Erdoğanist media shows 29 critical journalists, activists as new targets for Turkish government persecution
Pro-Erdoğan newspapers Türkiye, Güneş, Sabah, Akşam and Star have showed 29 critical journalists, writeres and activists as new targets for Turkish government persecution on Tuesday...
Turkish police detains 9 people in Kayseri over spreading PKK propaganda on social media
Turkish police on Tuesday detained nine people over sharing pro-outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and pro-the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) posts and spreading PKK...
Turkish government blocks access to Fethullah Gülen’s four critical videos in Youtube
Turkish government has blocked access to four critical videos of Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen which were recently posted in Youtube on Tuesday.
Following a demand...
13 Turkish journalists go on trial over alleged coup support
The first trial of 13 journalists accused of taking part in or supporting last year’s coup attempt in Turkey is to open on Wednesday...
Pro-Erdoğan columnist says US planning to attack Turkey
A staunchly pro-government columnist, Yusuf Kaplan, wrote in his Monday column that the US is planning to attack Turkey, which he argued, would divide...
Jailed CHP deputy denies Turkish President Erdoğan’s allegations about making confession
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu, who has been in prison since June, has responded to claims made by Turkey's...
Turkish police seeking to detain 24 more journalists
As part of an investigation targeting people over the alleged use of a smart phone application known as ByLock, Turkish police are looking for...
Turkey detains former news director of a sport channel in new post-coup probe
Yasir Kaya, a TV presenter and the former news director of Fenerbahçe football club’s official TV channel was detained on Friday following the detentions...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 17 football fans over banner for supporting hunger strikers
Detention warrants were issued by Samsun Chief prosecutor's Office for 17 fans of Turkish football club Beşiktaş for holding a banner during a Sunday match that...
Turkey detains journalist Altan in Mersin province
Dihaber reporter Berivan Altan has been detained in Mersin province based on a detention warrant, t24 news website reported on Thursday. According to the...
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