102 journalists appeared in court, 10 sentenced to prison in 3 months: report
One hundred two journalists appeared at hearings in their trials in Turkey from July to September, and 10 of them were sentenced to a...
Turkey’s main opposition CHP begins ‘march of justice’ in protest of deputy’s arrest
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Thursday kicked off a “march of justice” from Turkey’s capital Ankara to İstanbul in protest of...
Turkish court sentences 2 Kurdish media workers to 3 years in prison each
A Turkish court in the southern province of Adana on Friday sentenced two Kurdish media workers to three years in prison each.
According to a report by...
Journalist sent to prison in İstanbul to serve sentence on terrorism charges
A Turkish journalist was sent to prison in İstanbul after his conviction on terrorism-related charges was upheld by the Supreme Court of Appeals, Turkish...
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...
AEJ-Bulgaria invites 95 jailed Turkish journalists to EU-Turkey leaders meeting
The Association of European Journalists - Bulgaria (AEJ-Bulgaria) has issued symbolic accreditation badges for 95 jailed Turkish journalists to attend the EU-Turkey leaders meeting...
French photojournalist Depardon waiting to be deported in prison cell for 10 days
French photojournalist Mathias Depardon, who was detained on May 8 after photographing the local scenery in Turkey’s southeastern Batman province, has been waiting to...
Trial of Turkey’s leading newspaper’s layout designer resumes after 419 days in jail
A prominent newspaper layout designer who has been jailed since August 5, 2016 on trumped-up charges is set to appear for a fifth hearing...
Turkish court rules for continuation of pretrial detention of 5 Cumhuriyet journalists
An İstanbul court on Monday evening ruled for continuation of pretrial detention for five Cumhuriyet daily journalists following a public prosecutor demanded their pretrial detention be...
Journalists Müyesser Yıldız and İsmail Dükel face up to 31 years, 6 months in...
A Turkish prosecutor is seeking a jail sentence of up to 31-and-a-half years for journalists Müyesser Yıldız, Ankara news director of the ultranationalist OdaTV...
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