Turkish prosecutor launches probe into FOX TV anchor over critical report on Mersin hospital
A Turkish public prosecutor’s office in İstanbul has launched an investigation into prominent news anchor Fatih Portakal, who presents FOX TV news, due to...
Turkish gov’t sentences two Kurdish journalists to ten months in prison
A Turkish court has sentenced two Kurdish journalists to 10 months in prison for publishing a statement made by a Kurdish separatist organisation Kurdistan...
Erdoğan’s lawyers ask Twitter to censor Carlos Latuff’s 11 cartoons
The legal team of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sent a court decision to Twitter ordering the censoring of 80 posts including...
2 YouTube journalists indicted on charges of insulting Erdoğan in street interviews
Turkish prosecutors have indicted two YouTube journalists and an interviewee on charges of insulting the president and denigrating the religious values of a segment...
Journalist sentenced to prison on terrorism charges
İbrahim Karakaş, a journalist for the Yeni Yaşam daily, was on Thursday sentenced to nine years, nine months’ imprisonment on charges of membership in...
Turkey’s new labor minister closes Twitter account containing posts ‘criticizing Erdoğan’
After being appointed minister of labor and social security on Wednesday, Jülide Sarıeroğlu first deleted her tweets critical of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip...
Journalist Turkey detained over tweets on May election results, February earthquakes
Journalist Mehmet Kızmaz has been detained over tweets regarding the presidential and parliamentary elections in May and two devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey on...
Turkey grants consular access to jailed German journalist Meşale Tolu
Turkish authorities granted permission to German consular officers to visit German-Turkish journalist Meşale Tolu, who has been under arrest in pre-trial detention since April...
RSF calls on Turkish authorities to end censorship of earthquake coverage
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Turkish authorities to put an end to all obstacles to press freedom and to respect the investigative...
Journalist sentenced to 11 months in prison for insulting Erdoğan
A Turkish court has sentenced journalist Uğur Koç to 11 months in prison on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Gazete Duvar...
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