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...
İstanbul Municipality cancels invitation to Wikipedia founder after disputed ban
The İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality has taken the name of Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales from the invitee list of an event that will take place...
UN rights chief voices deep concern over mass arrests, purges, renewal of state of...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein voiced deep concern on Monday at mass arrests, sackings and the renewal of the state of...
As PM Yıldırım talks about ‘Turkey’s democracy’, ban on Wikipedia streamed in caption
As Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım was giving an interview to BBC World News on Turkey's democratic credentials, a caption streamed simultaneously saying that "Wikipedia...
Doğan news agency fires reporter who defended Hakan Şükür against gov’t crackdown
Pro-government Doğan news agency has dismissed its reporter Kadir Çetinçalı since he defended Hakan Şükür during a general assembly meeting to expel former football star...
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