A German journalist detained by police in Diyarbakır
A German journalist was briefly detained by Turkish police in Diyarbakır on Monday. It is learned that journalist Hinrich Schultze went from Hamburg to Diyarbakır...
Dozens of Twitter accounts blocked in Turkey by court
An Ankara court has blocked access to dozens of Twitter accounts in Turkey which are critical of the Turkish government or Turkey's autocratic President...
Erdoğan to Merkel: You engage in Nazi practices
Reiterating Nazi accusations against Germany, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan targeted German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday and accused her of Nazism again amid...
Visually impaired journalist Arat detained and released again
Visually impaired journalist Cüneyt Arat, who is facing terror charges due to his alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, was detained again in...
Pro-Erdoğan Turkish-Dutch media funded with Dutch subsidies
Dutch-Turkish media groups that support Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were supported for years with funding from the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture...
German FM accuses Turkey of failing to grant access to jailed journalist Yücel as...
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has accused the Turkish government of failing to keep a promise to grant consular access to imprisoned German-Turkish journalist...
Around 2,700 cases filed on insult charges against Erdoğan in past 6 months
A report prepared by two academics for the Human Rights Joint Platform (IHOP) has revealed that a total of 2,673 cases have been filed...
Jailed journalist denied access to case file on account of saving trees
Turkish prison officials refused to provide a print copy of indictment and evidentiary case file to a veteran journalist who has been jailed in...
Dutch-Turkish journalist faces death threats by Erdogan’s fanatics
A Dutch journalist of Turkish origin has faced a systematic campaign of threats including death by what appears to be fans of Turkey's autocratic...
Dozens including 3 journalists, 2 deputies detained in anti-HDP operations ahead of Nevruz
Dozens of people including two deputies and three journalists were detained on Thursday in operations targeting the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) across Turkey's...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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