Turkish gov’t jails pro-Kurdish media worker Semiha Mete
Semiha Mete, a distribution worker of pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi daily, was arrested by an İzmir court and sent to prison on Friday. Media worker...
RSF urges Turkey to free jailed French journalist Loup Bureau
International media watchdog group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) held a demonstration in support of journalist Loup Bureau outside a Paris district’s town hall on Thursday and urged...
Turkey jails 19-year-old over allegedly ‘insulting’ Erdoğan on social media
A 19-year-old university student has been arrested by an Edirne court over allegedly “insulting” Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, the Diken...
OSCE urges Interpol to carefully consider red notice requests from Turkey
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir on Wednesday urged Secretary-General of Interpol Jürgen Stock that the international...
RSF: Media attacks and jail — price of solidarity with imprisoned journalists in Turkey
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has deplored the growing harassment of media freedom defenders in Turkey, in particular pro-government media attacks on journalists covering the trial...
Turkish gov’t jails 8 more people over their social media posts in Elazığ
Pro-Kurdish media outlets have reported that 8 out of 12 people who were detained by Turkish security forces on August 18, 2017 in Karakoçan...
EU’s leftists condemns Erdoğan’s abuse of Interpol, political interference in Germany
European United Left-Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) in the European Parliament condemned Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s abuse of Interpol red notices against his critics abroadand political interference...
German Ambassador Erdmann visits journalist, rights defender jailed in Turkey
German Ambassador to Turkey Martin Erdmann visited jailed journalist Deniz Yücel and activist Peter Steudtner in infamous Silivri Prison in İstanbul on Tuesday, Deutsche...
Austrian FM Kurz says Turkey’s Erdoğan acts like a dictator
Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been acting like a dictator, Deutsche Welle reported on Wednesday.
Speaking to...
Turkish court arrests soldier for calling Atatürk a ‘freemason’
An İstanbul court ordered the arrest of a soldier on Wednesday on charges of “insulting the legacy of Atatürk” through his social media posts,...
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