Aggravated life sentence sought for comedian jailed over alleged Gülen links
An indictment prepared by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office seeks an aggravated life sentence and additional jail sentence of up to 10 years...
Turkey vows to persists on censorship of Wikipedia
Ömer Fatih Sayan, the head of Turkey's Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), said on Wednesday that it is impossible to grant access to...
Dozens of social media accounts blocked over postings on referendum frauds
An Ankara court blocked access to 40 Twitter, 2 Facebook accounts along with 4 websites over their postings on alleged government fraud in the...
Exhibition in EP exposes plight of Turkish journalists behind bars on World Press Freedom...
An exhibition at the initiative of three political groups in the European Parliament to mark the World Press Freedom Day features the plight of...
Turkish journalist under suicide risk re-arrested a few hours after release
Ayşenur Parıldak, a 27-year old Turkish journalist, has been arrested again a few hours after an Ankara court released her from nine-months pre-trial detention...
3 years jail time sought for imprisoned academic, journalist Türköne for ‘threatening’ Erdoğan
An indictment prepared by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks three years sentence for Mümtaz’er Türköne, a political science professor and columnist for now-closed Zaman and...
The Times resembles Erdoğan to Stalin and Hitler in its leading article
"The mass arrests of Turkish police underline the paranoia of Erdoğan’s ambitions," wrote prestigious English daily The Times in a leading article on Tuesday and...
Four European political leaders say Turkey no longer fulfils the Copenhagen criteria
“Turkey no longer fulfils the Copenhagen criteria, the key that opens the door to EU accession,” wrote Manfred Weber, the chairman of the EPP...
Hahn, EU commissioner for enlargement, says Turkey’s EU dream is over
Johannes Hahn, the European Union‘s (EU) commissioner for enlargement, declared that "Turkey's EU dream is over, for now," in an interview to Reuters. Turkey,...
Jailed Turkish journalist married in 10-minute ceremony in prison
Under arrest for nearly two months, journalist Nur Ener, who is an editor at Yeni Asya daily, got married in Bakırköy Prison with a...
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