US says concerned over the arrest of CHP deputy Berberoğlu in Turkey
US State Department has stated its concerns on Friday over the arrest of Turkey's main opposition Republican People Party's (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu by...
EPP Group Chairman Weber writes letter to jailed Turkish journalist Alpay
As part of a campaign launched by the Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Manfred Weber, the European People’s Party (EPP) Group Chair in the European...
Turkish government sells properties of 8 media outlets seized from critics
Properties belonging to eight of the media outlets that the Turkish government seized under post-coup emergency rule have been put up for sale by...
İstanbul court orders not to release 6 journalists over alleged links to Gülen movement
An İstanbul court ruled on Friday to remand in custody all alleged “media leg” suspects, including journalists Nazlı Ilıcak, Mehmet Altan and novelist Ahmat...
Reuters research says 60 percent of Turks don’t trust mainstream media
Sixty percent of Turkish people do not trust the news published in the mainstream media, according to a Digital News Report published by the...
CHP official given suspended prison sentence for insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan
Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy provincial chairman of Batman province Hüseyin Yaşar has been handed down a suspended prison sentence of 11 months 20...
Court hearings into prominent journalists exposes scope of Turkish government’s witch-hunt
The fourth hearing into sham coup trial for Turkey’s well known journalists wrapped up on Thursday, with another hearing planned for tomorrow. All journalists and...
Jailed Turkish journalist, novelist Ahmet Altan calls indictment about journalists a ‘judicial porn’
Renowned jailed journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan harshly slammed the prosecutor who prepared a controversial indictment against him and other journalists in a court...
CHP presents evidence Turkey’s Erdoğan interfered with judiciary to intimidate media
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has revealed a document that proves Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s office interfered with the judiciary...
Turkey’s pro-gov’t daily sets up hotline for informing on Gülen followers in EU countries
The pro-government Sabah daily’s Europe edition, Sabah Avrupa, has set up a telephone line for its readers to report followers of the faith-based Gülen...
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