Turkey Purge: 1601 people detained, 895 people jailed over alleged Gülen links across Turkey...

Turkish government has continued its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movement  and the citizens from Turkey’s Kurdish minority...

Pro-Erdoğan Turkish media boss gets special treatment, makes $44 mln windfall profit

Turkey’s Capital Markets Board (SPK) exempted the pro-government Demirören Group from the legal obligation to solicit takeover bids from public shareholders in its purchase...

Journalist sentenced to prison on terrorism charges

İbrahim Karakaş, a journalist for the Yeni Yaşam daily, was on Thursday sentenced to nine years, nine months’ imprisonment on charges of membership in...

Kurdish journalist sentenced over posts on colleagues killed in Turkish drone strike in Syria

A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced journalist and news editor Öznur Değer to more than three years in prison over social media posts about...

3 journalists detained in home raids in eastern Turkey

Turkish police on Tuesday morning detained three journalists in the eastern province of Van following raids on their houses, Turkish Minute reported, citing the...

Detention of Turkish journalist amounts to legal harassment: Coalition for Women in Journalism

The detention of Turkish journalist Pınar Gayıp is part of a broader pattern of legal harassment aimed at silencing the press, the Coalition For...

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...

Court rules to keep Turkish-German journalist Demirci in jail

A high criminal court in İstanbul on Tuesday decided for the continuation of the imprisonment of German-Turkish dual citizen and journalist Adil Demirci, in...

Turkey’s purge victim children would send Father’s Day gift books if not prohibited

https://youtu.be/Lk58mrNdw0c A group of young people whose fathers are jailed in Turkey as part of a government crackdown on dissidents gathered at Cloud Gate, Millennium...

Turkish gov’t jails 4 more journalists from left-leaning Etkin news agency

A Turkish court on Thursday ruled for the arrest of four journalists affiliated with the Etkin News Agency (ETHA) and ordered that they be put...
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