Turkish minister claims jailed journalist an agent hidden in German consulate for days
Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Sunday that Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel, who has been in a Turkish jail since February 2017, is...
Turkish court rules to block Periscope during soccer game broadcasts
An İstanbul court ruled to block access to Periscope, a live video streaming app owned by Twitter, during the broadcasting of Turkey’s Süper Lig soccer...
Turkish gov’t blocks access to Furkan news portal on alleged terror charges
Access to all social media accounts and websites belonging to the faith-based Furkan Foundation, which has been critical to the Justice and Development Party (AKP)...
COMMENTARY — Did Erdoğan dispatch warships to Myanmar?
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Turkey’s Islamist rulers have not only spread fabricated news and planted false stories in the Turkish media, which is now pretty much...
Three more detained for allegedly insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan on social media
Three people were detained in Çorlu district of Turkey's Tekirdağ province on charges of insulting the country's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media on...
ECtHR orders Turkey to pay damages to German-Turkish reporter
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ordered Turkey to pay damages in excess of 12,300 euros ($14,000) to a German-Turkish journalist, ruling...
26-year-old journalist to face trial on trumped-up terror charges
Journalist Ayşenur Parıldak (26) who worked for Turkey’s largest national daily as a court reporter while pursuing a law degree in Ankara is scheduled to...
Turkish presidency refuses to renew press cards of 1,371 journalists
Turkey’s Presidential Communications Directorate, which has received 10,486 applications from journalists for the renewal of their press cards, refused to renew the press cards...
Turkish court gives prison sentences to journalists, media workers in Feza Gazetecilik trial
An İstanbul court during the fourth hearing on Monday handed down verdicts to 20 Turkish journalists and media employees in a trial concerning Feza...
Turkish prison guards force journalist Acar to undergo barber’s shears
Guards forced journalist Cihan Acar, who has been behind bars in Silivri Prison since July 29, 2016, to get a haircut against his will,...
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