Turkish prosecutors investigate journalists, quake victims’ relatives over criticism of court experts
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into six relatives of victims of earthquakes that struck southeastern Turkey in February 2023 and two journalists over...
Turkish government detains 774 people over their alleged links to Gülen movement in a...
Turkish government has detained at least 774 people over their alleged links to the Gülen movement in the week of September 11-18, 2017, according...
Journalist Hidayet Karaca has been held alone in a prison cell for more than...
Hidayet Karaca, a prominent journalist and former chief executive of the Samanyolu Media Group who was arrested in 2014 and sentenced to aggravated life,...
Turkish court blocks access to Kurdish news agency for security reasons
A local court in eastern Turkey has blocked access to the Kurdish Mezopotamya news agency on the grounds that it poses a threat to...
7.5-year jail time sought for pro-Kurdish daily ‘Editor in Chief on Watch’
An indictment prepared by a Turkish prosecutor seeks a jail term of up to 7.5 years for author Murat Uyurkulak who worked as an...
Twitter flags Turkish interior minister’s tweets targeting LGBT community: report
Twitter has restricted access to two recent tweets by Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu that referred to LGBT people as “perverts,” saying the tweets...
European Union in talks with Interpol on political abuse of Turkey
EU states are in talks with the International Criminal Police Organization’s (Interpol) to help stop political abuse of the police agency, Matti Maasikas, Estonia's Deputy...
Hürriyet daily refuses to publish interview with author Pamuk for saying ‘no’ in referendum
One of the leading newspapers in Turkey, the Hürriyet daily, has refused to publish an interview with Orhan Pamuk, Turkey’s most famous writer and...
Journalist Gültaşlı: European institutions are ‘cherry-picking’ imprisoned journalists in Turkey
"It is getting increasingly clear that European institutions are 'cherry-picking' the imprisoned journalists in Turkey for whom they want to protest," wrote journalist Selçuk Gültaşlı,...
Reactions mount to Turkish PM Bozdağ over his denial of massive twitter arrests
Deputy Prime Minister and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) spokesperson Bekir Bozdağ has been criticized on social media for saying “nobody was arrested...
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