HDP files criminal complaint against Turkey’s state-run TRT for causing public harm
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has filed a criminal complaint against the state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) for causing public harm,...
MÜSİAD’s ads on Turkey’s controversial coup not allowed in US for being ‘too political’
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has refused to allow ads prepared by the US branch of the Independent Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (MÜSİAD)...
Director of coup movie detained after trailer showed Turkey’s Erdoğan threatened with gun
Ali Avcı, the director of a soon-to-be-released movie about a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, has been detained over his...
One year on, new research uncovers Turkey’s coup bid staged by Erdoğan himself
Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) has published an updated version of last week’s damning report on Turkey’s failed coup bid that confirmed long-held suspicions...
Journalist Mehmet Çakmakçı sent to jail by Turkish court in Diyarbakır
A Diyarbakır court decided to jail Kurdish journalist Mehmet Çakmakçı, who uses the pen name Şiyar Dicle, pending trial on terrorism charges on Wednesday,...
Turkey’s Erdoğan slams BBC reporter: You have more freedom than me
Turkey's despotic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed a BBC reporter who commented on the high number of jailed journalists and closed-down media outlets...
Turkey issued detention warrants for 34 former TRT employees over alleged ByLock use
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 34 former employees of the state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) on...
Turkish police detain student over fingerprints on Gülen books
Turkish police detained a university student after finding her fingerprints on books written by Fethullah Gülen that were thrown in the garbage to avoid...
Declaration signed by 180 journalists and academics condemns Turkey’s ‘racist’ media
One hundred eighty journalists and academics have signed a joint declaration condemning Turkish media for publishing racist news about Syrian refugees, the t24 news...
Visually impaired journalist Cüneyt Arat sent to prison over alleged Gülen links
Visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat was sent to prison on Monday due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement. According to several...
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