Sözcü daily, Bekir Gökmen Ulu, was released pending trial by an İstanbul court over the statements of the pro-government columnists, who...
Report: Government’s surveillance invades social media privacy in Turkey
"State employees in Turkey have been forced to participate in an incrimination of their own freedom of thought and expression. State authorities, as employers,...
Turkish gov’t jails journalists Gündem, Gönültaş and Kılıç over links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has jailed 3 more journalists on Tuesday. It was learned that journalists Mehmet Gündem, Nuh Gönültaş and Behram Kılıç were arrested by...
Award-winning jailed journalist Doğan: I’ll learn how to create existence out of a void
The Swiss Freethinker Association ‘Frei Denken’ has bestowed this year’s the "Free Thought Award" to jailed Kurdish journalist-painter Zehra Doğan and Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad...
Journalist Nur Ener behind bars in Turkey for reporting on rights violations
A young woman journalist who reported about rights violations in Turkey languishes behind prison bars for 245 days in Turkey while prosecutor who asked...
Swiss Freethinkers bestows ‘Free Thought Award’ to jailed journalist, artist Zehra Doğan
Switzerland's Freethinkers, a nonprofit organisation for free thought, will bestow the Free Thought Award to jailed Kurdish journalist and artist Zehra Doğan, who has been kept in Diyarbakır...
RTÜK: 70 radio and TV channels gagged under the rule of emergency in Turkey
The High Commission of Radio and Television (RTÜK), Turkey’s state broadcasting watchdog, said 33 television channels and 37 radio stations belonging to 54 different media companies...
Turkish prosecutor charges 4 journalists for reports over fatal terror attack in Ankara
A Turkish court has charged four journalists for publishing leaked official documents that showed police were aware of an Islamic State in Iraq and...
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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