Turkey’s pro-Erdoğan daily declares Trump, Pence ‘lunatics of a deviant sect’

The pro-Erdoğan Turkish Yeni Şafak daily claimed on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump and US Vice President Mike Pence are pondering a “crusade,”...

Turkish court gives 7,5 years to Kurdish journalist in prison on ‘terrorism’ charges

Journalist Seda Taşkın on Wednesday was sentenced to seven years, six months in prison on charges of supporting a terrorist organization and disseminating terrorist...

Turkish government jails another journalist

Turkish government has jailed another journalist on Saturday. Pro-Kurdish Fırat news agency reported on Saturday that a Turkish court jailed journalist Kemal Demir, a cameraman...

Jailed Turkish-German journalist Yücel: Isolation is torture

Turkey’s crackdown on journalists will go down in history as a “disgrace,” German reporter Deniz Yücel told German daily Die Tageszeitung in a Saturday interview, Deutsche Welle...

Turkish gov’t launches probe into alleged ‘fake news’ over depreciating lira

The Turkish government has launched an investigation into actions allegedly threatening "economic security," while Turkey’s financial watchdog launched a separate probe into what it...

UN, Int’l organizations become party before ECtHR in cases of journalists jailed by Turkey

United Nations (UN), international rights organizations, Council of Europe will become party in the cases of the arrested journalists in Turkey before the European...

CoE platform asks Turkish gov’t about death threats against Jiyan News editor İdris Yayla

The Council of Europe’s platform to promote the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists on Thursday issued a media freedom alert about...

Layoffs of Turkish media personalities continue after Doğan Media’s sale to pro-Erdoğan group

Three television personalities were dismissed on Monday in an ongoing shakeup that has followed the takeover of the Doğan Media Group by a businessman...

Turkey’s media regulator investigates Sözcü TV after anchor calls Syria’s Sharaa a ‘killer’ and...

Turkey’s broadcast regulator on Friday opened an investigation into remarks on government-critical broadcaster Sözcü TV that described Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa as a “killer”...

Co-rapporteur Mikko urges PACE to place Turkey under monitoring

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=8s&v=VDuY8p8qtj0&app=desktop Marianne Mikko, co-rapporteur on the post-monitoring dialog with Turkey, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), criticized Turkey for jailing journalists en masse,...

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