‘Coup’ trial for Turkey’s prominent journalists starts today
Seventeen suspects, including Turkey’s renowned journalists Nazlı Ilıcak, Ahmet Altan and Mehmet Altan, are ready to appear before an İstanbul court on Monday for...
60 int’l bodies express grave concerns over digital communications in Turkey at UNHRC
Sixty international organisations from around the globe express their grave concern about the growing crackdown by states on the use of secure digital communications...
Famous Turkish singer, actress Zuhal Olcay sued over alleged insult to President Erdoğan
A lawsuit has been filed against famous Turkish singer, actress Zuhal Olcay for “insulting” Turkish autocratic Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a concert...
Court adjourns trial of Turkish journalists facing terror charges
An İstanbul court on Friday adjourned the trial of 28 journalists charged with membership in a terrorist organization to March 7-8 as the journalists...
Turkish government bans over 100,000 web pages
A worrying number of websites and pages have been banned by the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, according to an article written...
Last defence of jailed journalist Ünal: Remember me as the man advocating a Quran...
Mustafa Ünal (50), a jailed veteran journalist and former Ankara bureau chief for the now-shuttered Zaman daily, stated in his last defence before the court,...
Turkish journalist sent to prison after employer fails to pay fine for offensive column
Turkish journalist Hakan Gülseven was arrested on Tuesday in Balıkesir province after the media outlet he was working for, the Yurt daily, failed to...
Turkey’s Saturday Mothers meet for 649th time to demand justice for their disappeared children
The mothers of Kurds who have disappeared in Turkey staged their weekly sit-in at Galatasaray Square on İstanbul's İstiklal Avenue for the 694th time...
Report by Turkish newspaper on banning access to news story also banned by court
A report by Turkey's Cumhuriyet daily on a court decision to ban access to a previous story on a corruption case involving ruling Justice...
Jailed Turkish journalist Soncan to sparrows: ‘I am begging; Don’t build your nests in...
Journalist Emre Soncan (36), who has been jailed in Turkey’s notorious Silivri Prison in İstanbul for 762 days and sentenced by a court to seven...
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