Newly freed Turkish journalist says hundreds wrongfully imprisoned over 2016 coup links
Journalist Merdan Yanardağ, the editor-in-chief of Turkish broadcaster TELE1 who was released from prison earlier this week, has stated that he witnessed that there...
Turkey demands Sweden silence journalists, shut down news outlet to secure NATO bid approval:...
In the midst of prolonged and deliberately protracted negotiations between Turkey and Sweden concerning Ankara’s endorsement of the Nordic nation’s NATO membership bid, Turkish...
Journalist Seda Taşkın detained by Turkish police in Muş province
Seda Taşkın, a reporter for pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya news agency, was detained by Turkish police in Muş province on Wednesday.
According to a report by pro-Kurdish...
Turkey launches investigation into German journalist over social media accounts
Ankara prosecutors have opened an investigation into German journalist of Turkish descent Süheyla Kaplan, over posts on her social media accounts, Deutsche Welle Turkish...
33 Swedish media groups call on Erdoğan to free jailed journalists
The editors-chief of 33 media organizations in Sweden sent an open letter to Turkey's autocratic President Tayyip Erdoğan on the anniversary of a failed...
Attack on exiled Turkish journalist should be thoroughly investigated: International Federation of Journalists
An attack against exiled Turkish journalist Abdullah Bozkurt should be thoroughly investigated, the International Federation of Journalists said in a statement yesterday.
Bozkurt, who is...
21 journalists’ re-arrest comes after outcry among pro-gov’t colleagues
Many journalists who are either open or covert supporters of the Turkish government were outraged by a court decision on Friday for the release...
Gov’t crackdown on critical media turning into systematic violence against journalists: report
A June report by Turkey’s Progressive Journalists Association (ÇGD) has drawn attention to a series of physical attacks targeting members of the press, saying...
Turkey’s social media users may face 5 years in jail for spreading ‘disinformation’
Social media users in Turkey who spread “disinformation” online could be sentenced to between one and five years in prison under a new law...
Court imposes access ban on 26 reports about bribery allegations against prosecutor
A Turkish court has imposed an access ban on 26 news reports concerning bribery allegations made by a mobster against a public prosecutor that...
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