Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code banned in Turkish prison due to emergency rule
US novelist Dan Brown’s best-selling thriller, The Da Vinci Code was banned in İstanbul’s Silivri prison under Turkey’s post-coup emergency measures, according to the main opposition...
His daughter pleads for help for jailed Turkish journalist Çetinkaya, citing serious health concerns
Rahime Gül Çetinkaya has begged for help for her father, veteran journalist Tuncer Çetinkaya, who faces the risk of death from serious health complications...
Turkish gov’t sentences two Kurdish journalists to ten months in prison
A Turkish court has sentenced two Kurdish journalists to 10 months in prison for publishing a statement made by a Kurdish separatist organisation Kurdistan...
ECtHR sets Dec. 5 as deadline for Turkish gov’t defense over jailed journalists
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has set December 5, 2017 as the deadline for Turkish government to submit its defense in cases...
Turkey’s Erdoğanist columnist: Bitcoin ‘a secret communication tool’ used by Gülen followers
Pro-government Yeni Akit newspaper's staunchly Erdoğanist columnist Abdurrahman Dilipak alleged in his column that Bitcoin is "a secret communication tool" used by the alleged...
Turkish gov’t blocks access to stories on Paradise Papers related to PM Yıldırım’s sons,...
Access to the news stories covering the the documents of Paradise Papers which are related to Turkish Prime Minister's sons and Turkish President's son-in-law have...
Turkish journalist Şen gets years of prison sentence over being relative of major coup...
Journalist Erdal Şen together with Ali Sami Yıldırım, the two relatives of Turkey’s alleged major coup suspect Adil Öksüz, have been handed down a jail sentence of...
Turkish journalist Bünyamin Aldı faces over 22 years in jail over donation
A young journalist who is a video editor at a national TV station in Turkey has been behind bars for 315 days over a...
Hrant Dink Foundation: Jews, Syrians and Greeks main targets of hate speeches in Turkey
Hate speeches in Turkey have basically targeted Jews, Syrians and Greeks mostly in the period May-August period in 2017, according to a report released...
Freedom House: Turkish gov’t detains tens of thousands arbitrarily over alleged use of ByLock
The US-based think tank Freedom House, which has listed Turkey in his newly released report among the countries in which Internet freedoms are restricted...
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The May 2023 re-election of...