Turkish prosecutor extends journalist Erdem’s period of detention for 7 days
Turkish prosecutors have extended the detention period of journalist Zeki Erdem, who has been under police custody since July 11, for another seven days,...
Pro-government Turkish daily insults ‘T A M A M’ Twitter protestors
The pro-government Akşam daily on Thursday insulted Turkish Twitter users who joined the T A M A M (OK in Turkish) campaign following a...
Amnesty activist Webb writes letter of solidarity to jailed journalist Parıldak
Felicity Webb, an Amnesty International activist from the UK, has written a letter of solidarity to journalist Ayşenur Parıldak, who is among the dozens...
Turkish gov’t hypocrisy exposed in the case of arrested journalist
Turkish government issued an alert on a wanted terrorist for his links to deadly Iran-backed terror group called Tevhid Selam yet the same government...
Turkish gov’t restricts social media for 10 hours after deadly blast in İstanbul
The Turkish government imposed a 10-hour restriction on social media platforms on multiple internet providers in Turkey on Sunday following a deadly explosion 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...
Turkey asks Saudi Arabia about detention of journalist over alleged Khashoggi remarks
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has asked for an explanation from Saudi Arabia about the detention of a Turkish journalist last week due to his...
Turkey’s spy chief had access blocked to hundreds of news articles, social media posts
İbrahim Kalın, who was appointed head of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) in early June, has had access blocked to hundreds of news articles,...
Turkish gov’t detains 149 people for alleged terror promotion on social media
The Turkish government detained at least 149 people across Turkey on Wednesday on suspicion of promoting terrorist groups on social media.
At least 76 people...
RTÜK fines Turkish TV stations $41 million over past decade
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), a TV and radio regulatory watchdog in Turkey, announced on Wednesday that in the last decade --...
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