Indictment against Cumhuriyet journalists finalized on 156th day of arrest
İstanbul prosecutors have finally prepared an indictment against Cumhuriyet daily journalists and executives who were arrested in November in 2017 on charges of supporting...
Swedish academics, journalists appeal for journalist Şahin Alpay’s release
A group of Swedish academics and journalists have signed a letter addressing Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ to call for the release of columnist...
45 jurists dismissed and 3 judges, who released 21 journalists, suspended over Gülen links
Forty five judges and prosecutors have been dismissed while three judges who have decided to release 21 jailed journalists on Friday, have been suspended by...
Turkish court blocks @TurkeyPurge twitter account for the third time
An Ankara court has ruled to block access to turkeypurge.com and @TurkeyPurge twitter account for the third time in 6 months without issuing prior notification, citing “legal consideration” of...
Turkey allows German officials to meet jailed Die Welt journalist Yücel
The Turkish government has issued permission to German Embassy officials in Turkey to visit jailed journalist Deniz Yücel, who works for the German Die...
16 including journalists, police officers re-arrested in Antalya over alleged Gülen links
A high criminal court in the southern province of Antalya ruled for the re-arrest of 16 individuals including journalists and police officers due to...
Turkish government detains journalist again 2 days after release
Former Zaman journalist Tuncer Çetinkaya has been taken into custody again two days after he was released from an-eight-month-long imprisonment on Saturday.
Zaman’s former local...
Turkey locks up 228 journalists, a new world record
The number of jailed journalists in Turkey has reached to 228, a new world record, as the massive crackdown on the free, independent and...
Re-arrest of 21 journalists casts further shadow over independence of Turkish judiciary
The independence and impartiality of the Turkish judiciary has begun to be questioned once again after an İstanbul court decided to release 21 journalists...
21 re-detained journalists taken to police HQ in İstanbul
All 21 journalists who were arrested again early on Saturday, hours after being released pending trial on Friday, were taken to police headquarters after...
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