Turkish gov’t arrests prominent journalist on revelation of state secrets charge
Müyesser Yıldız, the Ankara news director of the ultranationalist OdaTV news website, who was earlier detained by Turkish authorities as part of a probe...
Turkish prosecutor requests lifting of journalist and MP Şık’s immunity
A Turkish prosecutor has filed a summary of proceedings requesting the lifting of the parliamentary immunity of independent deputy and journalist Ahmet Şık over...
Turkish gov’t detains yet another pro-Kurdish journalist
The Turkish government has detained pro-Kurdish journalist Çağdaş Kaplan, editor-in-chief of the Yeni Yaşam newspaper, in İstanbul, according to a report by the Mezopotamya...
Report: Turkish soldiers torture Kurdish shepherds in Şemdinli
Kurdish shepherds Nasır Taş and Ramazan Aktaş from a village in the Şemdinli district of Hakkari province were reportedly tortured by Turkish soldiers as...
Turkey’s dissidents in Germany receive threats over Khashoggi’s murder
Dissident Turkish journalists in Germany have received threats on social media over the past week from people inviting them to Turkish consulates, implying they...
Turkish court releases Austrian journalist Max Zirngast from pre-trial detention
An Ankara court on Monday released Austrian journalist Max
Zirngast, who has been in pre-trial detention on terrorism charges,
after accepting an indictment against...
Journalist Aslı Ceren Aslan arrested in Şanlıurfa
It has been reported that the editor-in-chief of Özgür Gelecek newspaper, Aslı Ceren Aslan, who was detained on Feb. 5, 2017 in Şanlıurfa, has...
Banksy mural in NY protests Turkish gov’t’s imprisonment of Kurdish artist/journalist Zehra Doğan
The latest work by anonymous British artist Bansky, a 70-foot-long (21 meters) call for the government in Ankara to release Kurdish journalist and artist Zehra...
Turkish watchdog fines Netflix and TV stations for gov’t criticism, ‘immoral’ content
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed fines on digital platforms Netflix and local streaming application Exxen in addition...
Journalist detained over terrorist propaganda accusations
Fırat Can Arslan, a correspondent for the Mezopotamya News Agency (MA), was detained in the early hours of Wednesday in Ankara as part of...
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